The author of Ben Hur, Lew Wallace, wrote much of that book while holding this office:
- Governor of Georgia
- U.S. Ambassador to Italy
- U.S. Ambassador to Turkey
- Governor of New Mexico Territory
- Mayor of San Francisco
The author of Ben Hur, Lew Wallace, wrote much of that book while holding this office:
Lew Wallace served as territorial governor of New Mexico from September 1878 to 1881. Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ was published in 1880. Governor Wallace is also famous for refusing to give Billy the Kid a pardon after New Mexico?s bloody Lincoln County War.