Governor Representative Ballot: Republican Ticket

The People’s Prox – The gubernatorial contest of 1835 was close and froth with charges of fraudulent voting from several towns. A canvassing committee was appointed by Governor Francis to investigate the charges; the committee was divided along party lines with five members from each party. The committee became deadlocked and it was finally decided to ignore the charges and the ballots were counted as returned by the election officers. This ticket, while similar to the one in SSID: 3146157, has six different names in places for senator, While Governor Francis defeated Nehemiah Knight, this ticket’s candidate for governor; the candidate for Lt. Governor, George Engs, was elected. Note the two slogans on this ticket, top “No Demagogues!! No Office Hunters!!” and bottom “By order of the decedents of Whigs of seventy-six in the land of Roger Williams.” 19.6 cm X 12.6 cm