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  • Collection: Political Broadsides

Tilden and Hendricks Club!, 1876

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Announcement for a meeting of the Tilden and Hendricks Club on Thursday, August 17, 1876 at the Village Hall in Montpelier. Samuel Tilden, Governor of New York, was the 1876 Democratic nominee for president, and Thomas A. Hendricks, governor of…

Vermont Patriot Extra, Democracy Victorious! 1852

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Extra published by the Vermont Patriot & State Gazette, Montpelier, November 1852 updating the public on initial returns from the 1852 presidential election between Franklin Pierce (Democrat) and Winfield Scott (Whig). "Democracy Victorious! That…

Questionnaire for Republican Gubernatorial Candidates, May 22, 1920

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Questionnaire addressed to the candidates for the 1920 Republican nomination for Governor: James Hartness, Frederick H. Babbitt, Curtis S. Emery, and Frank W. Agan. The questionnaire was circulated by H.S. Wardner, a resident of Windsor, VT, seeking…

Young Men's Republican Club, ca. 1895

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Constitution of the Young Men's Republican Club of the State of Vermont. The document outlines the seven article constitution of the club, founded in 1895, including its stated purpose "to awake in young men a deeper realization of their public…

Republican Rally, Enosburg Falls Opera House, 1934

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Poster for a Republican rally at the opera house in Enosburg Falls featuring Honorable E. S. Brigham of Montpelier and Miss Consuelo Northrop of Washington, DC. Elbert Sidney Brigham represented Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives from…

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…

Republican Ticket, n.d.

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Republican ticket for delegates to the Constitutional Convention: Albert M. Shaw, John L. Spring, Francis A. Cushman, and Nathan B. Stearns

Delegates to the Republican State Convention, ca. 1916

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Small document listing the delegates to the Republican State Convention: T.N. Vail, A.D. Paige, W.I. Powers, C.L. Stuart, and G.M. Campbell. These are likely the Caledonia County delegates to the 1916 convention.

Montpelier Republican Caucus, n.d.

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Poster for a Montpelier Republican Caucus meeting at Village Hall, to be held the evening of Saturday, September 4th.

Hon. A.B. Gardner at the Washington County Convention, 1872

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Announcement of speech by the Honorable A.B. Gardner at the Washington County Convention, to be held in Montpelier on Tuesday, August 20, 1872. Abraham Brodkins Gardner, a Republican, was the Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1863…

Administrative Reform, 1876

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Ticket related to the 1876 presidential election calling for Administrative reform." The slip is illustrated with a rooster, the symbol of the Democratic Party, and lists the Democratic candidates for president and vice president, Samuel J. Tilden of…

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),…