Thomas Nast first used this symbol for the Republican Party in Harper's Weekly November 7, 1874
But it was his November 7, 1874 cartoon titled "Third Term Panic" that... [DOC] [TLE] The Caddo Parish Republican Party  Origin of the Republican ... [PAR] This symbol of the party was born in the imagination of cartoonist Thomas Nast 
and first appeared in Harper's Weekly on November 7, 1874.