Democratic Party (United States) most lasting impression came from the cartoons of Thomas Nast from 1870 in "Harper's Weekly". Cartoonists followed Nast and used the donkey to represent the Democrats and the elephant to represent the Republicans. In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Democratic Party in Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Ohio was the rooster, as opposed to the Republican eagle. This symbol still appears on Oklahoma, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia ballots. The rooster was adopted as the official symbol of the national Democratic Party. In New York, the Democratic ballot symbol is a five-pointed star. Although both major political
Social Democratic Party of the Memel Territory May 26, 1932 and was replaced by Kislat. The party dissolved into the Memel Unity List in 1935. Social Democratic Party of the Memel Territory The Social Democratic Party of the Memel Territory () was a social democratic political party in the Memel Territory/Klaipėda Region 1925–1935. The party was led by August Kislat and Fritz Matzies. The party was based amongst the ethnic German population of the territory. The foundation of the party followed the coming into force of the Memel Convention and the Memel Statute on August 25, 1925, after which the labour movement in the Memel Territory detached