Thomas Nast first used this symbol for the Republican Party in Harper's Weekly November 7, 1874
An 1860 issue of... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Nast - Wikipedia [PAR] Thomas Nast (September 27, 1840  December 7, 1902) was a German-born 
American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist considered to be the "Father of the 
American Cartoon".