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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-

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.

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)