German-born political cartoonist Thomas Nast gave America some of its most enduring symbols: the Republican elephant ... celebrated Nast drew thousands of cartoons during the second half of ...
The donkey and elephant became political symbols in the United ... to use the elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party in subsequent cartoons, and the association became widely accepted.
Decades later, the connection was cemented by political cartoonist ... In his 1874 cartoon, “The Third-Term Panic,” he portrayed an elephant labeled “The Republican Vote,” representing ...
German-born political cartoonist Thomas Nast gave America some of its most enduring symbols: the Republican elephant ... celebrated Nast drew thousands of cartoons during the second half of ...