Title: Electoral and demographic data, 1848-1876, Massachusetts
Description: This collection contains electoral and demographic data for Massachusetts counties and cities during 1848-1876. The data for this collection were compiled to study electoral changes in Massachusetts politics during the Civil War period and to link the changes to socioeconomic determinants of support for the Republican and Democratic parties. The data include election returns, data from Massachusetts state censuses, Massachusetts General Court reports, data from the Archives of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and data from the Massachusetts Bureau of State of Labor.
Subjects: Local elections, Statistics, Population
Places: Massachusetts