Governor Election Ballot

1767 Prox – The manuscript entry at the top of this ticket is dated 1767. Ward had been elected governor in 1762, 1765 and 1766. If the manuscript entry is correct and this ticket is from the election of 1767 then it was unsuccessful since Ward lost to Stephen Hopkins in the April election. Hopkins received 2,433 votes and Ward 2,028. Hopkins received every vote cast in Providence while in Newport Ward outpolled Hopkins by a 3 to 1 margin. 15.2 cm X 12.7 cm