Political opponents had used a donkey as ... A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion” — that popularized the symbol. The cartoon depicts Democratic-leaning newspapers, “Copperhead papers ...

The donkey and elephant became political symbols in the United States through a combination of historical events and the work of political cartoonists, particularly Thomas Nast. The Donkey as a ...

German-born political cartoonist Thomas Nast gave America some of its most enduring symbols: the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in Harper's Weekly ...

I tend to go to those often as symbols because they’re easily ... least forgivable humor,” Danziger said. “And a good ...

Thomas Nast became nationally known and developed many of the symbols still familiar in ... Before the turn of the 20th century, the daily "editorial" cartoon was a feature of many newspapers ...

Jackson, however, embraced the label, using the donkey as a symbol of his campaign’s tenacity and populist ethos. Decades later, the connection was cemented by political cartoonist Thomas Nast.

Little known outside his native state, he caught the attention of editorial cartoonists who drew him as the grinning “born-again peanut farmer,” in a phrase used by Time magazine. They ...