where he depicted a donkey in a lion's skin, scaring away other animals, symbolizing the Democrats attempting to intimidate their opponents. Origins: The elephant became associated with the ...

President Andrew Jackson, who was supported by the Democrats in 1828 ... cartoonist Thomas Nast started drawing a stumbling elephant to represent the Republican Party, once united by its ...

Strangely, the traditional icons of the Democrats' donkey and the Republicans' elephant seem to have been heavily inspired by the same cartoonist. And the animal mascots weren't exactly intended ...

If it seems like the field is getting crowded, consider that's just the Democrats! On the Republican side ... for I have ...

Strangely, the traditional icons of the Democrats' donkey and the Republicans' elephant seem to have been heavily inspired by the same cartoonist. And the animal mascots weren't exactly intended ...

As anyone with even a passing interest in US politics knows, the elephant represents the Republican Party and the donkey the Democratic Party. What is less well known is how the animals came to ...

German-born political cartoonist Thomas Nast gave America some of its most enduring symbols: the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in Harper's Weekly ...

If it seems like the field is getting crowded, consider that's just the Democrats ... a handy-dandy form to help you handicap the donkey and elephant races so you can get caught up before it's ...

German-born political cartoonist Thomas Nast gave America some of its most enduring symbols: the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in Harper's Weekly ...