GEORGE D. AIKEN
Senator of Vermont signs in blue ink on this 3½x2 card
Signature: "Geo D Aiken/U.S. Senator-Vermont", 3½x2 white
card. George David Aiken (1892-1984) was a politician and farmer
from Vermont. Developing a strong interest in agriculture at an early age, Aiken
became a member of the Putney branch of the Grange in 1906. He published
Pioneering With Wildflowers in 1933 and Pioneering With
Fruits and Berries in 1936. He also served as president of the Vermont
Horticultural Society (1917-1918) and of the Windham County Farm Bureau
(1935-1936). A member of the Vermont House of Representatives
in1931, he kept that position until 1935. In 1936 he was elected Governor of
Vermont, serving from 1937 to 1941. During his administration, Aiken reduced
the state's debt, instituted a "pay-as-you-go" road-building program, and
convinced the federal government to abandon its plan to control the Connecticut
River Valley flood reduction projects. He was elected to
the United States Senate on November 5, 1940, and was re-elected in 1944, 1950,
1956, 1962, and 1968. He was a proponent of many spending programs like Food
Stamps and public works projects for rural America, such as rural
electrification, flood control and crop insurance. He also had a great
affection for the natural beauty of his home state, saying "some folks just
naturally love the mountains, and like to live up among them where freedom of
thought and action is logical and inherent." Lightly soiled and toned at edges.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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