THE elephant and the donkey represent the US party systems since 1828 and 1854. The popularity of the animals rose due to political cartoons at the time to represent the two-party system. ⚠️ … ...

Thomas Nast was the name of the cartoonist who popularised the elephant. In the tradition of great satircal cartoons of the late 19th and early 20th century, his intricate doodles attacked plenty ...

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

The leader among these anti-Republican newspapers was the accredited Jackass of the Democratic Party, buť Nast clothed the animal in the skin of a lion and made it bray the siren song of "Caesarism." ...

The Lawrence County Republican Party issued an apology after its new chairman posted on Facebook a picture of the GOP elephant that depicted Ku Klux Klan symbolism. The image was posted Sunday ...

On Sunday evening, the Lawrence County GOP posted on Facebook thanking its county party chairman. In the post, the party included an image of the Republican Party elephant. However, the elephant in ...

Donald J. Trump is the most important figure in the Republican Party, but he merited only 10 minutes of questions from the moderators, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.