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Election Tickets, 1848-1927

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id3908

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Presidential Election Tickets from Virginia: 1848 - Whig Electoral Ticket, listing Zachary Taylor for President, Millard Fillmore for Vice-President, and the state electors from 17 districts- 1852 - Democratic Ticket listing Franklin Pierce for President, William R- King for Vice-President, and the state electors from 15 districts-  1860 - Democratic Ticket listing John C- Breckinridge for President, Joseph Lane for Vice-President, and the state electors from 15 districts-  Includes engravings of portraits of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates and the party's platform-  1861 - Confederate Ticket listing Jefferson Davis for President, Alexander H- Stephens for Vice-President, state-at-large members and 16 district electors-  1876 -  Conservative Electoral Ticket listing Samuel J- Tilden for President, Thomas A- Hendricks for Vice-President, Gilbert C- Walker for 3rd District Congressman, and 9 district electors-  1880 - Re-Adjustor Ticket, listing Kinfield Scott Hancock for President, William H- English for Vice-President, electors-at-large and 9 district electors-  1884 -  Regular Democratic Ticket listing Grover Cleveland for President, Thomas A- Hendricks for Vice-President, electors-at-large, 10 district electors and a 9th district Congressman C-F- Trigg-  State Election Tickets from Virginia: 1855 -  "The American Ticket" listing Thomas S- Flournoy for Governor, James M-H- Beale for Lt- Governor, John M- Patton for Attorney General, Joseph Christian for State Senate, and Thomas C- Clopton for House of Delegates- 1869 - Republican Ticket James City Co- and Williamsburg, listing H-H- Wells for Governor, J-D- Harris for Lt- Governor, Thomas R-Bowden for Attorney General, A-M- Crane for Congressman-at-large, D-M- Norton for Congress, J- Ambler Smith for State Senate and F-S- Norton for House of Delegates-  1870 - Conservative Ticket Gloucester Co- listing Col- John Critcher for Congress, R-T- Daniel for Congress, John S- Cooke for Clerk of the County and Circuit Courts, Jasper C- Hughes for sheriff, Peyton M- Page for Commonwealth Attorney, Richard P- Jones for Treasurer, James C- Baytop for Superintendent of the Poor-  City,County Election Tickets from Virginia: 1875 -  Williamsburg election ticket listing for Mayor Jno- H-Barlow Jr- also lists candidates for Council, Commissioner of Revenue, Clerk, Commonwealth's Attorney, Sheriff, and Treasurer- 1875-1877 -  Election tickets for unknown city,county elections-  1879 -  Shenandoah County election tickets for Commonwealth'sAttorney, David T- Heft,  County Treasurer, H-H- Riddleberger, County Supervisor, George W- Koontz, and other county offices- 3 items- PM-Election Tickets from West Virginia:22 October 1868-  Conservative Ticket for State, County, andTownship Officers - Hardy County, West Va-  2 items- PM- [Both are incomplete],[1870]-  Ticket listing various offices up for election, including Governor, Secretary of State, Senator, and Delegate-  1 p- PM-27 May n-y-  Ticket for Jefferson County, Va- [W-Va-], listing the nominee for Commonwealth's Attorney, Charles B- Harding-  1 p-PM-1874-1927, undated  Miscellaneous election tickets and advertisingcards for various unknown state and local elections, includingan "Anti-Lottery Democratic Ticket, " listing delegates to thestate Convention, 1891, "instructed only against the Lottery-"7 items- PM-

Dates

  • Creation: 1848-1927

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

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Extent

From the Collection: 77.00 Linear Feet

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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