Governor Election Ballot, Democratic State Ticket
Democratic State Ticket State of Rhode Island – The 1872 elections had a strong run by the Democrats but still they came up short by slightly more than one thousand votes, ultimately losing to the incumbent Republican ticket headed by Seth Padleford. Olney Arnold had also been twice (1859 and 1868) unsuccessful as the Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from the Eastern District. 12.1 cm X 7.0 cm
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