Alderman Election Ballot, Whig Convention Ticket

Whig Convention Ticket 1855 – Election day for Providence local officers was May 9th 1855, the following day the Providence Journal reported “The Know Nothings carried the city yesterday, electing the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen and twenty of the twenty-eight Councilmen….Three of the Aldermen were also on the Whig ticket.” The ticket shown here is the Whig Convention Ticket and the three successful Whig candidates were Isaac Thurber, George Rathbone and Zelotes Holden. 7.7 cm X 12.2 cm