Ripon Republican Party Formation On March 20, 1854, people gathered in the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin.

Why is the Demoratic Symbol a donkey and the Republican Symbol an elephant? What is the history of the political party symbols? What is the story behind the animal mascots of our major parties ...

He it was who created the Elephant as symbolic of the Republican Party, and the longeared Donkey that came finally to be accepted as the patron saint of Democracy.

But it makes the smart move right away, by addressing the mulish elephant in the room (Jefferson was, after all, a Democratic-Republican) and then moving on to what made Jefferson more than the ...

Many speakers in Boston implored the crowd to fight for reproductive rights, protect democracy, and advocate for fact-checking on social media platforms.

One man invented both the Donkey and Elephant symbol for America's twin ruling parties, that man was German born cartoonist Thomas Nash.

On Nov. 7, 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's Weekly.

On Nov. 7, 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's Weekly.