had been labeled a jackass by his National Republican opponents during the 1828 presidential race. (Jackson won the race, which featured vicious mudslinging.) A political cartoon of Jackson riding ...

During Andrew Jackson’s 1828 presidential campaign, his political opponents labeled him ... a stubborn ass or struggling to control one. The cartoon, titled “The Third Term Panic,” showed ...

In 1828, during his presidential campaign ... The origins of these symbols date back over a century to political cartoons and the nature of American politics at that time. The use of the donkey ...

During the 1828 presidential campaign for Andrew Jackson ... the image of an elephant was featured as a Republican symbol in at least one political cartoon and a newspaper illustration.