response to the criticism of a possible third term by President Ulysses S. Grant. The cartoon's image was taken from one of Aesop's fables, "The Ass in the Lion's Skin." It follows up with, "At last coming upon a fox, he [the ass] tried to frighten him also, but the fox no sooner heard the sound of his voice than he exclaimed, 'I might possibly have been frightened myself, if I had not hear your bray.'" "The moral of the fable is that although a fool may disguise his appearance, his words will reveal his true nature. To Nast, the New York Herald is not a roaring lion to be feared, but a braying ass to be ridiculed. The reference in the citation to "Shakespeare or Bacon" is a jibe at Bennett's contention that Shakespeare's works were actually written by Sir Francis Bacon." The symbol of the elephant shows up regularly on campaign merchandise and other party materials and rivals the Democrats' donkey. Current Republican officeholders Members of Congress U.S. Senate None Both of Georgia's U.S. Senate seats have been held by Democrats since 2021. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler were the last Republicans to represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate. Perdue was elected in 2014 and lost his bid for re-election in the 2020-21 regular runoff election to Jon Ossoff. Loeffler, who was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp upon the retirement of Johnny Isakson, lost her bid to finish Isakson's term in the 2020–21 special runoff election to Raphael Warnock. Loeffler left office on January 20, 2021. As a result of the runoff election, Perdue's term expired on January 3, 2021 which left the Class II seat vacant and left Loeffler as the state's sole Senator upon Ossoff and Warnock's swearing in. U.S. House of Representatives Out of the 14 seats Georgia is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, 9 are held by Republicans: GA-01: Buddy Carter GA-03: Drew Ferguson GA-06: Rich McCormick GA-08: Austin Scott GA-09: Andrew Clyde GA-10: Mike Collins GA-11: Barry Loudermilk GA-12: Rick W. Allen GA-14: Marjorie Taylor Greene State officials Governor: Brian Kemp Lieutenant Governor: Burt Jones Secretary of State: Brad Raffensperger Attorney General: Christopher M. Carr State School Superintendent: Richard Woods State Agriculture Commissioner: Tyler Harper State Insurance Commissioner: Jim Beck State Labor Commissioner: Bruce Thompson State Public Service Commissioner: Chuck Eaton State Public Service Commissioner: Tim G. Echols State Public Service