2007-02-10 05:56:42 · 6 answers · asked by cf3924 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Cartoonist Thomas Nast.
http://www.davidsongop.com/elephant.htm
2007-02-10 06:01:24 · answer #1 · answered by chimpus_incompetus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nast with Harpers Weekly. t was a cartoon with a donkey wearing a lions skin and all the other animals were standing way away. Near the elephant was a sign that read "The Republican Vote." It stuck ever since.....
2007-02-10 14:10:52 · answer #2 · answered by aiminhigh24u2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Nast
2007-02-10 17:19:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a political cartoon by Thomas Nast,
published in the Harper's Weekley on November 7, 1874, and is considered to be the
first important use of the symbol.
2007-02-10 14:19:03 · answer #4 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
19th century cartoonist Thomas Nast.
2007-02-10 14:19:41 · answer #5 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cartoonist Nast gave them this symbol.
2007-02-10 14:06:51 · answer #6 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