On This Day: Republican elephant symbol used for first time

On Nov. 7, 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's ...

This Day in History: Political cartoon depicts the elephant as Republican Party symbol

The Third-Term Panic by Thomas Nast was the first political cartoon depicting the elephant as the Republican Party symbol.

Nov. 5 in history: Susan B. Anthony, Richard Nixon and Saddam Hussein

On Nov. 5, 1872, suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied the law by casting a vote in the presidential election; she was later ...
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To make men free a history of the Republican Party Heather Cox Richardson

The west as a land of promise -- Government of the people, by the people, for the people -- Republicans or radicals? -- Abandoning equality -- Republicans and big business -- Republicans become ...