American Republican Ticket 1856 – This ticket is from the town of Coventry. All candidates on this ticket were elected to office. Lawton Johnson had been elected Coventry’s senator in 1854 as a Democrat and in 1855 as a Free Soil Democrat; for Fiske and Whipple this was their first time in office. 12.8 cm X 8.1 cm

American Republican Convention Nomination - from the election of 1858 from the city of Providence. This ticket was for election day, April 7th. The election resulted in a number of ‘no choices’ in Providence causing a second election to be called . The Providence Journal the day after the general election reported “In this city there is no choice of Senator, and only four representatives, Messrs.Thuber, Jenckes, Sanford and Hayes are elected. Miller and Wheaton received a majority of the vote, but enough of them were given for each in the wrong places on the ticket to defeat them. The law requires that the ticket shall be numbered, and each place is regarded as a distinct office. A candidate might receive the vote of every elector voting, and yet not be elected.” 14.6 cm X 8.9 cm

American & Republican Convention Nominations - from the election of 1858 from the city of Providence. Election day, April 7th, resulted in a number of ‘no choices’ in Providence causing a second election to be called (this ticket). The Providence Journal the day after the general election reported “In this city there is no choice of Senator, and only four representatives, Messrs.Thuber, Jenckes, Sanford and Hayes are elected. Miller and Wheaton received a majority of the vote, but enough of them were given for each in the wrong places on the ticket to defeat them. The law requires that the ticket shall be numbered, and each place is regarded as a distinct office. A candidate might receive the vote of every elector voting, and yet not be elected.” 11.7 cm X 7.9 cm

For Senator John Brown Francis - This local ticket is from Warwick for the election of 1847. All candidates listed on this ticket were elected to office. 8.9 cm X 11.9 cm

1853 West Greenwich – In the election of 1853 Benjamin Hoxie lost to Democrat Thomas T. Hazard by a majority of 5 votes for the senate seat and Lyman Hopkins lost to Democrat William B. Whitford by a majority of 19 votes for the representative seat. 7.6 cm X 13.2 cm

Anti-Masonic Republican Electoral Ticket – This 1832 ticket was for the electors of the third party presidential candidate William Wirth. Wirth received only 841 votes in Rhode Island and only 8% of the popular vote nationally. Note the slogan at the top of the ticket “The Supremacy of the Laws” 14.1 cm X 9.0 cm

1840 Whig Nomination for Electors – In 1840 Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison defeated President Martin Van Buren; the tariff being a major issue during this election. The electors on this ticket cast all four of Rhode Island’s electoral votes for Harrison and his running mate John Tyler. 10.5 cm X 17.3 cm

Republican Ticket 1880 –The 1880 Presidential election was the closest popular vote in the history of Presidential elections up to that time. Nationally, Garfield received 4,453,245 (48.5%) votes and Hancock 4,414,082 (48.1%). In Rhode Island four parties, Republican, Democrat, Greenback and Prohibition issued political tickets. Garfield won the four electoral votes of the state. 14.5 cm X 10.2 cm

Republican Ticket – In 1856 the American Party joined the newly formed Republican Party to support John C. Fremont for President. The Republicans nominated William Dayton for Vice President and the American Party chose William F. Johnson for their Vice Presidential candidate. Shortly after each party’s convention Johnson was forced to resign and Dayton was substituted. While James Buchanan a Democrat was elected president, in Rhode Island Fremont defeated both Buchanan and Know-Nothing candidate Fillmore to receive all four of the state’s electoral votes. 11.9 cm X 7.3 cm

Republican Ticket 1888 – During the 1888 Presidential election four parties issued tickets. Republican Benjamin Harrison carried the state and the nation. 16.0 cm X 9.5 cm

Republican Nominations – In 1860 Abraham Lincoln spoke twice in Rhode Island before many people looked upon him as a probable presidential candidate. He spoke in Providence on February 28, 1860 on his way to New Hampshire and on his return he visited Woonsocket. His Democratic (Northern) opponent, Stephen A. Douglas, visited Rocky Point on August 1, 1860 and spoke at a clam bake. The Northern Democrats, Southern Democrats and Constitutional Union parties nominated the same electors on their tickets. In Rhode Island Lincoln won the election 12,244 votes to Douglas’ 7,707 votes. 13.2 cm X 7.7 cm

Prohibition Ticket – During the 1888 Presidential election four parties issued tickets. Republican Benjamin Harrison carried the state and the nation. 13.4 cm X 8.8 cm

National Union Electoral Ticket for Rhode Island – Both political parties were divided during the presidential campaign of 1864; the Democrats into War and Peace Democrats and the Republicans into Radical and Conservative Republicans. Conservative Republicans dropped Hamilton of Maine as their candidate for vice president in favor of Johnson of Tennessee hoping to gain support in the border regions. Democrats nominated Gen. McClellan on a peace platform. Both parties were badly divided. As it turned out the political campaign was won on the battlefield. Rhode Island attempted to provide for soldiers in the field the ability to vote but a large number who voted were never qualified and others had not paid their registration tax were also not qualified. More than half of these votes were not counted. Lincoln defeated McClellan in Rhode Island and in the nation. 10.7 cm X 7.5 cm

