1868 North Carolina Reconstruction Election Ticket Broadside Governor Holden For Sale

4.25 x 12.25" Paper Broadside - Republican election ticket - from North Carolina’s 1868 gubernatorial campaign. HAS BEEN GLUED OR TAPED ONTO A LIGHTWEIGHT CARD STOCK (at top and bottom edges) NOT SURE IF IT CAN BE REMOVED VERY EASYILY. Appears somewhat trimmed or cut uneven, has small tears, folds, light stains. ... Promotes William W. Holden for Governor and Tod R. Caldwell for Lieutenant Governor. This was the first Republican ticket in North Carolina history. .... Headline "FOR THE CONSTITUTION." (This refers to the state's newly drafted 1868 Reconstruction Constitution, which expanded civil rights and established the office of lieutenant governor for the first time.) ... The lower portion specifies that this was the "NEW HANOVER COUNTY TICKET," listing local candidates running for positions like the House of Representatives, Sheriff, and Coroner. ... Holden successfully won this election, but his tenure was highly volatile due to his aggressive efforts to suppress the Ku Klux Klan. In 1871, he became the first governor in United States history to be impeached and removed from office (Holden was the second governor in American history to be impeached, but the first to be removed from office through that process). Democrats impeached Holden on eight charges relating to the Kirk–Holden war ... Incredibly rare, authentic piece of Reconstruction-era American political history, representing a highly volatile and significant turning point in Southern history. Illustrated with a early woodcut style American flag at the top ... ...... Code JSB 340