Mayor Election Ballot, Citizens' Ticket and Anti-Know Nothing Ticket

Citizens’ Ticket – This undated ticket is from the 1855 election for Providence local offices. Knowles was elected as Providence’s fifth mayor in 1854 and ran again but unsuccessfully both in 1855 and 1856. This ticket is interesting in that the Citizen Ticket represented the Anti-Know Nothing party; however, this party would prove unable to counter the strong nativistic feelings sweeping the country at the time that were embodied by the American or Know Nothing party. 12.2 cm X 7.8 cm