Congress Representative Ballot, Whig Ticket

Whig Ticket – In 1837 the Whig candidates for representative to the 25th Congress, Joseph Tillinghast and Robert Cranston, readily defeated their Democratic opponents, Dutee Pearce and Jesse Howard as well as the Constitutional Party candidates Thomas Dorr and Dan King. Tillinghast received the greatest number of votes 4,282; the least was 25 votes for Dan King. 10.1 cm X 15.8 cm

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Original record: Congress Representative Ballot, Whig Ticket
Collection: University of Rhode Island: Rhode Island Election Ballots
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Subject(s): Congress
Dan King
Humanities and Social Sciences
Rhode Island, United States (state)
Thomas Dorr
Whig

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