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

The Republican elephant (“the sluggish animal”) is lying on and blocking the road to an election victory. By 1880, other cartoonists had picked up the symbols and spread them across the country.

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The Republican elephant also owes its rise to Thomas Nast, who used it in an 1874 cartoon published in Harper’s Weekly. In the cartoon, Nast portrayed the Democratic donkey scaring other animals, ...

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 ...

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The Republican Party (GOP) elephant mascot sits on display in the exhibition hall during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 28 ...

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