Question: Which Texas Ranger received a presidential pardon?
Answer: J. Abijah Brooks. Born in Kentucky in 1855, he joined the Texas Rangers in 1883. In 1886, he confronted a cowboy in Alex, Oklahoma, for carrying a weapon in town, killing him when he resisted the attempt to take his gun. Brooks was indicted and convicted of manslaughter, but President Grover Cleveland granted him a pardon following a lobbying effort by fellow Rangers.
