“Law and Order” Rhode-Island Ticket 1843 –This ticket is from the first election in which Rhode Island was divided into two Congressional Districts, Eastern and Western. This ticket with Elisha R. Potter as candidate for Representative to the 28th US Congress would prove successful. The “Law & Order” ticket refers to a coalition of Whigs and Democrats that formed following the armed conflict of the previous year’s Dorr Rebellion. 19.3 cm X 12.4 cm

“Law and Order” Rhode-Island Ticket 1845 – This ticket’s candidate for the 1845 Western District congressional election for representative was Elisha Potter. Potter the “Law and Order” candidate lost to “Liberation” candidate Lemuel Arnold. 11.8 cm X 19.4 cm

True American Ticket – In 1808 New England was strongly opposed to the Jefferson embargo. At the August election both Elisha Potter and Richard Jackson were elected. Note the slogan used on this ticket is the same as that used on the ticket for True American Ticket of 1807 (SSID: 3146113). 10.4 cm X 17.1 cm

Republican Nomination (Second District) – In the First Congressional District election of 1884 Henry Spooner was re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He was first elected to his seat in the 47th Congress and continued to serve through the 52nd Congress. In the Second Congressional District William Price [sic] defeated his Democratic opponent Charles Page with a majority of only 16 votes. The majority was small because of the large number of other candidates in the race including three other Republicans, a candidate from the Prohibition party and one from the People’s party. Page contested the election and on January 25, 1887 the U.S. House of Representatives declared the seat vacant. A special election was held on February 21, 1887 with Page defeating Price and Prohibition candidate Alfred Chadsey. Page’s plurality was 295 votes. 8.8 cm X 14.2 cm

Representatives to the Twentieth Congress – In August 1827 both Dutee Pearce and Tristam Burges were elected to Congress as National Republicans. 8.2 cm X 15.5 cm

Representative to the 23rd Congress (November) - Since only one candidate received a majority vote for representative to the 23rd Congress in the August election, a second election was called for November 20th. In this election Dutee Pearce was elected. Note the ticket reference to Pearce, the ‘old candidate,’ as the tried public servant. 8.5 cm X 16.2 cm

Democratic Ticket – In the First Congressional District election of 1884 Henry Spooner was re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He was first elected to his seat in the 47th Congress and continued to serve through the 52nd Congress. In the Second Congressional District William Price defeated his Democratic opponent Charles Page with a majority of only 16 votes. The majority was small because of the large number of other candidates in the race including three other Republicans, a candidate from the Prohibition party and one from the People’s party. Page contested the election and on January 25, 1887 the U.S. House of Representatives declared the seat vacant. A special election was held on February 21, 1887 with Page defeating Price and Prohibition candidate Alfred Chadsey. Page’s plurality was 295 votes. 8.3 cm X 14.4 cm

Representatives to the 15th Congress – Both Federalist Mason and Boss were elected having run unopposed for seats in the 15th Congress. 10.0 cm X 16.5 cm

Democratic Nomination – In the November 2, 1880 election Isaac Lawrence was defeated by Nelson Aldrich for U.S. Representative seat from the First District by a greater than 2 to 1 margin. 14.3 cm X 8.8 cm

National Union Republican Ticket for Rhode Island – Rhode Island election law changed in 1868 allowing for November instead of April elections and even numbered year elections instead of odd year. In 1868 Thomas Jenckes easily won re-election as Representative from the Eastern District besting his Democratic opponent Onley Arnold. 7.1 cm X 12.4 cm

National Union Ticket 1865 – In 1865 Congressman Jenckes was re-elected with little opposition. 7.2 cm X 11.8 cm

True American Ticket - In the August 1807 election Richard Jackson, a Federalist, defeated the Republican candidate Jonathan Russell. Note the slogan on the ticket of “No Foreign Influence, No Embargo, No Land Tax” 10.1 cm X 17.2 cm

People’s Ticket – By the 1820’s the term Federalist faded out of use, for several years thereafter, on some Rhode Island tickets the term “People’s Ticket” came to be used in its stead. In 1825 the Republican’s ticket consisted of Samuel Eddy and Dutee Pearce for representative to the 19th Congress while the Federalist’s People’s Ticket consisted of Tristam Burges and William Hunter. In the August election only Burges received a majority vote; a second election was held in November in which Dutee Pearce was elected. 8.0 cm X 16.9 cm

