, 1870, a political cartoon by Thomas Nast appearing in Harpers Weekly titled A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion for the first time symbolized the Democratic Party as a donkey. Since then, the donkey has been widely used as a symbol of the Party. The official symbol of the Republican Party is the elephant. A political cartoon by Thomas Nast, published in Harpers Weekly on November 7, 1874, is considered the first important use of the symbol [1]. In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Republican Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana and Ohio was the eagle, as opposed to the Democratic rooster. This symbol still appears on Indiana ballots. Source(s):
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