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Finding Aid Authors: Cindi Barwick.
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation:
Campaigns and Elections Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Acc. 1984.07 was received in memory of James Thomas Wood (1872-196) on 2/9/2984. Other gifts.
Processing Information:
Processed by Cindi Barwick in 1984.
Scope and Contents
An artificial collection of documents, election tickets, campaign literature, and photographs from national, state, and local elections. Most of the state election material concerns Virginia and the largest group of materials is from the 1932 presidential campaign.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Elections--United States--History
- Elections--Virginia
- Photographs
- Presidents--United States--Election--1932
- Publications
- Readjuster Party of Virginia
- Republican Party (U.S.)
- Tickets
- Virginia--Politics and Government
Container List
Scope and Contents Presidential Election Tickets from Virginia: 1848 - Whig Electoral Ticket, listing Zachary Taylor for President, Millard Fillmore for Vice-President, and the state electors from 17 districts- 1852 - Democratic Ticket listing Franklin Pierce for President, William R- King for Vice-President, and the state electors from 15 districts- 1860 - Democratic Ticket listing John C- Breckinridge for President, Joseph Lane for Vice-President, and the state electors from 15 districts- Includes engravings of portraits of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates and the party's platform- 1861 - Confederate Ticket listing Jefferson Davis for President, Alexander H- Stephens for Vice-President, state-at-large members and 16 district electors- 1876 - Conservative Electoral Ticket listing Samuel J- Tilden for President, Thomas A- Hendricks for Vice-President, Gilbert C- Walker for 3rd District Congressman, and 9 district electors- 1880 - Re-Adjustor Ticket, listing Kinfield Scott Hancock for President, William H- English for Vice-President, electors-at-large and 9 district electors- 1884 - Regular Democratic Ticket listing Grover Cleveland for President, Thomas A- Hendricks for Vice-President, electors-at-large, 10 district electors and a 9th district Congressman C-F- Trigg- State Election Tickets from Virginia: 1855 - "The American Ticket" listing Thomas S- Flournoy for Governor, James M-H- Beale for Lt- Governor, John M- Patton for Attorney General, Joseph Christian for State Senate, and Thomas C- Clopton for House of Delegates- 1869 - Republican Ticket James City Co- and Williamsburg, listing H-H- Wells for Governor, J-D- Harris for Lt- Governor, Thomas R-Bowden for Attorney General, A-M- Crane for Congressman-at-large, D-M- Norton for Congress, J- Ambler Smith for State Senate and F-S- Norton for House of Delegates- 1870 - Conservative Ticket Gloucester Co- listing Col- John Critcher for Congress, R-T- Daniel for Congress, John S- Cooke for Clerk of the County and Circuit Courts, Jasper C- Hughes for sheriff, Peyton M- Page for Commonwealth Attorney, Richard P- Jones for Treasurer, James C- Baytop for Superintendent of the Poor- City,County Election Tickets from Virginia: 1875 - Williamsburg election ticket listing for Mayor Jno- H-Barlow Jr- also lists candidates for Council, Commissioner of Revenue, Clerk, Commonwealth's Attorney, Sheriff, and Treasurer- 1875-1877 - Election tickets for unknown city,county elections- 1879 - Shenandoah County election tickets for Commonwealth'sAttorney, David T- Heft, County Treasurer, H-H- Riddleberger, County Supervisor, George W- Koontz, and other county offices- 3 items- PM-Election Tickets from West Virginia:22 October 1868- Conservative Ticket for State, County, andTownship Officers - Hardy County, West Va- 2 items- PM- [Both are incomplete],[1870]- Ticket listing various offices up for election, including Governor, Secretary of State, Senator, and Delegate- 1 p- PM-27 May n-y- Ticket for Jefferson County, Va- [W-Va-], listing the nominee for Commonwealth's Attorney, Charles B- Harding- 1 p-PM-1874-1927, undated Miscellaneous election tickets and advertisingcards for various unknown state and local elections, includingan "Anti-Lottery Democratic Ticket, " listing delegates to thestate Convention, 1891, "instructed only against the Lottery-"7 items- PM-
Scope and Contents 4 DecLembejr 1816- List of qualified electors from Virginia for the Presidential,Vice-Presidential election of 1816- Attached is certification, signed by lv[ilson] C[ary] Nicholas, Governor of Virginia, along with two Seals of Virginia- DS, D- 2 items-4 December 1816- Certification and signatures of the following electors that all votes were cast for James Monroe, current Secretary of State, for President of the United States: Geo[rge] Newton, Charles H- Graves, John Pegram, John Turnall, Joseph C- Cabell, Ch[arles] Yancey, Spencer Roane, Sthresley [?j Rennolds, Robert Taylor, Isaac Foster, Brazure W- Pryor, W[illia]m Jones; W[illia]m Lee Ball, John T- Brooke, H[ug]h Holmes, ArchLibaljd Rutherford, Arch[ibal]d Stuart, Andrew Russell, Charles Taylor, R[obert] B- Starke, William Archer, BenjCamin] Cook, W[illiajm Brockenbrough, Dan[ie]l Morgan, and John Edie- 1 p- DS-4 December 1816- Certification and signatures of the following electors that all cast votes for Daniel D- Tompkins, current Governor of New York, for Vice-President of the United States: Geo[rge] Newton, Charles H- Graves, John Pegram, John Turnall, Joseph C- Cabell, Ch[arles] Yancey, Spencer Roane, Sthresley[?] Rennolds, Robert Taylor, Isaac Foster, Brazure W- Pryor, W[illia]m Jones, W[illia]m Lee Ball, John T- Brooke, HLug]h