In it the donkey—ears back, hind legs poised to deliver a vicious blow⁠—is labelled “COPPERHEAD PAPERS”, a reference to the newspapers sympathetic to a faction of anti-war Democrats ...

Political opponents had used a donkey as a way of insulting Democrats since the days of Democratic president Andrew Jackson. But it was Nast’s revival of the Democratic donkey in his Jan. 18 ...

Donkey Republicans The link between the donkey and the Democratic Party can be traced back to Andrew Jackson's 1828 run for president. Despite being called "jackass" by his rivals, Jackson ...