Republican Ticket

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Title

Republican Ticket

Subject

African Americans, politics

Description

The Republican slate of candidates in 1869 included the current governor Henry Horatio Wells, the current attorney general Thomas Russell Bowden, and an African American physician, Joseph Dennis Harris, for lieutenant governor. In the election, the Conservative Party won all the statewide offices and majorities in both houses of the General Assembly. James Henry Platt, a native of Canada and a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1867-1868, was the only victorious candidate on this ticket.

Source

R. O. Hummel Southeastern Broadsides, Broadside 1869 R42 BOX, Library of Virginia, Prints and Photographs Division

Date

1869

Contributor

Library of Virginia

Rights

CC BY-SA

Format

JPG

Type

Broadside

Identifier

07_1268_15

Coverage

Virginia

Citation

“Republican Ticket,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed December 25, 2024, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/609.