While this is the first recognized association of the elephant with Republican politics, it is not the cartoon credited with linking the party to the tusked giant.

A Republican group in Alabama is apologizing after accidentally using a picture of a GOP elephant that contained Ku Klux Klan imagery.

The elephant has been the republican symbol since 1854 and the donkey since 1828 Credit: Getty Images - Getty What does the elephant symbolize? The elephant has been representing the Republican ...

The donkey and elephant are widely known as symbols of the Democratic and Republican parties in the US. President Andrew Jackson was nicknamed "jackass" and depicted as a mule by opponents — but ...

The Republican elephant (“the sluggish animal”) is lying on and blocking the road to an election victory. By 1880, other cartoonists had picked up the symbols and spread them across the country.

The Republicans are represented by an elephant and the Democrats by a donkey - but where did these animal symbols come from?

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney spoke at the South Carolina Republican Party's Silver Elephant gala. Other speakers included South Carolina Republican Party leaders Senator Lindsey ...

A county NAACP chapter in northern Alabama is calling for the resignation of a school board member and local Republican Party chairman, who says his sharing on social media of a GOP elephant logo ...

This cartoon map from the Republican magazine Judge in December 1907 captures the moment. The U.S. is shown as the "Map of the Republican Elephant," with the great majority of the states in grey - ...