1843 Western District – The Democrat Republican candidate Wilmarth Aldrich lost to “Law and Order” candidate Elisha Potter by more than 1,000 votes. 9.5 cm X 12.2 cm

Whig Ticket – In 1837 the Whig candidates for representative to the 25th Congress, Joseph Tillinghast and Robert Cranston, readily defeated their Democratic opponents, Dutee Pearce and Jesse Howard as well as the Constitutional Party candidates Thomas Dorr and Dan King. Tillinghast received the greatest number of votes 4,282; the least was 25 votes for Dan King. 10.1 cm X 15.8 cm

Whig Ticket 1851 – George King, the Whig candidate for the 31st Congress, won the representative seat for the Eastern District by narrowly defeating his Democratic opponent Welcome Sayles by 224 votes. 12.1 cm X 12.8 cm

Whig Ticket Western District – Because no candidate received a majority vote for representative of the Western District in 1849, a second election took place in August and Nathan Dixon, who replaced Shearman on the Whig ballot, was elected. 11.3 cm X 14.2 cm

1841 Whig Convention Prox – In 1841 the Whigs again nominated Robert Cranston and Joseph Tillinghast for representatives. Both candidates had held their seats in Congress since 1837. In this election they faced virtually no opposition. Both record #3146182 and 3146183 are essentially the same only differing in the type used for a border. 10.0 cm X 15.9 cm

1841 Whig Convention Prox – In 1841 the Whigs again nominated Robert Cranston and Joseph Tillinghast for representatives. Both candidates had held their seats in Congress since 1837. In this election they faced virtually no opposition. Both record #3146182 and 3146183 are essentially the same only differing in the type used for a border. 9.6 cm X 14.9 cm

1802 Republican Ticket – Both Joseph Stanton and Nehemiah Knight were Jeffersonians and were elected to the 8th Congress. Note the phrasing “United we Stand: Divided we Fall” on the ticket and may be a possible comment on the divisiveness between the Federalist and Republicans parties at this time. 12.0 cm X 10.0 cm

Republican Convention Ticket 1806 – Only one representative, Nehemiah Knight, was selected in the August election and as a result another election was ordered for the first Tuesday in December 1806. In the December election Issac Wibur received 1,720 votes and was declared elected. 6.1 cm X 13.3 cm

Regular Democratic Nominations – This is a local Providence election handbill from the 1930s and may be for either presidential election year of 1932 or 1936. 20.9 cm X 12.0 cm

Reform & Restoration Prox 1846 – for the re-election of Charles Jackson. Jackson had been elected in 1845 on the Liberation prox which was intended to free the suffrage leader Thomas Dorr from state prison. Now that Dorr was liberated the coalition against the Whigs weakened and the election did not give a majority to any candidate. Ultimately Jackson lost his office to Byron Diman in an election by the General Assembly. 16.2 cm X 12.3 cm

Liberal Ticket 1839 – This ticket was for the third party candidates for representatives to the 26th Congress. The Liberal Ticket’s purpose was to protect liquor traffic from restrictions during this early period of temperance reform. The Liberal candidates gathered but few votes in the election. 10.2 cm X 15.1 cm

Free Soil Ticket 1849 – In this election for representative from the Western District no candidate received a majority vote. Benjamin Thurston, the Democrat candidate received a plurality of twenty votes over Sylvester Shearman a Whig. The Free Soil candidate Lauriston Hall received only 160 votes but it was sufficient to prevent a choice. 9.7 cm X 12.5 cm

Democratic Ticket 1853 – Democrats elected both members of the House of Representatives from Rhode Island. In the Western District Benjamin Thurston won practically without opposition. 12.8 cm X 8.8 cm

Democratic Republican Representative Ticket, for 1847 (May 10). The city of Providence continued to hold elections in order to fill the vacancies of three representative seats. In a special election on April 23rd the top three vote getters were Bradford Allen (1074 votes), Horace Manchester (1042 votes) and Nelson Eddy (1029 votes). None were elected since a majority required 1266 votes. Another election was therefore scheduled for May 10th. 15.1 cmX 10.1 cm

Democratic Republican Representative Ticket, for 1847 (April 23). The city of Providence continued to hold elections in order to fill the vacancies of three representative seats. In a special election on April 23rd the top three vote getters were Bradford Allen (1074 votes), Horace Manchester (1042 votes) and Nelson Eddy (1029 votes). None were elected since a majority required 1266 votes. Another election was therefore scheduled for May 10th. 11.9 cm X 9.7 cm

