Republican Ticket – local ballot for local office from the town of Foster. Time frame - late 1880’s through the second decade of the twentieth century and help demonstrate grass root democracy at work. 9.4 cm X 12.5 cm

Regular Republican Ticket – local ballot for local office from the town of Foster. Time frame - late 1880’s through the second decade of the twentieth century and help demonstrate grass root democracy at work. 8.2 cm X 10.0 cm

Town Council -local ballot for local office from the town of Foster. Time frame - late 1880’s through the second decade of the twentieth century and help demonstrate grass root democracy at work. 11.6 cm X 11.6 cm

Republican Nomination 1881 for Town Council, from an unidentified Rhode Island town. 6.5 cm X 9.2 cm

Democratic Ticket 1882 North Smithfield – This ticket is typical of many local town election tickets of the late 19th century with tall and narrow dimensions and numerous offices to be filled by the town’s candidates. 17.8 cm X 8.2 cm

Independent Ticket – local election ticket from the mid to late 19th century from indeterminate towns and uncertain dates. 8.9 cm X 9.7 cm

Democratic Ticket – local ballot for local office from the town of Foster. Time frame - late 1880’s through the second decade of the twentieth century and help demonstrate grass root democracy at work. 12.7 cm X 7.6 cm

Democratic Ticket – This is a ca. 1890s town ticket for Warwick. The ticket is headed by James T. Lockwood who was first elected to the office of town clerk in 1887 and served in that capacity for more than twenty years. 30.3 cm X 11.2 cm

1882 Cumberland – This is a local town ballot from the town of Cumberland. The candidate for town clerk Horace A. Follett has his name in bold on the ballot which make it stand out from the other names; he also was a candidate for Justice of the Peace on this ticket. 13.5 cm X 8.3 cm

Citizens Nomination 1867 – This Citizens ticket from 1867 is for an unspecified town in Rhode Island. 6.9 cm X 11.7 cm

Town Council – local election ticket from the mid to late 19th century from indeterminate towns and uncertain dates. 12.6 cm X 8.7 cm

Republican Ticket – local ballot for local office from the town of Foster. Time frame - late 1880’s through the second decade of the twentieth century and help demonstrate grass root democracy at work. 19.7 cm X 10.3 cm

Democratic Ticket – local ballot for local office from the town of Foster. Time frame - late 1880’s through the second decade of the twentieth century and help demonstrate grass root democracy at work. 19.7 cm X 10.4 cm

Republican Nomination 1881 for Assessors of Taxes, from an unidentified Rhode Island town. 5.8 cm X 9.2 cm

For Assessor of Taxes – This ticket is from the District of Narragansett before the district became a town. While it is undated it was used sometime between 1888 and 1901. 12.6 cm X 7.7 cm

1843 Rhode Island Ticket – In 1842 opposing the views of the reform minded element of the Democratic party lead by Thomas Dorr was a coalition of Whigs and conservative Democrats commonly referred to as “Law & Order”. The term “Law & Order” remained in use until late into the 1840”s. This local “Law & Order” ticket is from Warwick and was headed by former governor John Brown Francis. All candidates on the ticket were elected to office. 14.3 cm X 11.4 cm

1852 Democratic Ticket – This local ticket is from the town of Burriville and all three candidates on it were elected to office. For both Mathewson and Logee it was their first time to win these offices. 11.6 cm X 8.7 cm

Law and Order Ticket Scituate 1845 – This “Law & Order” ticket from Scituate was unsuccessful. Scituate, like most of Rhode Island’s northern towns, was sympathetic to the Dorrite cause, so it is not surprising that this “Law & Order” ticket failed. When the Providence Journal reported the election results on April 3rd 1845 it listed the names of the successful candidates from each town; for Scituate’s representatives it simply listed “Joseph Tisdale and two other Dorrites.” The Providence Journal as a “Law & Order” newspaper didn’t suffer Dorrites readily. 8.4 cm X 11.9 cm

“Law and Order” Convention Nomination 1846 – This local ticket is from Providence and all the candidates listed won office. Edward Knowles and Thomas Whitaker were both new to office. 19.4 cm X 11.2 cm

“Law and Order” City Convention Ticket 1845 – This local ticket is from Providence and all of the listed candidates were elected to office. For John Clark, William Goddard, George Holmes, William Patten and John Watterman it was their first time to hold these offices. 22.0 cm X 14.2 cm

For Senator Jacob Babbitt - local election ticket from the mid to late 19th century from indeterminate towns and uncertain dates. 6.0 cm X 11.3 cm

Prohibitory Ticket (Phillips) – local election ticket from the mid to late 19th century from indeterminate towns and uncertain dates. 8.5 cm X 11.2 cm

Prohibitory Ticket (Hopkins) – local election ticket from the mid to late 19th century from indeterminate towns and uncertain dates. 7.2 cm X 11.4 cm

Democratic Ticket – local election ticket from the mid to late 19th century from indeterminate towns and uncertain dates. 9.7 cm X 12.7 cm

For Senator – This is a palm card and dates to 1911; it is from the town of Warren. Charles Greene was elected senator but had been the town treasure in previous years. With the advent of the Australian ballot in 1890 any ballot for state office was officially printed by the Secretary of State’s office. A palm card was handed out at polling places as a reminder to voters to vote the candidate on the card. 9.3 cm X 14.7 cm

American Ticket – from the 1855 Providence election for senator and representatives to the General Assembly. An early chronicler has place a ‘+’ symbol next to the successful candidates. 1855 represented the high water mark in the Know Nothing movement in American. The American ticket is a Know Nothing ticket, this year all their candidates were swept into office. 12.3 cm X 7.4 cm

Whig Ticket 1855 – from the 1855 Providence election for senator and representatives to the General Assembly. An early chronicler has place a ‘+’ symbol next to the successful candidates. 1855 represented the high water mark in the Know Nothing movement in American. 12.3 cm X 7.8 cm

Warwick 1863 – All the candidates on this Warwick local ticket were elected to office for the first time; they had no opposition. 11.6 cm X 7.1 cm

Union National Ticket Burrillville 1864 – All candidates on this ticket were elected without opposition. Both Steere and France were new members to office. 13.0 cm X 8.0 cm

Republican Ticket – This is a local ticket from Bristol for the election of 1860. All candidates on the ticket were elected to office as first time members. 6.5 cm X 10.4 cm