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Abraham Lincoln – Republican Party, used on some paper ballots in the US; also used as a fundraising symbol (such as with the party's annual "Lincoln Dinner" in many states). Bear – California National Party; Benjamin Franklin – Democratic Party, used on some paper ballots in the US; Black and white cockade – Federalist Party
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At the first public meeting of the anti-Nebraska movement on March 20, 1854, at the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, the name "Republican" was proposed as the name of the party. [42] The name was partly chosen to pay homage to Thomas Jefferson 's Democratic-Republican Party . [ 43 ]
The first anti-Nebraska local meeting where "Republican" was suggested as a name for a new anti-slavery party was held in a Ripon, Wisconsin schoolhouse on March 20, 1854. [14] The first statewide convention that formed a platform and nominated candidates under the Republican name was held near Jackson, Michigan , on July 6, 1854.
The Democratic donkey was first used in Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. During the election, his enemies called him... a jackass. Jackson embraced the name and used the jackass as a ...
In 1874, Nast also popularized the contrasting use of an elephant to similarly symbolize the Republican Party. [2] [3] The Republican Party has since used an elephant as part of its official branding. While the donkey is widely-used by Democrats as an unofficial mascot, the party's first official logo—adopted in 2010—is an encircled "D".
The Elephant in the Room: Evangelicals, Libertarians, and the Battle to Control the Republican Party (John Wiley & Sons, 2006) is a book by libertarian political columnist Ryan Sager. In the book, Sager argues that the Republican Party , after President Bush, risks a split between its Libertarian and Evangelical wings.
However, the name of the gazelle is scarcely, if at all, to be found in the Bible; in its stead we read roe, hart, or deer. Like a few other names of graceful and timid animals, the word gazelle has always been in the East a term of endearment in love. It was also a woman's favourite name (1 Chronicles 8:9; 2 Kings 12:1; 2 Chronicles 24:1; Acts ...