The foremost political cartoonist of his time, the late 19th century,
Thomas Nast was the creator of three lasting symbols: the Republican
elephant, the Democrat donkey, and Santa Claus, having done the
illustrations for Clement Moore's, The Night Before Christmas.
President Abraham Lincoln regarded Nast's recruitment posters and
newspaper promos as one of the most effective recruitment devices of
the Civil War.
Nast was born in Landau, Bavaria and emigrated
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