Name/Title
Senator Palmer, The Anderson Loving CupEntry/Object ID
2020.031.001Description
A card with the front showing Senator Abraham J. Palmer standing on an outcropping in front of a cannon at Point Park on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. The card is labeled "Senator Palmer At Lookout Mountain, April 30, 1914." and has a Union Label at the bottom.
On the verso is an image of a two-handle trophy. Underneath it says “The Andersonville Loving Cup. The inscription, “Presented to Senator Abraham J. Palmer of New York, Chairman of the Andersonville Monument Dedication Commission, by his comrades on the trip as a token of their love and esteem. Procured at Richmond, Va. April 27th, and presented within the Prison Stockade, at Andersonville, Ga., April 29, 1914.”
Senator Abraham J. Palmer was elected in November 1912 as a Progressive with Republican endorsement to the New York State Senate (27th D.). Palmer was a member of the 136th and 137th New York State Legislatures in 1913 and 1914. In April of 1913, he introduced a bill in the New York Legislature to repeal public utility franchises of all types after a term of twenty-five years. In February 1914, Palmer announced that he would not vote with the Progressives anymore after a combination of Democratic and Progressive legislators had elected Homer D. Call as State Treasurer. He died on April 17, 1922.Collection
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Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
