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Edmund G. Ross
Richard A. Ruddy
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Description for Edmund G. Ross
Paperback. This first full-scale biography of Ross reveals his importance in the history of the United States. Num Pages: 344 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Thanks to John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage, most twenty-first-century Americans who remember Edmund G. Ross (1826–1907) know only that he cast an important vote as a U.S. senator from Kansas that prevented the conviction of President Andrew Johnson of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” allowing Johnson to stay in office.
But Ross also served as a significant abolitionist, journalist, Union officer, and, eventually, territorial governor of New Mexico, where he proved instrumental in the fight for statehood, the improvement of educational standards, and the settlement of land-grant issues.
In short, Ross’s career represents the changes that the nation ... Read more
Thanks to John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage, most twenty-first-century Americans who remember Edmund G. Ross (1826–1907) know only that he cast an important vote as a U.S. senator from Kansas that prevented the conviction of President Andrew Johnson of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” allowing Johnson to stay in office.
But Ross also served as a significant abolitionist, journalist, Union officer, and, eventually, territorial governor of New Mexico, where he proved instrumental in the fight for statehood, the improvement of educational standards, and the settlement of land-grant issues.
In short, Ross’s career represents the changes that the nation ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826316714
SKU
V9780826316714
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About Richard A. Ruddy
Independent historian Richard A. Ruddy is retired from a thirty-year career as an advertising and catalogue photographer.
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