Republican Ticket – local election ticket from the mid to late 19th century from indeterminate towns and uncertain dates. 7.5 cm X 11.3 cm

Republican Ticket – This ticket is for senator and representative in the 1884 election for the town of Foster. Both candidates were elected to office. 8.0 cm X 12.8 cm

Republican 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. 11.5 cm X 7.3 cm

1889 Regular Republican 1889 Ticket – The election of Wednesday April 3rd resulted in a no choice for both senator and representatives for the town of Cranston. A second election was scheduled for the following Saturday, April 6th. The Providence Journal reported “The Republicans of the town have united upon the following ticket: For Senator – J. Titus Andrew. First Representative – Eleazer Tandy; Second Representative – Walter F. Brayton”. 8.8 cm X 12.6 cm

Regular Republican Nomination – This ticket is from the Providence election of 1886; all candidates on this ticket were elected to office. The fancy type used in the printing of this ticket is a departure from the norm so often found on ballots but is indicative of type style used in other forms of printing that were in vogue in the 1880s. 14.4 cm X 9.1 cm

from the town of Exeter, Prohibition Ticket. 1888. Republicans Thomas and Chester were first elected to office in 1885 and re-elected in 1886. Thomas was out of office in 1887 but won his seat back in 1888. 9.0 cm X 12.6 cm

National Union Ticket Cumberland 1867 – In 1867 William Rowson lost the election to Lyman Burlingame for Cumberland’s senator by a majority of only 13 votes. Both candidates for representative on this ticket were also defeated. 13.2 cm X 7.1 cm

1865 National Union Ticket – All candidates on this Smithfield ticket were elected to office in 1865. 11.6 cm X 7.5 cm

National Union Republican Ticket – This is a Bristol ticket for the 1878 election. All three candidates were elected. Bourn would go on to serve two terms as Rhode Island governor in 1883 and 1884. 10.7 cm X 7.1 cm

National Union Republican Ticket South Kingstown, April 7th 1875 – The candidates on this 1875 ticket from South Kingstown were all elected to office. 7.5 cm X 12.4 cm

National Union Republican Ticket from Bristol and used in the general election of 1871. 10.6 cm X 7.2 cm

National Union Republican Nominations Coventry 1872 – The candidates on this 1872 ticket from Coventry were all elected to office. 11.5 cm X 9.5 cm,

1878 Johnston Reform Ticket from the election of 1878 from the town of Johnston. The Democratic ticket and the Citizen’s Union ticket proposed the same candidates but the Reform ticket which also proposed Rodney Dyer for Senator offered different candidates for Representatives. In the election held April 3rd the Reform ticket won the day and Dyer, Wood and Angell were all elected to office. 15.0 cm X 11.6 cm

1878 National Greenback Ticket from the election of 1878 from the town of Johnston. The Democratic ticket and the Citizen’s Union ticket proposed the same candidates but the Reform ticket which also proposed Rodney Dyer for Senator offered different candidates for Representatives. In the election held April 3rd the Reform ticket won the day and Dyer, Wood and Angell were all elected to office. 10.8 cm X 9.1 cm

Maine Law Ticket Regular Nomination – The Maine Law on this ticket is in reference to the successful temperance legislation that had been enacted in the state of Maine. This ticket is from the town of Scituate in 1852 and demonstrates the strong influence temperance reform had in Rhode Island at that time. Padon Angell was elected Senator and Harley Angell was elected Representative by a slim majority of only 4 votes. This ticket is a good example of how the temperance ballots of the period proposed candidates with various political party affiliations. Pardon Angel was a Democrat and Harley Angell was not; what mattered was that they both favored temperance reform though legislative action by the passage of the Maine Law (Liquor Law) in Rhode Island. 12.0 cm X 10.0 cm

Union Ticket Johnston 1862- The Johnston candidates on the Union and Democratic tickets are the same and all were elected for their first time in office. 6.3 cm X 10.5 cm

Democratic Ticket Johnston 1862 - The Johnston candidates on the Union and Democratic tickets are the same and all were elected for their first time in office. 6.2 cm X 10.7 cm

Foster 1864 – The Providence Journal, the day following the election, on April 7th reported that for Foster there was no election for senator and that the meeting dissolved with Job W. Hill being held over. John Randall lost to Jefferson Howard for the town’s only representative seat. 7.0 cm X 11.8 cm

Town of Exeter, Republican Ticket for 1886 - Republicans Thomas and Chester were first elected to office in 1885 and re-elected in 1886. Thomas was out of office in 1887 but won his seat back in 1888. 11.2 cm X 11.7 cm

Exeter 1864 Democratic Ticket – This Exeter local ticket proved unsuccessful, instead Anson Green was elected as Senator and Christopher Hall as Representative. 8.8 cm X 11.8 cm

1882 Democratic Ticket Lincoln, R.I. – This Lincoln ticket proved unsuccessful losing to an all incumbent Republican slate headed by Henry Stearns. 14.0 cm X 8.5 cm

Johnston Democratic Ticket April 3, 1878 from the election of 1878 from the town of Johnston. The Democratic ticket and the Citizen’s Union ticket proposed the same candidates but the Reform ticket which also proposed Rodney Dyer for Senator offered different candidates for Representatives. In the election held April 3rd the Reform ticket won the day and Dyer, Wood and Angell were all elected to office. 14.2 cm X 9.2 cm

Democratic Temperance Nomination – This ticket is from the period of the temperance movement of the mid 1850s; however it is uncertain which town the ticket is from. During the 1850s Rhode Island had ten towns with two representatives each and this ticket could be from any of them. It is certain that the candidates on this ticket were not elected to office. 9.9 cm X 9.6

Democratic and Conservative Ticket -13.4 cm X 9.6 cm

Republican Ticket Coventry 1862 –The local election in Coventry proved somewhat problematic for representatives in 1862. The Democratic ticket did not number its candidates on the ballot as required by law and as such the Republican candidates proposed to claim their seats since the Democratic party’s ballots were invalid. Similar situations in the past were resolved by the General Assembly. 8.0 cm X 10.7 cm

Citizen’s Union Ticket Johnston April 3d, 1878 from the election of 1878 from the town of Johnston. The Democratic ticket and the Citizen’s Union ticket proposed the same candidates but the Reform ticket which also proposed Rodney Dyer for Senator offered different candidates for Representatives. In the election held April 3rd the Reform ticket won the day and Dyer, Wood and Angell were all elected to office. 14.3 cm X 9.5 cm

Citizens’ Ticket from Bristol and were in the general election of 1871. The Citizen’s Ticket was victorious and all three candidates entered office. 10.7 cm X 8.2 cm

“The Winning Ticket” 1860 - The Burrillville “Winning Ticket” was aptly named for its candidates defeated their Democratic rivals. 14.7 cm X 7.5 cm

American Republican Ticket 1859 – This local Burrillville ticket was successful with all candidates winning office. Note the special attention used in the printing of this ticket, each representative position is identified as either “First Representative” or “Second Representative” as well as denoted as “A” or “B’, No.1 or No.2 and finally with Roman numerals “I” and “II”. It was essential that a candidate be identified on the ticket in the correct place. This overly cautious ticket was due to the fact that a candidate may receive sufficient total votes to gain a majority in an election but unless the votes were a majority for a specific position on the ticket the candidate could not be declared elected. 12.0 cm X 7.7 cm,

American Republican Ticket – This a local ticket from the town of Portsmouth for 1858. Both candidates on this ticket were elected. For Childs it was his first term in office but Manchester was an incumbent. 5.0 cm X 8.0 cm