GOVERNOR JOHN A. LOVE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: ANN DANIELS LOVE - HFSID 345123

JOHN A. LOVE

The 36th Governor of Colorado and his wife are shown smiling in this 5x3½ black and white photograph, signed in black felt tip

Photograph Signed: “Gov. John A. Love” and “Ann Daniels Love” in black felt tip. 5x3½. JOHN ARTHUR LOVE (1916-2002) was a United States attorney and Republican politician who served as the 36th Governor of the State of Colorado from 1963 to 1973.  He acquired a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Denver in 1938 and a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Denver School of law in 1941. John also served as a U.S. Navy pilot in World War II for which he was twice awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He started a law practice in Colorado Springs after the war and married Ann Daniels in 1942 with whom he had three children. In 1962 he defeated incumbent Colorado Governor Stephen L.R. McNichols. In 1973 Love resigned the governorship to become the nation's first Director of the Office of Energy Policy (“Energy Czar”) in the administration of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. Lieutenant Governor John David Vanderhoof assumed the office of Governor upon Governor Love's resignation. John Arthur resigned five months later due to the political turmoil in the final days of the Nixon Administration. He died in Colorado on January 21, 2002. ANNA MARGARET DANIELS LOVE (1914-1999) was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado and became the wife of the 36th Governor of Colorado John Arthur Love in 1942, so she was the First Lady of Colorado from 1963 to 1973. On March 28, 1999 Anna Margaret died in Denver, Colorado. Slightly toned. Corners slightly rounded. Otherwise, fine condition.