Congress Representative Ballot, American Ticket

American Ticket 1856 - On election day April 2nd the local Republican ticket was successful in placing Benjamin Eames in office as Senator; however only 2 of the 12 representative seats for Providence received the majority necessary for election (Benjamin Thurston and Jesse Brown Jr. were elected). Another election was called for April 12th to fill the remaining vacancies. The remaining 10 vacancies were filled as denoted by the ‘+’ symbol to the right of each candidate’s name. This ticket also shows that the 4th and 10th representative candidates have a different name written over the printed name. 12.3 cm X 6.3 cm