Governor Representative Ballot: Democratic Republican Ticket

1839 Democratic Republican Ticket – Thomas Dorr and Benjamin Thurston were defeated by incumbent Whig representatives Henry Cranston and Joseph Tillinghast. During this period Dorr, who had been a prominent Whig party member, changed parties finding the Democratic policies in state politics more favorable to the suffrage movement. 10.2 cm X 14.3 cm

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Original record: Governor Representative Ballot: Democratic Republican Ticket
Collection: University of Rhode Island: Rhode Island Election Ballots
Date(s): 1839
Usage: This item is in the public domain and may be freely re-used.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Subject(s): Benjamin Thurston
Humanities and Social Sciences
Rhode Island, United States (state)
Thomas Dorr
Whig

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