Senator Election Ballot, Maine Law Ticket

Maine Law Ticket Regular Nomination – The Maine Law on this ticket is in reference to the successful temperance legislation that had been enacted in the state of Maine. This ticket is from the town of Scituate in 1852 and demonstrates the strong influence temperance reform had in Rhode Island at that time. Padon Angell was elected Senator and Harley Angell was elected Representative by a slim majority of only 4 votes. This ticket is a good example of how the temperance ballots of the period proposed candidates with various political party affiliations. Pardon Angel was a Democrat and Harley Angell was not; what mattered was that they both favored temperance reform though legislative action by the passage of the Maine Law (Liquor Law) in Rhode Island. 12.0 cm X 10.0 cm