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 October 31, 2025, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/609.