Emocratic [sic] Ticket – Both political parties were divided during the presidential campaign of 1864; the Democrats into War and Peace Democrats and the Republicans into Radical and Conservative Republicans. Conservative Republicans dropped Hamilton of Maine as their candidate for vice president in favor of Johnson of Tennessee hoping to gain support in the border regions. Democrats nominated Gen. McClellan on a peace platform. Both parties were badly divided. As it turned out the political campaign was won on the battlefield. Rhode Island attempted to provide for soldiers in the field the ability to vote but a large number who voted were never qualified and others had not paid their registration tax were also not qualified. More than half of these votes were not counted. Lincoln defeated McClellan in Rhode Island and in the nation. 13.8 cm X 8.1 cm

Democratic Ticket – Both political parties were divided during the presidential campaign of 1864; the Democrats into War and Peace Democrats and the Republicans into Radical and Conservative Republicans. Conservative Republicans dropped Hamilton of Maine as their candidate for vice president in favor of Johnson of Tennessee hoping to gain support in the border regions. Democrats nominated Gen. McClellan on a peace platform. Both parties were badly divided. As it turned out the political campaign was won on the battlefield. Rhode Island attempted to provide for soldiers in the field the ability to vote but a large number who voted were never qualified and others had not paid their registration tax were also not qualified. More than half of these votes were not counted. Lincoln defeated McClellan in Rhode Island and in the nation. 15.0 cm X 8.2 cm

Democratic Ticket 1888 – During the 1888 Presidential election four parties issued tickets. Republican Benjamin Harrison carried the state and the nation. 14.1 cm X 8.1 cm

Democratic Ticket – In the presidential election of 1848 the Whig candidate General Zachary Taylor defeated Democrat Lewis Cass and Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren. 19.1 cm X 12.5 cm

Democratic Nominations – The 1880 Presidential election was the closest popular vote in the history of Presidential elections up to that time. Nationally, Garfield received 4,453,245 (48.5%) votes and Hancock 4,414,082 (48.1%). In Rhode Island four parties, Republican, Democrat, Greenback and Prohibition issued political tickets. Garfield won the four electoral votes of the state. 14.5 cm X 8.3 cm

Democratic National Convention Nominations – In 1860 Abraham Lincoln spoke twice in Rhode Island before many people looked upon him as a probable presidential candidate. He spoke in Providence on February 28, 1860 on his way to New Hampshire and on his return he visited Woonsocket. His Democratic (Northern) opponent, Stephen A. Douglas, visited Rocky Point on August 1, 1860 and spoke at a clam bake. The Northern Democrats, Southern Democrats and Constitutional Union parties nominated the same electors on their tickets. In Rhode Island Lincoln won the election 12,244 votes to Douglas’ 7,707 votes. 13.0 cm X 7.6 cm

Democratic Nominations – The 1880 Presidential election was the closest popular vote in the history of Presidential elections up to that time. Nationally, Garfield received 4,453,245 (48.5%) votes and Hancock 4,414,082 (48.1%). In Rhode Island four parties, Republican, Democrat, Greenback and Prohibition issued political tickets. Garfield won the four electoral votes of the state. 14.7 cm X 9.2 cm

American Ticket – In 1856 the American Party joined the newly formed Republican Party to support John C. Fremont for President. The Republicans nominated William Dayton for Vice President and the American Party chose William F. Johnson for their Vice Presidential candidate. Shortly after each party’s convention Johnson was forced to resign and Dayton was substituted. While James Buchanan a Democrat was elected president, in Rhode Island Fremont defeated both Buchanan and Know-Nothing candidate Fillmore to receive all four of the state’s electoral votes. 12.0 cm X 7.2 cm

For Moderator – local election ticket from the mid to late 19th century from indeterminate towns and uncertain dates. 6.5 cm X 13.5 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. 8.9 cm X 12.3 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. 8.8 cm X 12.7 cm

Democratic Nomination for Mayor – local election ticket from the mid to late 19th century from indeterminate towns and uncertain dates. 9.7 cm X 12.8 cm

Whig Ticket – The ticket is undated and could be for any of the times Knowles ran for mayor of Providence – 1854, 1855 or 1856. In 1855 Knowles was also nominated as the mayoral candidate on the Citizen’s ticket. 7.9 cm X 12.0 cm

Democratic Ticket - In 1856 James Smith was elected to his second term as Providence’s sixth mayor defeating his rivals Democratic Henry J. Burroughs and former mayor Edward P. Knowles. Smith was the mayoral candidate on both the American and Citizen’s tickets and went on to become governor of Rhode Island during the Civil War. 7.3 cm X 10.4 cm

1857 Democratic Convention Nomination -The Providence 1857 American Republican party caucus was very contentious with Thomas Doyle opposed to Stephen Olney for mayor. Olney finally won his party’s backing causing Doyle to run as an independent and as is often the case when third party’s factions enter the race no one candidate received a majority thereby resulting in no choice. William [sic] Burroughs was a Democratic hopeful going into the Democratic convention. In the fifth election attempt to select a mayor it was William Rodman the American Republican who defeated John Francis the Democratic candidate. 6.9 cm X 11.7 cm

Citizens’ Ticket – This undated ticket is from the 1855 election for Providence local offices. Knowles was elected as Providence’s fifth mayor in 1854 and ran again but unsuccessfully both in 1855 and 1856. This ticket is interesting in that the Citizen Ticket represented the Anti-Know Nothing party; however, this party would prove unable to counter the strong nativistic feelings sweeping the country at the time that were embodied by the American or Know Nothing party. 12.2 cm X 7.8 cm

Citizens’ Ticket! Ward Four – local election ticket from the mid to late 19th century from indeterminate towns and uncertain dates. 14.5 cm X 8.0 cm