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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.
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)