Listed here is a very rare and attractive, "1866 Union Republican Campaign Ticket, Frederick Smyth for Governor of New Hampshire." Also listed on the ticket were George D. Savage for State Railroad Commissioner, Isaac Spalding for Councillor, and Lewis Goodale for Senator. Plus additional candidates for county officers: Treasure, Register, Commissioner.
This wonderful and patriotic "1866 Union Republican Campaign Ticket" measures approx. 5-3/4" x3-1/4", and is printed on light brown paper. At the top of the ballot it states "Republican Ticket." The Illustration shows a bald eagle flying with a flag pole and an American Flag in it's talons, and two ribbons in its beak, with printing which says, "From the Lakes to the Gulf; from Sea to Sea Base slavery is now dead. Our flag is now free."
Frederick Smyth went on to win the seat of Governor again, and started serving in June 1866. Both of Smyth's terms as governor were consumed by efforts to straighten out the state's wartime finances. He borrowed $1.2 million to fund the state's war debt, and settled all state claims against the federal government. He is credited with putting New Hampshire's credit on a sound financial footing, and "mustered out" soldiers remaining in wartime military units. He was a strong supporter of passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (passed 1868), which guarantees due process and equal protection to all United States citizens.
Smyth had advocated legislation to create a State University in his 1866 inaugural address. The University of New Hampshire was founded on July 7, 1866, during this second term. Smyth signed a bill providing for the incorporation of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. On July 19, 1866 the trustees appointed Smyth a trustee of that college, which eventually became part of the Univ. of New Hampshire. He also undertook to restore fish to certain state rivers, and he began publication of state papers.
He was active in the New Hampshire Agriculture Society, serving as treasurer for 10 years. He was a director in the American Agriculture Society and a vice-president of the American Pomological Society. He served as one of the commissioners on the part of the General Government of New Hampshire at the International Exhibition of 1862, in London.
The Smyth Prize established and provided funds for the Smyth Prize for Writing, Reading and Elocution for students of the agricultural college. The Smyth Prizes were awarded from 1881 until 1904. He was a delegate-at-large to the 1872 Republican national convention, and President Hayes appointed him honorary commissioner to the 1878 International Exposition at Paris.
Excellent original early family and/or town genealogy, history, antique, collectible heirloom and/or ephemera.
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