American Ticket 1856 - On election day April 2nd the local Republican ticket was successful in placing Benjamin Eames in office as Senator; however only 2 of the 12 representative seats for Providence received the majority necessary for election (Benjamin Thurston and Jesse Brown Jr. were elected). Another election was called for April 12th to fill the remaining vacancies. The remaining 10 vacancies were filled as denoted by the ‘+’ symbol to the right of each candidate’s name. This ticket also shows that the 4th and 10th representative candidates have a different name written over the printed name. 12.3 cm X 6.3 cm

Law & Order 1847 – In 1847 after many failed attempts to elect representatives from Providence the Providence Journal somewhat frustrated printed the following article on May 10th, 1847 under the heading Representatives to the General Assembly: “In the absence of a City Convention or other mode of ascertaining the general opinion, nominations have been made in the First and Second Wards of candidates for the General Assembly. The candidates proposed are JABEZ GORHAM, VINCENT CARR. These nominations, so far as we have been able to ascertain, give general satisfaction, and we hope our friends will unite and elect the candidates. The inconvenience and perplexity of holding an election every ten days should not be submitted to any longer: and unless an end is put to it, something more serious than inconvenience and perplexity will be the result. The candidates are unobjectionable and all the others have declined; and there is nothing to prevent their election if our friends will turn out in their accustomed strengths.” 14.2 cm X 11.2 cm

National Republican Convention Prox 1830 – In the election of 1830 the National Republican newspapers repudiated James Fenner in favor of Dr. Asa Messer; however to no avail as Fenner outpolled the opposition receiving 2,793 votes compared to Messer’s 1,455 votes and a scattering of 266 other votes. The advent of the Anti-Masonic ticket would influence many Rhode Island elections during the early 1830s. 19.5 cm X 10.5 cm

Whig Ticket For Representatives - The tickets shown in SSID: 3146287 and SSID: 3146297 represent another attempt to elect Representatives from Providence after the election on April 7th 1847 failed to elect three representatives due to a lack of a majority. 15.6 cm X 10.5 cm

“Law & Order” 1847 – The tickets shown in SSID: 3146287 and SSID: 3146297 represent another attempt to elect Representatives from Providence after the election on April 7th 1847 failed to elect three representatives due to a lack of a majority. 11.0 cm X 12.6 cm

Representative to Congress (Fifty-Third) – The General Assembly enacted an Australian type ballot law replacing the prox or ticket system. The new law required the state (Secretary of State) to print ballots with the list of all the candidates. The ballot shown here dates from the election of November 8, 1892. 25.8 cm X 13.1 cm

National Republican and Landholders Prox – This ticket is from the 1829 election for representatives to the U.S. Congress. Both Dutee Pearce and Tristan Burges were returned to office having received a significant margin of votes in a large field of National Republican candidates. 12.2 cm X 12.5 cm

Citizens’ Ticket 1856 – The Citizens’ Ticket for Aldermen in Providence in the election of 1856 preformed poorly with only Zelotes Holden being elected to office, the other candidates on this ticket lost by significant margins. 12.1 cm X 7.2 cm

Citizens’ Ticket 2d Ward – This ticket is for Providence’s Common Council and dates to the mid-1850’s, possibly 1854. The ticket was not successful. 11.9 cm X 7.9cm

American Ticket 2d Ward – This ticket is from the 1856 Providence local election for members to the Second Ward’s Common Council. All candidates were elected without opposition. 7.4 cm X 12.2 cm

Whig Ticket Second Ward – from the 1855 Providence local election for members to the Second Ward’s Common Council. 11.9 cm X 7.7 cm

American Ticket 1855 Second Ward – from the 1855 Providence local election for members to the Second Ward’s Common Council. This ticket proved successful with all of its candidates being elected. 12.0 cm X 7.8 cm

Delegates to City Convention – local election ticket from the mid to late 19th century from indeterminate towns and uncertain dates. 12.2 cm X 9.3 cm

Article VIII – In 1889 Article VIII called for the annulment of Article V of the State constitution that had only three years earlier been approved by the voters of the state. Article VIII was approved by 28,310 votes to 9,956 for its rejection; thus ended the state’s 19th century experiment with prohibition. 8.0 cm X 14.0 cm

Article VI – In 1886 another proposition was placed before the voters. Article VI was a suffrage amendment extending the franchise to any foreign born U.S. citizen that served in the late Civil War from Rhode Island and was honorably discharged. This amendment would place such qualifying men on an equal footing as native born Rhode Island citizens. It was approved by 18,903 votes in favor while 1,477 votes opposed it. It became a statute in 1888 with the adoption of the Bourne amendment. 8.1 cm X 13.4 cm