A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_cartoon" id="mwdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Political cartoon">political cartoon</a> for the first time symbolizes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" id="mweA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey" id="mweQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Donkey">donkey</a> ("<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Democraticjackass.jpg" id="mweg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="File:Democraticjackass.jpg">A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Nast" id="mwew" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomas Nast">Thomas Nast</a> for <i id="mwfA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper's_Weekly" id="mwfQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Harper's Weekly">Harper's Weekly</a></i>).