POCATELLO BANNOCK IDAHO GOVERNOR BEN ROSS 1928 1930 WON POLITICAL PINBACK BUTTON

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Offering another
ELUSIVE
vintage U. S. political election
campaign pinback button
issued for winning candidate Ben Ross for his victory seeking the Governorship of Idaho in 1930.
Ross was the first Idaho-born Governor of Idaho.
There is an almost identical version of this button when Ross was seeking a seat in the U. S. Senate in 1936 against Sen. William Borah.  That one has "Senator" printed at the bottom.
THIS VERSION FOR GOVERNOR IS MUCH RARER THAN THE SENATOR VARIETY.
Super union item; has "Geraghty Co. Chicago, Ill" printed on curl.
C. Ben Ross
15th Governor of Idaho
In office=
January 5, 1931 – January 4, 1937
Lieutenant
G. P. Mix
George E. Hill
G. P. Mix
Preceded by
H. C. Baldridge
Succeeded by
Barzilla W. Clark
Personal details
Born
Charles Benjamin Ross
December 27, 1876
Parma, Idaho Territory
Died
March 31, 1946 (aged 69)
Boise, Idaho
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Edna May Reavis
Residence
Pocatello
Profession
Rancher
Charles Benjamin Ross
(December 27, 1876 – March 31, 1946) was an American politician who served as the first Idaho-born Governor of Idaho from 1931 until 1937.
Early life and education
One of eight children, Ross was born to cattleman, John M. Ross, and his wife, Jeanette, near Parma, Idaho. He left school after sixth grade, but at age eighteen, he decided to continue his education and graduated from Portland Commercial College.  In 1897 ,he returned to the family ranch and co-managed it with his brother, W. H. Ross.
Career
Ross began his political career in Canyon County, serving as county commissioner from 1915 to 1921.  He moved to Bannock County and served as mayor of Pocatello from 1922 to 1930. He won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1928.  Although he nearly tripled the Democratic vote total of his predecessor, Asher B. Wilson, thanks to the recent demise of the Idaho Progressive Party, he was defeated by the Republican incumbent H. C. Baldridge.
Ross won the nomination again in 1930, winning the open seat against Republican John McMurray.
His wife, Edna, was a natural politician and a great asset to Ross. She was often referred to as "Governor Edna" while he held that office.  He was reelected in 1932 and 1934, becoming the first person to win election as Governor of Idaho three times. During his tenure as governor Ross was viewed as the chief proponent of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policies in Idaho. Even so, his own beliefs more closely mirrored the agrarian populism of earlier Democrats such as William Jennings Bryan.
The first sales tax in Idaho was enacted in 1935 with Ross' support. A famous line used against Ross by sales tax opponents was "A Penny for Benny." A driver's license law was instituted and legislation was initiated which would make liquor sales regulated through state distributors.  Ross ran for United States Senate in 1936 but was defeated by longtime Republican incumbent William E. Borah. Opponents also used the following poem against him: "Benny got our penny/Benny got our goat/We'll get our Benny/When we go to vote." The sales tax was repealed after a statewide referendum in 1936.
In 1938, Ross ran for governor a fifth time, defeating incumbent Barzilla W. Clark in the Democratic primary but losing to state Republican Party chairman C. A. Bottolfsen in the general election. After losing the 1938 gubernatorial election, "Cowboy Ben" retired from public life. He is referred to as "Founding Father" of the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation and was looked to as a champion of the Idaho Democratic Party.
Personal life
He married Edna Reavis on February 14, 1900, and together they raised four foster children.
Ross died on March 31, 1946, and is interred at Parma Cemetery, Parma, Canyon County, Idaho US.
SIZE==APPROX. 7/8" celluloid
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He Leadeth Me
In pastures green?
Not always; sometimes He
who knoweth best, in kindness leadeth me
In many ways where heavy shadows be.
Out of the sunshine warm and soft and bright...
Out of the sunshine into the darkest night,
I oft would faint with sorrow and affright,
Only for this...I know He holds my hand;
so whether in the green or desert land
I trust although I may not understand.
And by still waters?
No, not always so;
Ofttimes the heavy tempests round me blow,
And o'er my soul the waters and billows go.
But when the storms beat loudest and I cry
aloud for help, the Master standeth by
And whispers to my soul, "Lo, it is I."
Above the tempest wild I hear Him say,
Beyond this darkness lies a perfect day.
In every path of thine I lead the way.
So whether on the hilltops high and fair
I dwell, or in the sunless valleys where
The shadows lie...what matters?  He is there.
And more than this, where'er the pathway lead
He gives to me no helpless broken reed,
But His own hand, sufficient for my need.
So where He leads me, I can safely go,
And in the blest hereafter I shall know
Why in His wisdom, He hath led me so.
Author Unknown
"BE NOT OVERCOME BY EVIL BUT OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD"  Romans 12:21