Senator Election Ballot, American Republican Ticket

American Republican Ticket 1859 – This local Burrillville ticket was successful with all candidates winning office. Note the special attention used in the printing of this ticket, each representative position is identified as either “First Representative” or “Second Representative” as well as denoted as “A” or “B’, No.1 or No.2 and finally with Roman numerals “I” and “II”. It was essential that a candidate be identified on the ticket in the correct place. This overly cautious ticket was due to the fact that a candidate may receive sufficient total votes to gain a majority in an election but unless the votes were a majority for a specific position on the ticket the candidate could not be declared elected. 12.0 cm X 7.7 cm,