Thomas Nast the creator of Santa, and Uncle Sam

Thomas Nast was one of the most famous cartoonist in America. 
== Early life ==
Thomas was born in Germany and moved to New York in 1846 were he went to school until he was 14 were he went to the National Academy of Design, in 1856 he was a draftsman for Frank Leslie's Illustration, his first cartoon was released on the newspaper Harper's Weekly about corruption within police, 
== Civil War ==
During the Civil War he joined a group of Harper's Weekly staff who went with the U.S Army to draw the battle which he became famous for due to his detailed works of the battlefield, he would later go on to help Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant during there presidential elections and drew Illustrations of the Reconstruction of the south.
== Later illustrations ==
Thomas would later go on to create political cartoons in favor of abolitionist and against the Ku Klux Klan and White League in 1874, he would also create illustrations about the senator of New York William Tweed prorating him as greedy and selfish which lead to Tweed fleeing to Cuba. Thomas would later create his own newspaper company called Nast Weekly which failed.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7OTl60cHE&t=1260s 
== Roosevelt, Ecuador, and death ==
in 1902 President Teddy Roosevelt assigned Nast as Console General of Ecuador due to Teddy enjoying Nast's works were Nast died of a yellow flu outbreak.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38MtHdV8WW8
== Legacy ==
Thomas is most well known for creating the modern versions of Santa Clause and Uncle Sam.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Nast#Thomas_Nast_Award