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Union Electoral Ticket



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Title: Union Electoral Ticket
Description: Union Electoral Ticket for the United States Presidential Election, John Bell and for Vice President, Edward Everett. Voters that desired to select a straight party ticket would simply sign the back of the ballot and the election officials would place it on the appropriate spindle. Many of the ballots from this time period display a hole in the middle. The signature on the back of this ballot is that of Michael Dennis. The election that year had 4 candidates, Stephen A. Douglas for the National Democratic Party, John C. Breckinridge for the Southern Democratic Party, John Bell for the new Constitutional Union Party and Abraham Lincoln for the Republican Party.

Image ID: 96278
Creation
Date:
November 6, 1860 
Creator
Name:
Unknown
City, State: Virginia
Collection
Name:
Lincolniana, undated
Genre: Ephemera
Additional
Information:
Text on the ballot, "Union Electoral Ticket. State of Virginia. The Union, The Constitution and the Enforcement of the Laws. For President, John Bell, of Tennessee. For Vice President, Edward Everett, of Massachusetts. Electors. District 1st-L.H. Chandler, of Norfolk City, District 2nd-Travis H. Epes, of Nottoway, District 3rd-Thomas Bruce, of Halifax, District 4th-John T. Thornton, of Prince Edw'd, District 5th-James F. Johnson, of Bedford, District 6th-Marmaduke Johnson, of Richmond, District 7th-Lemuel J. Bowden, of Williamsburg, District 8th-Joseph Christian, of Middlesex, District 9th-B. H. Shackelford, of Fauquier, District 10th-andreww E. Kennedy, of Jefferson, District 11th-Fra's T. Anderson, of Rockbridge, District 12th-W.R. Staples, of Montgomery, District 13th-Walter Preston, of Washington, District 14th-J.J. Jackson, Jr. of Wood, District 15th-A.B. Caldwell, of Ohio."
Subjects: Political campaigns
Documents
Elections
Voting
 

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