Governor Election Ballot, National Union Republican Ticket

Regular Nominations National Union Republican Ticket (manuscript ‘1876’) – Henry Lippitt served two terms as governor in 1875 and 1876. In both elections a no choice by the electorate caused the decision to revert to the General Assembly. In both years the Prohibition candidate, also a Republican, caused a split in the party’s support thus depriving Lippitt of a majority. During 1876 the people of the state also voted on the question of extending the suffrage to foreign born veterans of the Civil War and on a proposal to repeal the registry tax. Both questions were defeated. 14.4 cm X 7.0 cm