ASSOCIATE JUSTICE WILLIAM R. DAY - AUTOGRAPH 02/08/1911 - HFSID 36529
Price: $120.00
WILLIAM R. DAY
Secretary of State and Supreme Court Justice signs his name in black
ink, dated 1911
Signature: "William R. Day/Washington D.C./February 8, 1911"
as Associate Justice. 3x2¼ white card. In his
days as a practicing attorney, William R. Day (1849-1923) served as a
legal and political advisor to William McKinley-after his election to the
Presidency he appointed Day to Assistant Secretary of State (1897-1898).
As Secretary of State (1898), he disagreed with the terms advocated by
President McKinley for ending the Spanish- American War but he negotiated them
and then led the US Peace Commission and signed the Treaty of Pairs. Upon
his return, McKinley appointed him to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
(1899-1903). Theodore Roosevelt appointed Day to The United States
Supreme Court (1903-1922). Lightly toned at edges. Paper residue (from
previous mounting) on verso (no show through). Slightly soiled. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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