Ruddy, Richard A.
Edmund G. Ross : soldier, senator, abolitionist / Print Richard A. Ruddy - (1st Edition) - Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico Press 2013 - 328 pages 24 cm Hardback book
Young man working at the case -- The abolitionists: a call to action -- Joining the battle for a free Kansas -- Fighting slavery with words -- Ross, the record, and the railroads -- The Civil War and the Kansas volunteers -- Major Ross: return to civilian life -- Southern president, radical congress -- A surprising death, an unexpected appointment -- Reconstruction: the lines are drawn -- The 1867 election: Pomeroy and Ross -- Congress declares war on the president -- The impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson -- Empty accusations: Ross fights back -- The last two years: a working senator -- The campaign to expose Pomeroy -- Liberals versus radicals: shifting alignments -- Albuquerque -- Understanding New Mexico -- Ross and the court of private land claims -- The Santa Fe ring and the territorial legislature -- The final years.
"Ross was a significant abolitionist, journalist, Union officer, and, eventually, territorial governor of New Mexico. This first full-scale biography of Ross reveals his importance in the history of the United States"--Provided by publisher.
9780826353740 (cloth : alk. paper) 0826353746 (cloth : alk. paper)
2013015142
Ross, Edmund G. 1826-1907
Johnson, Andrew 1808-1875 --Impeachment
United States Congress Senate
Legislators--United States
Governors--Territories--New Mexico
New Mexico--History--1848-
978.904092 Rud 43
Edmund G. Ross : soldier, senator, abolitionist / Print Richard A. Ruddy - (1st Edition) - Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico Press 2013 - 328 pages 24 cm Hardback book
Young man working at the case -- The abolitionists: a call to action -- Joining the battle for a free Kansas -- Fighting slavery with words -- Ross, the record, and the railroads -- The Civil War and the Kansas volunteers -- Major Ross: return to civilian life -- Southern president, radical congress -- A surprising death, an unexpected appointment -- Reconstruction: the lines are drawn -- The 1867 election: Pomeroy and Ross -- Congress declares war on the president -- The impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson -- Empty accusations: Ross fights back -- The last two years: a working senator -- The campaign to expose Pomeroy -- Liberals versus radicals: shifting alignments -- Albuquerque -- Understanding New Mexico -- Ross and the court of private land claims -- The Santa Fe ring and the territorial legislature -- The final years.
"Ross was a significant abolitionist, journalist, Union officer, and, eventually, territorial governor of New Mexico. This first full-scale biography of Ross reveals his importance in the history of the United States"--Provided by publisher.
9780826353740 (cloth : alk. paper) 0826353746 (cloth : alk. paper)
2013015142
Ross, Edmund G. 1826-1907
Johnson, Andrew 1808-1875 --Impeachment
United States Congress Senate
Legislators--United States
Governors--Territories--New Mexico
New Mexico--History--1848-
978.904092 Rud 43