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German-born political cartoonist ... the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in Harper's Weekly, the celebrated Nast drew thousands of cartoons during the second half of ...

1813 cartoon by Amos Doolittle of Connecticut. Alamy “Plague on you,” cries Brother Jonathan in an 1813 political cartoon ... the figure we now know as Uncle Sam, originally named after ...

March 13 marks the anniversary of Uncle Sam’s first American ... elephant to represent the two political parties. He was also famous for his cartoons of Abraham Lincoln, so it’s not surprising ...

German-born political cartoonist ... the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in Harper's Weekly, the celebrated Nast drew thousands of cartoons during the second half of ...