T. W. Dorr
Object Details
- Description
- Thomas Dorr, elected as a Representative to the Rhode Island General Assembling in 1834, was concerned about the lack of universal suffrage for white males. After meeting in 1834, the state did not act of voting rights. After a new state consititution was written, Dorr was elected as Governor.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Rose
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- associated date
- 04/03/1842
- 06/25/1844
- ID Number
- 2015.0196.01
- accession number
- 2015.0196
- catalog number
- 2015.0196.01
- depicted (sitter); quoted
- Dorr, Thomas Wilson
- producer
- Baillie, James S.
- distributor
- Sowle & Shaw
- maker
- Baillie, James S.
- Sowle & Shaw
- Object Name
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- black; blue; gray (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 in x 10 in; 35.56 cm x 25.4 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- made at
- United States: New York, New York City
- sold
- United States: Massachusetts, Bedford
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- referenced
- United States: Rhode Island
- See more items in
- Political History: General History
- Princeton Posters
- general subject association
- Voting and Property Rights
- Politics
- Elections
- related event
- Dorr's Rebellion
- Record ID
- nmah_1762979
