Sep 28, 2017 - Sale 2455

Sale 2455 - Lot 226

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(PRESIDENTS--1884 CAMPAIGN.) Certification of Pennsylvania's votes for the Blaine-Logan ticket in the Electoral College. 2 manuscript pages in red and black on 2 sheets, 24 1/2 x 10 inches, the first signed by 30 electors and the second by governor Robert E. Pattinson with his seal; light folds, pinholes in upper margin. Harrisburg, PA, 29 November and 3 December 1884

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Pennsylvania was the largest of the states voting for the losing candidate Blaine in a very close election. Among the electors signing the certification was Josiah Cohen (1840-1930), a founder of both Hebrew Union College and the Union for Reform Judaism.