Maryland Union Ticket
Maryland Union Ticket
- Description
- More so than the distinguishing marks of party symbols or candidate portraits, color helped observers identify party ballots as they were cast—and who cast them. Voting was still not entirely secret. The parties printed and distributed paper ballots cut from sheets. The Maryland Union Ticket was white in the 1860 election.
- Object Name
- Ballot
- date made
- 1860
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- buff, black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 15 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 39.37 cm x 13.97 cm
- ID Number
- PL.227739...T28
- catalog number
- 227739.*.T28
- accession number
- 227739
- Credit Line
- Ralph E. Becker
- subject
- Political Campaigns
- Voting
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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