A 2014 Kansas Notable Book and Winner of the 2014 Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá Award from the Historical Society of New MexicoThanks 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 experienced in the second half of the nineteenth century. This first full-scale biography of Ross reveals his influential role in the history of the United States and offers a portrait of a resolute individual who often paid a price for his integrity.
#160135 in Books 2017-06-30 2017-06-30Original language:English 9.25 x 6.25 x 1.25l; #File Name: 0824872487404 pages
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