Congress Representative Ballot: Burnside, Ambrose E.

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