1888 NEW MEXICO Ter. State MAP Governor ROSS Tobacco Card DUKE Cigarettes N133

Description: This fantastic card was issued by the W. Duke and Son’s Co. Tobacco Company as an insert premium in their Honest Long Cut brand of Tobacco and Cigarettes during 1888. It is one from a fairly rare series of cards entitled , “STATE GOVERNORS & COATS OF ARMS”. Designated as N133B in Burdick’s American Card Catalogue. The card is actually set up like a three panel folder, as it was folded when inserted into the Cigarette Packs at the Factory. The front of each card features a portrait of the Governor, The Coat of Arms, and a scene that represents that particular State or Territory. This lithography is stunning! The back of the card is a fantastic historical document from the time. It gives a history up till 1888, a population breakdown based on the 1880 census (Including Native, White, Colored and Foreign). It also gives a map of each State or territory at the time of 1888. With regards to 19th Century American History no other card series packs this much State information on to each card. It really give a snapshot of what life was like during these times. How much would you have to pay to find items that contained all of that information separately. Here it is all included on one card. This card features New Mexico Territory , with a portrait of Governor Edmund Gibson Ross . Here is some information about him I found on the internet: Edmund Gibson Ross (December 7, 1826 – May 8, 1907) was a politician who represented Kansas after the American Civil War and was later governor of the New Mexico Territory. His vote against convicting President Andrew Johnson of "high crimes and misdemeanors" allowed Johnson to stay in office by the margin of one vote. As the seventh of seven Republican U.S. Senators to break with his party, he proved to be the person whose decision would result in conviction or acquittal. When he chose the latter, the vote of 35–19 in favor of Johnson's conviction failed to reach the required two-thirds vote. Ross lost his bid for re-election two years later An opponent of slavery, during the 1850s dispute over whether to admit Kansas to the union as a free state or a slave state, Ross moved to Topeka, Kansas, as did several of his family members, who were also opponents of slavery.[1] The dispute sometimes resulted in violence, and Ross joined the antislavery side's militia.[1] He became a leader of the free state movement as publisher of the Topeka Tribune from 1856 to 1858 and founder of the Kansas State Record in 1859.[1] He joined the board of directors of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and was one of its chief promoters.[1] In 1859, Ross was elected a delegate to the Kansas constitutional convention of 1859 to 1861. A supporter of the Union during the Civil War, Ross joined the Union Army as a private in 1862. He was commissioned as a captain in command of Company E, 11th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. The regiment took part in several battles in the southwestern and western United States, including Second Battle of Lexington, Battle of Little Blue River, Second Battle of Independence, Battle of Byram's Ford, Battle of Westport, Battle of Mine Creek, and Battle of Platte Bridge Station/Battle of Red Buttes. He was promoted to major during the war and was mustered out after the surrender of the Confederacy in 1865. After the war, Ross returned to Kansas to continue his newspaper career and was editor of the Kansas Tribune from 1865 to 1866.[1] In 1866, the governor of Kansas appointed Ross to the U.S. Senate as a Republican, filling the vacancy caused by the death of James H. Lane.[1] The state legislature subsequently elected him to complete Lane's term, and he served from July 19, 1866, to March 3, 1871.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the term which began on March 4, 1871. During his Senate service, Ross served as chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills (Fortieth Congress) and the Committee on Engrossed Bills (Forty-first Congress). Ross is best known for casting the decisive vote which acquitted Andrew Johnson during his 1868 presidential impeachment trial. Some people have claimed that Ross voted against the conviction due to concerns about his colleague Samuel C. Pomeroy receiving patronage from Benjamin Wade, and as a means to receive patronage favors from Johnson. Others claim Ross cast his vote because he genuinely believed that Johnson had the right to replace Edwin M. Stanton, since he had been appointed during the Lincoln Administration. Still others give voice to the opinion that, though the Kansas Senator did believe Johnson guilty of breaking the Tenure of Office Act, he did not believe that offense worthy of impeachment. Kansas newspapers thought clearly that Ross voted against his radical leanings in supporting Johnson because of the influence of his old Civil War colonel, Thomas Ewing Jr., an ardent Johnson supporter at the time.[3] Later in life, Ewing wrote Ross that he felt Ross was “preeminent for courage” among men—not only for his physical courage in battle but also for opposing Johnson’s conviction. “In making [that] decision, you knew perfectly well that it could consign you to private life and the vehement denunciation of almost all your party friends.”[4] However, there is significant evidence that suggests Ross was bribed, although a subsequent House of Representatives investigation found no proof Edmund G. Ross is one of eight U.S. Senators featured in Profiles in Courage, the 1956 Pulitzer Prize-winning history co-written by then-Senator John F. Kennedy in commemoration of past acts of political courage in Congress. Upon retirement from the Senate, Ross went back into the newspaper business briefly, launching a publication in Coffeyville, Kansas. He left the Republican Party after 1872 and was affiliated with the Democrats. In 1880, he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Kansas. A trip to New Mexico in 1882 had a positive effect on his health and he moved there permanently. He studied law and passed the bar, afterwards practicing in Albuquerque and beginning work on a history of the Johnson impeachment. From 1885 to 1889, Ross served as governor of New Mexico Territory, appointed by President Grover Cleveland. He served as secretary of the New Mexico Bureau of Immigration from 1894 to 1896. In 1896, he published his book History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Time caused Kansans to look on Ross more favorably with respect to his role in the Johnson impeachment. In 1907, General Hugh Cameron of Lawrence visited Ross in New Mexico and brought testimonials from many citizens of Kansas The folder measures 2 3/4 inches by 4 3/8 inches approximately. It does have the factory fold creases (All the folders in this series have these from the factory when they packed them in the cigarettes), as well as a corner crease and what looks like a piece at one edge that tore away and has been reglued at some point in pitsast, I think it still displays well. I have scanned the card fairly large for you to be able to judge condition for yourself. This card would make an excellent gift for anyone interested in Early AMERICAN HISTORY, and AMERICANA Memorabilia or early AMERICAN MAPS. Don't miss out on this over 130 YEAR old American Antique I will be trying to list several EARLY TRADE & TYPE CARDS over the next few days (spread across different categories), including one or two that are unrecorded in any guide, that were put given away with Tobacco, Cigarettes , Caramel, Candy, Gum, Chocolate, Bread Coffee Tea Cereal and other products, covering such diverse subjects as Native American Indians , Baseball , Football, Boy Scouts, Ice Hockey, Golf, Presidents of the United States, NCAA and IVY League Colleges and Universities, Dog Breeds, Circus themes and many more. To view the other cards I have up on ebay please click on the “View Sellers other Items” Icon located on this page. It will take you directly to them.Due to my work schedule and distance to the post office I am only able to ship Monday Mornings. If I haven’t received payment for an item by Sunday evening, the item will have to wait until the next Monday to go out. Its unfortunate but unavoidable. If this doesn’t work for you I respectfully ask that you do not bid or buy. Thanks again. This will be mailed from the USA. For USA purchases I Can combine shipping. Please message me for details.Unfortunately Ebay’s Global Seller Program does not allow for combined shipments on international order

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