Holmes, Arch[ibal]d Rutherford, Arch[ibal]d Stuart, Andrew Russell, Charles Taylor, R[obert] B- Starke, William Archer, Ben3[amin] Cook, W[illia]m Brockenbrough, Dan|_ie]l Morgan, and John Edie- 1 p-- DS-1 December 1824- Certificate signed by James Pleasants, Governor [of Virginia], giving the following names of duly qualified electors from Virginia for the Presidential election: William C- Holt, Charles H- Graves, John Cargill, William H- Brodnax, Joseph Wyatt, James Jones, Charles Yancey, Joseph Martin, Thomas M- Randolph, William Brockenbrough, John T- Lomax, William Jones, Robert Shield, Ellison Currie, Robert Taylor, Isaac Foster, Daniel Morgan, William Armstrong, Archibald Rutherford, John Bowyer, James Hoge, Andrew Russell, Joseph H- Samuels, and l-illiam Martin- 2 pp- D- Including D-, 1 December 1824, certifying that the 24 Virginia electors all cast their votes for William H- Crawford of Georgia for President of the United States, and signed by the electors- 1 p- Frag- Also including D-, 1 December 1824, signed by James Pleasants, substituting Col- Jos[eph] Wyatt of Charlotte Co- tor, Gen- John Purnall, who failed to attend [the voting session?] at the Capitol in Richmond, and also re-listing all Virginia electors- 2 pp- E'rag- Also including D-, 1 December 1824, certifying that all Virginia electors cast their votes for Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina for Vice-President of the United States, and signed by the electors- 1 p- Frag-[1832?]- Campaign ribbon from the [1832?] presidential campaign run by Henry Clay, with the slogan "His Country's friend in the hour of Danger"; and his portrait printed on it- AL-[9 April 1840]- Circular to delegates [from Virginia] attending the upcoming presidential election, urging their support and vote for William Henry Harrison and John Tyler; includes engraving of a medal struck in honor of Harrison for his victory over the British in Canada, October 1813- 3 pp- Pl-i-[ca- 1844], Campaign banner from the Presidential campaign of 1844, similar in style to the United States flag, with red and white stripes, and a navy field with stars in the top left corner, along with a likeness, head and shoulders view, of Henry Clay; also states "Clay and Frelinghuysen-" 1 item- Artifact- See Oversize File- (A2)[ca- 1876]- Democratic Party poster for the presidential campaign of 1876, picturing Samuel J- Tilden for President and Tho[ma]s A- Hendricks for Vice-President, and listing the party platform adopted at the St- Louis, [Mo-] convention, with the slogan heading "Reform and Better Times-" 1 item- PM- See Oversize File-[ca- 1888]- Metal token from the presidential campaign of 1888,picturing a profile of Benjamin Harrison on one side, and on the reverse, the statement "Republican Candidate for President-" 1 item- Artifact- (A3)
Scope and Contents 1932- Printed material issued by the Democratic National Committee: "Labor and the President - A History of Broken Pledges," "The Philosophy of Government - Governor Franklin D- Roosevelt's Speech," "The Republic Tariff Wall - Shutting out Prosperity and peace";- 1932- Printed material issued by the Republican National Committee: "Address of President Hoover Accepting the Republican Nomination for President of the United States," August 11, 1932- "Emergency Relief for Agriculture"; "The Hoover Administration-Its Policies and Its Achievements in the First Sixteen Months," "Hoover's Fight for Labor," "Hoover Friend of Worker," "Hoover Meets Two Crises," "Official Acts Expose Roosevelt," "President Hoover's Des Moines Address," "The Republican Case," "Republican Party Platform 1932," "The Republican Party and the Veterans-" 1932- Printed material issued by the Women's Division of the Republican National Committee: "how Federal Loans Help Small Home Owners," "Facts - President Hoover and the Republican Administration," "The What, Why, and How of Tariff-" Miscellaneous printed material issued during various elections, including some presidential election material: "The Facts about the Fiscal Policy of our Government during the Past Two Years," by Carter Glass, "Hoover Farmers' League Journal: Why Farmers are Voting for Hoover," "Labor Under the ISMS," "The Six Republican Candidates for Congress [from Va- ] ," and "Some Economic Issues of the Campaign- An Address by Hon- Ogden L- Mills, Secretary of the Treasury- 4 March 1933- Admission card to the Presidential Platform for the Inauguration Ceremonies of Franklin B- Roosevelt as President of the United States- 2 items- PM- [ca- 1973]- Bronze medal minted in a limited edition for those who gave support to Richard M- Nixon's re-election campaign; profile of Nixon on one side; Republican Party symbol, the elephant, on verso- 1 item- Artifact- (A4) undated Photograph of Franklin Delano Roosevelt greeting the public in Oversize file-
Newspaper clipping entitled "Whig Emblem Dissected," showing a raccoon [?] dissected into various Whig party platforms, philosophies, and subsidiary parties printed on the "inside" of the animal; April 28 1859 poster "To the Voters of Wythe [County, Virginia]"; printed letter,circular by candidate Pierson, Walters, 1 pm, November 5 1940; Democratic and Republican national election guide ballots; "Democrats for Wilkie"; and 3 Guide Ballots.
Poster of a caricature in pencil showing a man ruling over insects. Background appears to be Richmond, Virginia. Oversize poster.
Henry Clay and Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen Campaign Banner (1844), poster of a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt greeting the public, and Samuel J. Tilden/Thomas A. Hendricks campaign poster (1876)