As Trump has sought to do, Jackson wielded his executive powers boldly. An 1832 cartoon, captioned “King Andrew I,” depicted him in a crown and ermine robe. His was an appeal that the ...

In the cartoon, Nast (1840-1902) was voicing his view that the Copperhead press had dishonored the legacy of Lincoln’s administration. Historians note that Andrew Jackson, the founder of the ...

In its transfer to Broadway, "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" has gotten even wilder since its incarnations at Off-Broadway's Public Theater last season. This raucous combination political cartoon ...

The donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign ... Thomas Nast used the donkey in his newspaper cartoons, helping to establish it as the symbol of ...