Edward F. Jones
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Edward Franc Jones was an American merchant, manufacturer, soldier, author and politician from New York.
Ambrotype, Liljenquist Collection
Edward F. Jones, trade card circa 1888
1889 ad for Jones Scales, containing the famous slogan.
Grave of Jones at Mount Auburn Cemetery
David B. Hill
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David Bennett Hill was an American politician from New York. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 29th governor of New York from 1885 to 1891 and represented New York in the United State
Edward F. Jones
…boards of numerous colleges and charities. He was the Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1886 to 1891, elected on the Democratic ticket with Governor David B. Hill in 1885 and 1888. In 1905, he published the novel Richard Baxter: A Story of New England Life of 1830 to 1840…
David B. Hill in 1885 cartoon "The Only Plumber Busy In The Hot Season" by Eugene Zimmerman about Mugwumps, Tammany Hall and Irving Hall
1890 political cartoon featuring Hill and Grover Cleveland
1892 editorial cartoon from Judge, depicting Hill as a threat to Grover Cleveland's presidential ambitions