Governor Representative Ballot

1770 General Offices – All candidates on this ticket were elected. Joseph Wanton was re-elected governor every succeeding year but in May 1775 he does not appear to have taken the oath of office. As a Tory he refused to support the rebel troops, by June the General Assembly suspended him and on October 31st he was deposed. Because he did not support the patriots he lost favor with many of his countrymen however he was not personally molested and he remained in Newport, although inactive in public affairs, until his death in the summer of 1780. 19.4 cm X 13.2 cm