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U.S.
Marshals Service
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League Cards ©
In the mid 1990's the
U.S. Marshals Service produced a series of 'sports cards' that depicted
and commemorated notable Marshals and Deputy Marshals that served their
country in various historical periods of the Marshals Service existence.
The cards were designed by Big League Cards ©
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Oklahoma
Territory
(1906-1910)
Abernathy earned this nickname
of "Catch 'Em Alive Jack" by capturing hundreds of wolves
single handedly without ever having to kill one. He would prevent
the wolves from attacking him by jamming his hands down their
throats. He, of course, was also a successful U.S. Marshal.
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1994 Big League Cards 06-B563
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District of Massachusetts
(1791-1796)
Brooks studied medicine
before taking up arms during the Revolutionary War. He fought at
Concord, where the "shot heard 'round the world" was
fired. In 1791, President George Washington appointed him U.S.
Marshal for Massachusetts. He was elected governor of
Massachusetts in 1816.
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1994 Big League Cards 12-B563
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District of Columbia and
Maryland (1958-1975)
During the 1960's, Butler was
one of the bravest of a very brave group of deputies who helped change America by desegregating schools throughout the South.
"I never hit a man in my life that didn't ripple his muscles at me
first", Butler liked to say.
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1994 Big League Cards 02-B563
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Oklahoma Territory
(CA. 1893)
Carnutt was one of the first
women to wear a Deputy Marshal's badge. In 1893, she single
handedly arrested two forgers and personally escorted them to
jail. Like all deputies of her era, Carnutt had to be extremely
tough and ready to face danger around every corner.
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1994 Big League Cards 03-B563
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District of Ohio
(1807-1813)
Cass was appointed as U.S.
Marshal for Ohio in 1807 by President Thomas Jefferson. His
subsequent positions included brigadier general during the War of 1812,
governor and then U.S. Senator from Michigan, U.S. Secretary of War,
Minister to France and U.S. Secretary of State.
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1994 Big League Cards 07-B563
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District of Massachusetts
(1850-1853)
A Harvard graduate, Devens
practiced law until President Zachary Taylor appointed him U.S. Marshal
in 1850. He fought for the Union during the Civil War and was
wounded during the battles of Fair Oaks and Chancellorsville. In
1877, he became U.S. Attorney General.
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1994 Big League Cards 10-B563
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District of Columbia
(1877-1881)
Before the Civil War,
Douglass became one of the best known opponents of slavery and a leader
in the abolitionist cause. In 1877, he was appointed U.S. Marshal
for the District of Columbia by President Rutherford B. Hayes, becoming
the first African American to hold this position.
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1994 Big League Cards 04-B563
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District of Arizona
(1882)
Earp served as a Deputy U.S.
Marshal for less than six months. In 1881, Earp and three others
challenged the Clanton and McLaury brothers at the O.K. Corral.
Popularly viewed as an American hero, many aspects of Earp's life have
been clouded by myth.
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1994 Big League Cards 03-B563
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District of Georgia
(1789-1794)
Born in Scotland, Forsyth
fought for America in the Revolutionary War. he was appointed by
President George Washington as the first U.S. Marshal for Georgia in
1789. Five years later, he became the first American law
enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty.
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1994 Big League Cards 03-B563
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Southern District of Alabama
(1936-1952)
Katherine Battle Gordy made
history in 1949 when she became the first woman ever to be appointed,
although temporarily, as U.S. Marshal. She devoted her entire
working career to the Marshals Service, proudly serving 16 years as a
Deputy U.S. Marshal.
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1994 Big League Cards 21-B563
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District of Columbia
(1861-1866)
Lamon was Abraham Lincoln's
law partner when Lincoln was elected president in 1861. Appointed
as U.S. Marshal for the capital, Lamon worked diligently to protect
Lincoln. On April 13, 1865, he was sent to Richmond, VA. The
next night, the president was assassinated in Washington, D.C.
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1994 Big League Cards 14-B563
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Oklahoma Territories
(1891-1911)
Madsen, Bill Tilghman and
Heck Thomas were the Three Guardsmen of Oklahoma because of their
dedication to bringing law and order to the Indian and Oklahoma
territories. A gifted administrator, Madsen best understood the
rules and regulations governing Deputy U.S. Marshals.
