On December 7, 1902, the American political comedian Nashtra died. On December 7, 1902, Nashtra died. The American political comedian, symbolizing the Democratic Party's donkey, the Republican elephant, came out of his hands. Thomas Nashtra (Thomas Nashtra, 1840-1902), American comedian and illustrator, was the greatest political comedian of his time. Because of his pro-Union Civil War comic, he was called by President Abraham Lincoln the "Best Recruiting Officer" of the North. Nashtra's comics between 1869 and 1872 helped destroy the "Old Board" by William Widder in the corrupt political rule of New York. Nashtra created the elephants and donkeys respectively as the symbols of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. This tiger was promoted