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  • Collection: Political Broadsides

Certification of Electors for President and Vice President of the United States, 1876

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This document certified the identities of the five electors who would represent Vermont to the Electoral College in the 1876 presidential and vice presidential election. The certificate is signed by the clerks from each of Vermont's counties and…

Washington County Republican Ticket, 1880

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Republican ticket outlining candidates for the statewide offices of Governor (Roswell Farnham), Lieutenant Governor (John L. Barstow), and Treasurer (John A. Page) and Washington County offices of Senator (William P. Dillingham and Albert Dwinell),…

Poster for Colonel A.M. Waddell Oration at Camp Watson, Milton, Vermont, 1880

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Poster advertising an appearance by Colonel A.M. Waddell of North Carolina at Camp Watson, on shore of Lake Champlain in Milton, Vermont, Monday, August 23, 1880. The poster calls for "A restored union and national good will!" and claims that "The…

Flag Raising by the Supporters of Hancock and English, 1880

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Poster for a flag raising by the supporters of Democratic candidates for President and Vice President, Winfield Scott Hancock and William H. English. The event took place in Montpelier on Saturday, July 3, 1880. Among the confirmed speakers, the…

National Republican Ticket, Garfield and Arthur, 1880

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Republican ticket for Vermont electors for President and Vice President of the United States, James Garfield and Chester Arthur. Illustrated with elaborately framed woodcut portraits of Garfield and Arthur, the ticket lists the five candidates for…

Hancock and English Clubs of Montpelier, 1880

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Invitation to a special meeting of the Hancock and English Clubs of Montpelier, Monday, August 30, 1880. Winfield Scott Hancock and William H. English ran for President and Vice President on the Democratic ticket in the 1880 election. The invitation…

Rally Once More! ca. 1884

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Poster for a Republican rally at the State House Common, Montpelier, VT on Thursday, September 2nd. The rally was to begin with a speech by Bernard Peters, owner of the Brooklyn Times, a newspaper affiliated with the Republican Party. The event also…

National Prohibition Ticket, 1884

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Included on the National Prohibition Party ticket for 1884 was John P. St. John (President) and William Daniel (Vice President), as well as four electors from Vermont: Charles Woodhouse of Rutland, Cyrus W. Wyman of Brattleboro, Charles S. Parker of…

Republican State Ticket, 1884

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Republican state and county ticket for the 1884 Franklin County elections.

Regular Republican Ticket, 1884

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Included here are the elements of the Regular Republican Ticket from the Vermont state (Vermont), county (Rutland County), and town (Rutland) election of 1884. Voters would have placed their selections into the envelope and deposited this with the…

Misprinted Republican Ticket, 1884

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This 1884 Republican State and County (Bennington) ticket was a misprint. The candidates listed here were all Democrats (see Regular Republican Ticket, 1884, also in this collection). It perhaps for this reason that the ticket was used as scratch…