[LINCOLN] 1876 Radical Republican Hayes Ballot

Republican Ticket. Third District. For President, Rutherford B. Hayes. For Vice President William A. Wheeler. [Baltimore, Maryland]: N.p., [November 1876]. 1 page, ## x ## in.

A Republican ballot from the hotly contested 1876 Presidential election illustrated with a profile portrait of the Abraham Lincoln. The Republican Party were keen to remind voters of the affiliation of the beloved martyred president, especially in one of the most contentious presidential elections in American history.

We are able to localize the ballot to Maryland's 3rd Congressional District, composed of Baltimore's lower wards. The local paper remarked on the Republican nominations for the congressional seat: "The republicans of the third district...last evening nominated Alexander H. Hobbs for Congress. Mr. W. Elwell Goldsborough, nominated by the reformers, was not endorsed, as had been at first expected. Mr. Kimmell [sic], the democratic candidates, will therefore have two opponents." (The Baltimore Sun, 30 September 1876). Evidently, this ballot was issued by a more radical branch of the Baltimore Republicans.

Despite the efforts put forth here, Maryland's electoral votes would go to the Democratic contender Samuel J. Tilden. Democratic support also saw the defeat of Goldsborough, with his opponent William Kimmel serving for 2 terms in the 45th and 46th Congresses. Goldsborough would, however, be appointed consul to Amoy, China in 1884

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