Voting Tickets
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-0036
Voting tickets from 1872 and 1876. There is a fake Union Republic ticket for 1876 which lists the Democratic candidates. Two Republican tickets for South Carolina, headed by Franklin J. Moses, Jr., candidate for Governor, 1872-1874; also Union Republican tickets, headed by Rutherford B. Hayes for President. Samuel J. Tilden was the Democratic candidate for President; the fake Union Republican ticket shows Tilden for President.
Voting tickets from 1872 and 1876. There is a fake Union Republic ticket for 1876 which lists the Democratic candidates. These tickets were often given to illiterate voters before voting in order to ensure they voted a straight ticket. The ticket is a hoax used to deceive the ignorant into voting for the opposing party.
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Four voting tickets arranged chronologically.
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