The GOP elephant made its first appearance in its 1874 cartoon "The Third Term Panic," which was published in Harper's Weekly. "The Third Term Panic" by Thomas Nast, 1874. CORBIS/Corbis via Getty ...

On January 15, 1870, Nast published the cartoon that would forever link the donkey to the Democrat. A few ideas should be clear for the cartoon to make sense: First, “republican” and ...

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Take “Third Term Panic,” the 1874 cartoon often credited with popularizing the elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party. In the months leading up to the midterms, the New York Herald, at ...

Unlike the Democrats, the Republican Party has embraced its party mascot. The elephant appeared in July at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. It appears on the party's website. It ...

This political cartoon by Thomas Nast, taken from a 1879 edition of Harper's Weekly, was an early use of the elephant and the donkey to sybolize the Republican and Democratic parties. Uncle Sam ...

North Carolina Republican blasts political cartoon linking GOP to KKK ... It shows an elephant wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe labeled "GOP Members State School Board." ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The MAGA controlled GOP elephant is demonstrating it needs a check-up with Dr. Dolittle to have its blood pressure lowered and be de-tusked. After long casting itself as pro-law ...

In 1874, the New York Herald loudly opposed the possibility of Ulysses S. Grant running for a third presidential term and cried Caesarism.Nast, a life-long Republican who’d become frustrated ...

Former GOP Gov. Nikki Haley launched her 2024 presidential campaign with a call for a new generation of leadership while ignoring the biggest elephant in the room ...