Republican and Independent Ballot, 1884
date: label: associated date
content: 1884
name: label: associated person
content: Cleveland, Grover
label: associated institution
content: Republican National Party
notes: label: Description
content: 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. A white ballot was used for the Republican and Independent Ticket in 1884.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
label: used
content: Voting
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1884.T08
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1884.T08
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ballot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: buff, black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 5/8 in x 4 5/8 in; 32.06788 cm x 11.74788 cm