Civil War Ephemera / ELECTION BALLOT For President Jefferson Davis 1st ed 1861

  
For President, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi. Virginia Electorial Ticket, for the State at Large.

Davis, Jefferson [1808 - 1889] Title: ELECTION BALLOT. Virginia Electorial Ticket, for the State at Large Publication: n. : [1861] Edition: 1st printing (presumed). Description: Single sheet leaflet of flimsy blue paper, printed recto only. 27 lines of printed text, with the bottom 16 listing candidates for the divers state districts.

Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Small stain to center of ballot. A faintly penciled name, Hugh Kev?

Davis was inaugurated as President of the Confederacy February 18, 1861, with Alexander H. Stephens chosen as his Vice President. A rare bit of ephemera documenting the 4 year succession attempt by the southern states.

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