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(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Davis-Stephens electoral ticket from Virginia. Printed slip, 6 1/4 x 5 inches; folds, minor foxing and wear; contemporary ink signature on verso (bleeding through to recto), modern pencil note reading "used in Loudoun Co., Va." Virginia, [1861]
A ballot for the 1861 Confederate presidential election, in which Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens ran unopposed and won 97% of the vote. This ballot lists delegates from 18 Virginia counties, including 4 from loyal Union counties which would soon split off to form West Virginia (Harrison, Monroe, Mason, and Ohio Counties).
