Senator Election Ballot: Corp, Stephen

Law and Order Ticket Scituate 1845 – This “Law & Order” ticket from Scituate was unsuccessful. Scituate, like most of Rhode Island’s northern towns, was sympathetic to the Dorrite cause, so it is not surprising that this “Law & Order” ticket failed. When the Providence Journal reported the election results on April 3rd 1845 it listed the names of the successful candidates from each town; for Scituate’s representatives it simply listed “Joseph Tisdale and two other Dorrites.” The Providence Journal as a “Law & Order” newspaper didn’t suffer Dorrites readily. 8.4 cm X 11.9 cm