American Ticket Eastern District – The August 1855 election for representative from the Eastern district to the 34th Congress was readily won by Nathaniel Durfee. The American ticket for this election was a combined Whig and Know-Nothing party endorsement with Durfee defeating his Democratic opponent Thomas Davis; Durfee received 6,283 votes out of a total 8,554. 7.4 cm X 12.0 cm

Republican Ticket – In 1821 both Job Durfee and Samuel Eddy were elected as representatives. Durfee was elected as a People’s candidate and Eddy as a Republican. 8.4 cm X 10.1 cm

Republican Ticket 1822 – This ticket was for representatives to the 18th Congress. Both candidates were elected unopposed. 10.0 cm X 16.2 cm

National Union Republican Ticket – In 1867 Nathan Dixon defeated his Democratic opponent William Carder for the Western District seat to the 40th Congress by an almost 2 to 1 margin. 7.1 cm X 11.8 cm

Democratic Republican Prox – In the August 1835 Congressional election for Representatives to the 24th Congress Dutee Pearce and Willian Sprague Jr. defeated the Whig candidates Tristam Burges and Henry Cranston. 9.8 cm X 6.8 cm

Democratic Nomination – This ticket is from the early 1880’s. Horace Kimball was the Democratic candidate for governor in 1880, 1881 and 1882 losing to Alfred Littlefield by significant margins in all three elections. 14.0 cm X 8.7 cm

“Law and Order” Rhode-Island Ticket 1845 – By Rhode Island law the election date for congressional voting was changed from August to April. This ticket’s candidate for representative of the Eastern District to the twenty-ninth Congress was Henry Cranston, a “Law and Order” Whig. He ran unopposed. 19.4 cm X 12.7 cm

Democratic Ticket Eastern District - Ambrose Burnside was a wealthy Rhode Island businessman and in this his first try for public office he lost to the American party candidate and incumbent Nathaniel Durfee. Burnside would go on to serve in the Civil War as a Maj. General of the Army of the Potomac and later three terms (1866-69) as Rhode Island governor and US Senator (1875-1881). 7.1 cm X 11.9 cm

Representative to the 23d Congress (August) – In the August 1833 election for representative to the 23rd Congress only Tristam Burges, out of seven candidates, was declared elected having received sufficient votes for election as Representative. 8.3 cm X 12.8 cm

Democratic Ticket First Congressional District – In the November 5th 1876 Congressional elections Democrat Edward Brunsen lost to Republican Benjamin Eames in the First District while in the Second District, Republican Latimer Ballou defeated his Democrat opponent Charles Page. 8.9 cm X 14.4 cm

Western District Representative to the 43d Congress – In the Congressional election of 1872 Democrat George Browne was defeated by Republican James Pendleton by more than 2 to 1 votes. Browne had served one term in 1861 as U.S. Representative and twice (1864 and 1865) been the Democratic candidate for governor. By general statute of 1872 the designation of the eastern and western congressional districts were changed to first and second districts respectively. 6.9 cm X 12.8 cm

For Representative to the XXXVIIth Congress – In the 1863 election incumbent Democrat George Browne failed in his attempt for re-election, losing to Republican Nathan Dixon. 6.8 cm X 11.9 cm

Friends to the Rights of Man – The ticket was for the third Congress of 1792. Both Bourn and Malbone were elected at large. 6.1 cm X 12.7 cm

1792 Third Congress - This ticket was for the third congress however Mumford only received 43 votes and Bourn and Malbone (SSID: 3146182) were elected. 6.5 cm X 12.9cm

Democratic Nomination Second District – In the 1878 election for US Representative incumbent Latimer Ballou defeated wealthy Providence merchant Jerothmul Burnaby by slightly more than one thousand votes. 7.2 cm X 14.0 cm

Republican Nomination – In the November 5th 1876 Congressional elections Democrat Edward Brunsen lost to Republican Benjamin Eames in the First District while in the Second District, Republican Latimer Ballou defeated his Democrat opponent Charles Page. 8.8 cm X 14.5 cm

Republican Nomination (Second District) – In the 1888 election for Representative to the 51st Congress Republican Henry Spooner once again was elected to office from the First District. In the Second District Warren Arnold, also a Republican was elected to office. 9.4 cm X 15.3 cm