The American Ballot Box in the Mid-Nineteenth Century : Law, Identity and the Polling Place.

During the middle of the nineteenth century, Americans voted in saloons in the most derelict sections of great cities, in hamlets swarming with Union soldiers, or in wooden cabins so isolated that even neighbors had difficulty finding them. Their votes have come down to us as election returns report...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bensel, Richard Franklin, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, April 2004.
Temas:
1800-1899
Voting > United States > History > 19th century.
Elections > United States > History > 19th century.
Vote > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Elections
Politics and government
Voting
United States > Politics and government > 19th century.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siècle.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • ELECTION CASES
  • THE PRACTICE OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
  • THE PHYSICAL SETTING OF THE POLLING PLACE
  • PARTY TICKETS
  • MAJOR CONSEQUENCES OF THE TICKET SYSTEM
  • ENFORCEMENT OF LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTING
  • OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK
  • 2 Structure and Practice of Elections
  • COMMON ASPECTS OF THE AMERICAN POLLING PLACE
  • Opening and Closing the Polls
  • Selection of Election Officials
  • The Ballot Boxes
  • Poll Books
  • Poll Taxes
  • Property Qualifications
  • On the Marking of Tickets.
  • Counting the Tickets
  • Viva Voce Voting
  • Liquor, Corruption, and Bribery
  • Money and Patronage as the Currency of Politics
  • Economic Intimidation
  • On the Poor Farm
  • CONCLUSION
  • 3 Social Construction of Identity in Eastern Rural Communities
  • RESIDENCY
  • Age
  • MENTAL COMPETENCY
  • Racial Identity
  • CONCLUSION
  • 4 Ethno-Cultural Stereotypes and Voting in Large Cities
  • ETHNICITY
  • MULTIPLE VOTING IN URBAN PRECINCTS
  • COLONIZATION
  • OUT-OF-PRECINCT VOTING
  • BALTIMORE ELECTIONS
  • CONCLUSION
  • 5 Frontier Democracy
  • Forts, Troopers, and Men on the Move
  • Federal Officials.
  • Residency on the Frontier
  • Establishing a County Seat
  • The Territory of Utah
  • CONCLUSION
  • 6 Loyalty Oaths, Troops, and Elections during the Civil War
  • State Militia and Loyalty Oaths
  • The Seventh Congressional District of Missouri
  • The Sixth Congressional District of Missouri
  • The Fifth Congressional District of Missouri
  • Kentucky
  • Federal Troops in Garrisons
  • Voting in the Field
  • The Draft
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX: NOTES ATTACHED TO THE MILITIA ENROLLMENT IN ST. FRANCOIS TOWNSHIP, ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, IN 1862
  • 7 Conclusion.
  • IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Index.

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