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Edmund G. Ross, a Common card
Edmund Gibson Ross was an American politician who represented Kansas after the American Civil War and was later the governor of New Mexico Territory.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,200
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Edmund G. Ross quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Edmund G. Ross card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
When he chose the latter, the vote of 35–19 in favor of Johnson's conviction failed to reach the ______ two-thirds vote.
Answer
required. When he chose the latter, the vote of 35–19 in favor of Johnson's conviction failed to reach the required two-thirds vote. From the Edmund G. Ross article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
At the ____ impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson his vote against convicting President Johnson of "high crimes and misdemeanors" allowed Johnson to stay in office by the margin of one vote.
Answer
1860s. At the 1868 impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson his vote against convicting President Johnson of "high crimes and misdemeanors" allowed Johnson to stay in office by the margin of one vote. From the Edmund G. Ross article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ivan Zhdanov. Ivan Zhdanov 69 · Amadeus VI of Savoy 65 · Edmund G. Ross 61 · Tapio Wirkkala 57 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- At the 1868 impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson his vote against convicting President 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.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Edmund G. Ross article was read about 7,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Edmund G. Ross (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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