New Jersey Democratic ticket, 1839

This small paper New Jersey Democratic ticket from the 1839 election shows the slate of candidates and the different offices in which the Democratic party was contesting. Tickets like this one listed the candidates endorsed by the party and since early paper voting entailed the voter simply writing their vote on a paper and dropping it into a box, people were encouraged to simply drop their ticket into the voting box. An example of a voting box can be seen elsewhere in this exhibit. More information about the history of paper ballots can be found here.

Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives - New Jersey Ephemera Collection

1839

Tara Maharjan

This 1839 New Jersey democratic ticket was found as a bookmark in a circa 1825 "The Publications of the American Tract Society."