Where did the symbols of the donkey and elephant for the two political parties of the US originate?

Answer 1

The Democratic Party’s donkey can be traced back to the 1828 presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson, whose opponents referred to him as a “jackass.” Jackson embraced the image and featured the donkey on his campaign posters. Years later, a political cartoonist named Thomas Nast helped popularize the donkey as a symbol for the whole Democratic Party.

Nast was also responsible for promoting the elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party. He first used it in an 1874 drawing titled “The Third-Term Panic” featuring an elephant labeled “The Republican vote.” He continued to use the elephant as a symbol for the party, and other cartoonists followed suit, cementing the association.

Answer 2

Donkey and Elephant SymbolsThe Republican elephant was created by cartoonist Thomas Nast and appeared in _Harper's Weekly_, Nov. 7, 1874. Before then, an 1860 issue of _Railsplitter_ and an 1872 _Harper's Weekly_ also had Cartoons connecting Republicans with elephants.

In New York, in 1874, there was a story written as a hoax by the _New York Herald_ saying that the animals of the Central Park Zoo had broken loose and were running wild in Central Park. The same Thomas Nast used the jackass in a cartoon using it to depict the _Herald_. This ultimately shifted to represent the Democratic party and the name changed to donkey.

MrV

Just corrected the reference to the initial appearance of the Thomas Nast cartoon in Harper's Weekly - Nov. 7, 1874, not 1974.

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We've always thought it a little strange that our nation's most prominent political parties are represented by two less-than-majestic animals. There must be a good reason why the Republicans use a pachyderm and the Democrats use an ass so we set out to find it.

We started our search by typing "republican elephant" into the search field. Although we didn't receive any Yahoo! category matches, we did receive 4,710 relevant web pages.

The first search result took us to "Origin Of The Republican Elephant," a web page on the Republican National Committee web site.

According to the site, the symbol of the party was born in the imagination of cartoonist Thomas Nast and first appeared in Harper's Weekly on November 7, 1874. The entire explanation is rather convoluted, but the whole story is outlined in the article.

Interestingly, Nast is also the person credited with gaining wide-spread acceptance of the donkey as a symbol for the Democratic party, although he was not the first to use the symbol.

The Republican National Committee web site provided a stellar answer, so we decided to use its counterpart, The Democratic National Committee web site to find the origin of the donkey. When we arrived at the site, we immediately searched for "donkey" and were presented with a number of pages. We clicked on the first document listed, "The Democratic Donkey," and found some interesting history behind its use.

• When Andrew Jackson ran for president in 1828, his opponents tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist views and his slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson turned it to his advantage by using the donkey on his campaign posters.
• In 1837, the donkey was used in a political cartoon for the first time to represent the Democratic party, again in conjunction with Jackson. Jackson was retired, but still considered himself the party's leader. The cartoon, titled "A Modern Baalim and his Ass," showed Jackson trying to get the donkey to go where he wanted it to go.
• Twice in the early 1870s, Thomas Nast used the donkey to represent the Democrats. He first used the animal in an 1870 Harper's Weekly cartoon to represent the "Copperhead Press" kicking a dead lion. He later used the donkey to portray what he called "Caesarism" showing the alleged Democratic uneasiness over a possible third term for Ulysses S. Grant. This later cartoon also marked the first use of the Republican elephant.

The donkey and the elephant have become the accepted symbols of the Democratic and Republican parties, even though the Democrats have never officially adopted the donkey as a party symbol. The Republicans, however, have actually adopted the elephant as their official symbol.

Answer 3

During the mid term elections way back in 1874, Democrats tried to scare voters into thinking President Grant would seek to run for an unprecedented third term. Thomas Nast, a cartoonist for Harper's Weekly, depicted a Democratic jackass trying to scare a Republican elephant - and both symbols stuck.

Answer 4

The Republican elephant was created by cartoonist Thomas Nast and appeared in_Harper's Weekly_, Nov. 7, 1874. Before then, an 1860 issue of _Railsplitter_ and an 1872 _Harper's Weekly_ also had cartoons connecting Republicans with elephants. In New York, also in 1874, there was an untrue story written as a hoax by the _New York Herald_ saying that the animals of the Central Park Zoo had broken loose and were running wild in Central Park. The same Thomas Nast used the jackass in a cartoon using it to depict the _Herald_. This ultimately shifted to represent the Democratic party and the name changed to donkey. Check out these sites. Democratic Donkey http://www.democrats.org/hq/history/donkey.html Republican National Committee - The Origin of t… http://www.rnc.org/gopinfo/elephant

Answer 5

The political icons were invented by Thomas Nast, the 19th century's most persuasive political cartoonist. Why? Nobody seems to know.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

我们读《孟子》一书，开宗明义的第一章《梁惠王》——孟子见梁惠王，一开始，便可以看到孟子当时一种受尽冷漠歧视的味道。同样地，司马迁写孟子，首先也引用了这一段，然后才说到孟子的籍贯、出身、学历，说明孟子是孔子的孙子子思的门人（至于说孟子并非子思的学生，则是另一考据的问题。司马迁很可能弄错了）。《史记》上的这篇也和《伯夷列传》差不多，没有太多的叙述就完了。只说孟子阐述孔子的学说思想，作了七篇书，就是我们手里拿到的这本《孟子》。

古今中外，许多被后世认为是多么伟大，能影响干秋万世的人物，在当时，大多数都是那么凄凉寂寞的。就因为他在生前不重视短见的唯利是图，对自己个人，对国家天下事，都是以如此的人品风格来为人处世的。像孟老夫子那样的人，如果当时稍微将就一点，自己降格以求，迁就一点现实，那便不同了。

更妙的是，司马先生举出驺衍来，与孟子当时的处境作一强烈的对比。——《孟子旁通》

Answer 8

The elephant NEVER forgets the atrocities perpetrated upon it by the succubus donkey jackass who can NEVER seem to think for itself because it simply cannot stop braying -- sounding brass and tinkling cymbals! On rare occasion, the elephant goes rogue and does a slow ROLL over the donkey, crushing the atrocious sound. That's what we call the Classic Trump Movement!

Answer 9

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Answer 10

The elephant's symbolism is in Africa. And the donkey's symbolism is in Ancient Greece.