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Title
Edmund G. Ross
Subject
U.S. Senator
Description
Photograph of Edmond G. Ross (1826-1907) and clipping from Coffeyville Weekly Journal from March 1907.
Senator Ross ran his publication "Ross' Paper" from 1871 to approximately 1873 in Coffeyville, KS. This publication can be found on newspapers.com.
Transcription of Note on Photograph: U.S. Senator from Kansas in 1865. He cast [the] deciding vote, which saved Andrew Johnson from impeachment. At first opportunity, was defeated for re-election and virtually driven from [the] Republican party and from Kansas. He came to Coffeyville and started Ross' Paper, a weekly, first paper printed in the town. Later he went to New Mexico Territory. He died a poor farmer near Albuquerque.
Senator Ross ran his publication "Ross' Paper" from 1871 to approximately 1873 in Coffeyville, KS. This publication can be found on newspapers.com.
Transcription of Note on Photograph: U.S. Senator from Kansas in 1865. He cast [the] deciding vote, which saved Andrew Johnson from impeachment. At first opportunity, was defeated for re-election and virtually driven from [the] Republican party and from Kansas. He came to Coffeyville and started Ross' Paper, a weekly, first paper printed in the town. Later he went to New Mexico Territory. He died a poor farmer near Albuquerque.
Creator
Coffeyville Public Library
Publisher
unknown
Date
unknown
Contributor
Coffeyville Journal
Rights
Fair use
Format
jpeg
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photo and newspaper clipping
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