2007-01-29 06:16:40 · 3 answers · asked by Jeffrey 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Both were made popular by a cartoonist for Harpers Weekly. Andrew Jackson was first to use the donkey back in 1828 but it didn't become recognized until around 1870.
The elephant just kind of happened. around 1880. Again Harpers Weekly did a cartoon with a donkey wearing a lions skin, scaring away the other animals. Near the elephant was a label that read, "The Republican Vote." It stuck....
2007-01-29 06:34:38 · answer #1 · answered by aiminhigh24u2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many stories out there but this link sums it up very well
They didn't pick these labels – they got stuck with them! Their origin as symbols for the parties is attributed to a political cartoonist, Thomas Nast, who used the donkey
"Third Term Panic" by Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, 1874.
and the elephant in cartoons drawn for Harper's Weekly in the 1870's. Why Nast chose the donkey and the elephant is a pretty complicated story.
http://www.c-span.org/questions/week174....
2007-01-29 14:45:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the elephants,
donkey's = @ss
2007-01-29 14:20:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