GOVERNOR CHARLES A. TEMPLETON - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 09/26/1923 - HFSID 27968
Price: $320.00
CHARLES TEMPLETON
The Connecticut governor writes humorous letter to a collector, signs
name in black ink
Typed letter signed: "Char. A. Templeton" in black ink. 1
page, 8½x11. Written on his official gubernatorial letterhead. September 26,
1923. Hartford, Connecticut. Addressed to Mr. C.B. Whittelsey. In full:
"My dear Mr. Whittelsey:- I am very glad indeed to give you my signature. I
don't consider myself a noted man, but I note that you were asking for the
signatures of the living governors. I hope I am alive and I sincerely trust that
before my term of office expires that I will demonstrate to some of the people
in the state that, while they may say a lot of other things about me, they can't
deny I am alive. Yours very sincerely". Charles A. Templeton
(1871-1955) was an American politician who served as the 68th Governor
of the state of Connecticut. As a young man, Templeton earned an eclectic
resume including jobs as a machinist, janitor, grocery store clerk, and
assistant postmaster; while on a visit to Waterbury he answered an advertisement
for a bookkeeper in a hardware store, where in answer to a question of
experience keeping books, he replied that he could do any task that anyone else
could. He was hired and eventually bought the business with a partner,
building up to own his own hardware business named Charles A. Templeton,
Inc. A Republican, Templeton became alderman of Waterbury, Connecticut,
eventually working his way up to the Connecticut State Senate (1919-1921),
during that time serving as a delegate to the Republican National Convention of
1920. He was named the 57th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1921-1923
before becoming Governor in his own right in 1923. During his tenure,
Templeton refused to allow the Republican state party chairman, Henry Roraback,
the right to name the secretary to the governor, which alienated his part and
lost the legislature's support for his choice on a state superior court
vacancy. Templeton furthermore refused to nominate Roraback's choice of John
A. MacDonald for the position of State Highway Commissioner, instead favoring a
three-man commission. After his term ended, Templeton returned to the hardware
business. Normal mailing folds. Binding holes in left corner. Pencil notes in
bottom margin. Slightly worn and soiled. Ink shows through on verso. Otherwise,
fine condition.
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