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1994 Big League Cards 18-B563
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Western District of Arkansas
(1874-1894)
Maledon was known as the
"Prince of Hangmen" because he served as "Hanging
Judge" Isaac Parker's chief executioner; he administered the
hangings of 60 of the 79 men condemned to death by Parker. Maledon
also shot an additional four men who tried to escape prison.
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1994 Big League Cards 16-B563
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Kansas, Southern District of
New York
(1879-1881, 1905-1909)
Masterson was a sheriff and a
Deputy U.S. Marshal in Kansas before heading to Arizona. He was an
Indian fighter and a lawman known best for his dandy dress and crack shot. He later moved to New York where he worked as a sports
writer and again served as a Deputy U.S. Marshal.
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1994 Big League Cards 24-B563
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Chief, U.S. Marshals Service
(1962-1968) John F. Kennedy's body guard
during the 1960 election, McShane was named Chief - now called Director
- of the Marshals Service in 1962.
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He
carried out Federal court orders to desegregate the South and protected
those who marched with Martin Luther King from Selma to Montgomery,
Alabama. ©
1994 Big League Cards 01-B563
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Northern District of
California
(1889)
In 1889, Neagle shot and
killed David Terry, who had attacked Supreme Court Justice Stephen
Fields. Arrested for murder, the Supreme Court ordered Neagle
released in a landmark case that set precedents for the power of the
executive branch of our government.
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1994 Big League Cards 09-B563
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Oklahoma Territory
(1893-1896)
Nix was appointed U.S.
Marshal over the Oklahoma Territory by President Grover Cleveland.
He supervised the work of more than 150 deputies, including the famous
Three Guardsmen, and his rugged men made countless arrests.
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1994 Big League Cards 08-B563
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Southern District of
California
(1850-1854)
Guerra was the first U.S.
Marshal for the Southern District of California and the first Hispanic
ever appointed to the position. His duties included executing the
orders of the Federal court and keeping all Federal prisoners in safe
custody.
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1994 Big League Cards 13-B563
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Indian and Oklahoma
Territories
(1875-CA. 1907)
Born a slave, Reeves moved
west into the Indian Territory and became a Deputy U.S. Marshal, working
for the famous "Hanging Judge" Isaac Parker. As tough as
any deputy who wore the badge, on one occasion he single handedly
arrested and brought to trial 19 horse thieves.
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1994 Big League Cards 11-B563
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Northern District of Illinois
(CA. 1929)
In the same year that the
stock market crash began the Great depression, Rose became the youngest
Deputy U.S. Marshal in the United States. At only 21, she was a
crack pistol shot. her duties included escorting female prisoners
to court, jail and the penitentiary.
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1994 Big League Cards 20-B563
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District of Columbia
(1966-171)
Sheriff served in the
district for five years. On September 24, 1971, he and other
deputies escorted a prisoner to the funeral of the prisoner's
father. He was shot to death in a bloody gunfight on the church
steps while attempting to thwart the prisoner's escape.
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1994 Big League Cards 08-B563
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Oklahoma Territory
(1886-1911)
The toughest of the Three
Guardsmen of Oklahoma, Thomas made the hardest arrests and challenged
some of the worst of the outlaws. On August 24, 1896, Thomas and
his posse ambushed the notorious bank robber and murderer Bill Doolin.
When Doolin fired, Thomas shot him dead.
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1994 Big League Cards 19-B563
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Oklahoma Territory
(1886-1911)
Fellow deputy Bat Masterson
called Tilghman "the greatest of us all". Tilghman and
his partners Heck Thomas and Chris Madsen were known as the Three
Guardsmen of Oklahoma and they were instrumental in bringing law and
order to the lawless Indian and Oklahoma Territories.
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1994 Big League Cards 17-B563
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District of Kansas
(1873-1876)
Tough was born in Baltimore,
Maryland but headed west at 17 and became a trapper, Pony Express rider
and wagon master. During the Civil War, he served as Buffalo Bill
Cody's commanding officer. In 1873, President Ulysses S. Grant
appointed tough to the position of U.S. Marshal for Kansas.
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1994 Big League Cards 15-B563
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