Congress Representative Ballot, Democratic Republican Representative Ticket
Democratic Republican Representative Ticket, for 1847 (May 10). The city of Providence continued to hold elections in order to fill the vacancies of three representative seats. In a special election on April 23rd the top three vote getters were Bradford Allen (1074 votes), Horace Manchester (1042 votes) and Nelson Eddy (1029 votes). None were elected since a majority required 1266 votes. Another election was therefore scheduled for May 10th. 15.1 cmX 10.1 cm
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