The image stuck, and the donkey began to be associated with the Democratic Party. Popularization : The symbol of the donkey was further popularized by the famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast ...

In March of 1877, after Republican Rutherford B. Hayes’ controversial victory, a Nast cartoon showed an injured elephant (“Republican Party”) kneeling at a tombstone labeled “Democratic ...

But it was Nast’s revival of the Democratic donkey in his Jan. 18, 1870 cartoon, shown above — “A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion” — that popularized the symbol.

The Donkey of Democracy antedates the Republican Elephant by more than four years. It was in the issue of Harper's Weekly for Jan. 15, 1870, that the long-eared animal dropped off the tip of Nast ...

It turns out these animals have been patriotic since the 19th century. The Democratic donkey's origin is linked to the 7th U.S. President Andrew Jackson.Before Jackson was elected as America's ...

The Democratic symbol, is traced to an 1837 caricature of President Andrew Jackson seated on a donkey titled, "The Modern Balaam and his Ass." "In the early days, political symbols were flexible.

The symbols tied to the Republican and Democratic parties (the elephant and donkey) have actually been around for more than 100 years. ... 14 Political Cartoons That Prove Humor Is a Bipartisan Issue.

Thomas Nast, the German-born editorial cartoonist for Harper’s Weekly magazine, came up with both of them — he introduced the donkey first, on Jan. 19, 1870: 155 years ago Sunday.

It turns out these animals have been patriotic since the 19th century. The Democratic donkey's origin is linked to the 7th U.S. President Andrew Jackson.Before Jackson was elected as America's ...