ASSOCIATE JUSTICE WILLIAM H. MOODY - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 01/30/1899 CO-SIGNED BY: WALTER EVANS - HFSID 34961

WILLIAM H. MOODY and WALTER EVANS
The two United States Congressmen sign their names and states in black ink
Signature: "W.H. Moody/ Haverhill/ Mass" in black ink. January 3, 1899. Haverhill, Massachusetts. Autograph sentiment signed (on verso): "very truly yours/ Walter Evans/ KY" in faded black ink. January 30, 1899. 6½x2½ clipping. WILLIAM H. MOODY (1853-1917), represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress (1895-1902). He served as Theodore Roosevelt's Secretary of the Navy (1902-1904) and Attorney General (1904-1906). President Roosevelt appointed Moody Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1906. A form of crippling rheumatism forced his retirement in 1910. Moody's brief term as Associate Justice can be characterized by its adherence to judicial restraint, a spacious view of the national commerce power and a deference to state power when exercised for social ends. WALTER EVANS (1842-1923) was a United States Representative from Kentucky. The nephew of Burwell C. Ritter, he ran two unsuccessful campaigns, first for Congress in 1876 and then as the Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1879. Evans was named Commissioner of Internal Revenue in 1883 by President Chester A. Arthur, a position he held until 1885. He eventually made it to Congress for a term (1895-1899), but failed to win re-election, and as he left he was nominated by President William McKinley to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kentucky, a position he held until his death in 1923. Irregularly cut. Toned. Light surface creases. Slight stains throughout. Otherwise, fine condition.