Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill was met with an unexpected moment on the Jersey Shore boardwalk this week ...

The Elephant (Republican Party) Origins: The elephant became associated with the Republican Party also thanks to Thomas Nast. In the same 1874 cartoon mentioned above, ...

The elephant symbol for the Republican Party originated during the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865. “Northern [Union] ...

In 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's Weekly. In 1916, Democratic President Woodrow Wilson was re-elected and Republican ...

The donkey has long represented the Democratic Party, just as the elephant is known to represent Republicans. How exactly did this come to be? It turns out these animals have been patriotic since ...

The Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant are two of the most recognizable symbols in American politics, representing the two major political parties in the United States. But why were these ...

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 ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin heads for two states that are early gatekeepers for the Republican presidential nomination ...