Gresham, Walter

MAJOR GENERAL WALTER QUINTON GRESHAM

NY: Falk, 1890. Soft cover. Collectible Very Good. Item #2206029

Original cabinet card photograph of Walter Quinton Gresham, born 1832. Gresham was elected to the Indiana Legislature in 1860, served in the Civil War (Vicksburg, Atlanta Campaign, was defeated twice of HR & once for Senate. In 1883 Pres. Arthur appointed him Postmaster General, then Sect'y of the Treasury, and then a U. S. Circuit Judge. Under Pres. Cleveland he became Sect'y of State. Dying in 1895, he is interred at Arlington Nat'l Cemetery. Card is 4 1/4" x 6 1/2", lightly soiled and which the name Benjamin Harrison written in ink on the back. The studio was Falk, 949 Broadway, N.Y.

Price: $21.00