1871 antique POLITICAL DEMOCRATIC campaign New Hampshire TICKET BARNUM senator

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1871 antique POLITICAL DEMOCRATIC campaign New Hampshire TICKET BARNUM senator
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This listing is for the original paper campaign ticket shown"1871 Democratic Gubernatorial Campaign Ticket, Connecticut, with William H Barnum running for Congress."
James English is shown as the nominee for Governor, and in addition candidates shown for Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Congressman, plus nominees for many other state and local positions, such as Comptroller,  and Judge of Probate.  This historical "1869 Democratic Party Gubernatorial Campaign Ticket" measures approx. 6" by 4-1/4".  And it is simply entitled the "Democratic State Ticket."
However James English is not the most famous person on this ticket. William H Barnun was running for Senator.
Barnum was an industrialist and third cousin to P.T. Barnum.   He served in state house of representatives from 1851 to 1852. He then served in the United States House of Representatives from 1867-1876.  Barnum then became a United States Senator, serving until March 4, 1879.
He was chairman of the DNC from 1877 to 1889, and was notable for being the longest-serving chair of the Democratic National Committee.  In addition to Barnum's political attainments, he also defeated his third cousin, the famous showman P. T. Barnum, for Congress.
William H. Barnum was also a pioneer in religious tolerance. Although an Episcopalian (he was the principal donor for the construction of, and chairman of the incorporators of Trinity Episcopal Church in Lime Rock) he did not discriminate against Roman Catholics as so many in that area of New England did at the time. He contributed around 00 to St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church of Lakeville, and later contributed 0 to build a new Roman Catholic church in Cornwall Bridge, CT. Importantly, when the local community angrily responded to the raising of a crucifix by the local Catholic priest by demanding that Barnum fire all his Catholic workmen, he declined to do so.
Excellent original early family and/or town genealogy, history, antique, collectible heirloom and/or ephemera.
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