HORACE A. HILDRETH - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 70806
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HORACE A. HILDRETH
The Governor of Maine signs a 3½x2 card in blue ink.
Signature: "Horace A Hildreth/Gov of Maine" in blue ink, 3½x2
card. Horace Augustus Hildreth (1902-1988) was the Republican Governor
of Maine from 1945-1949. During his tenure, Hildreth chaired the National
Governors Conference (1947-1948). A former attorney with a prestigious
Boston law firm, Hildreth had begun his political career in the Maine State
House of Representatives and the Maine State Senate (1943-1944).
Unsuccessful in a 1948 bid for U.S. Senator from Maine, Hildreth founded
Community Broadcasting Service in 1949. The company would establish the
state's first television station, WABI-TV, in 1953. That year, Hildreth
began his service as U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (1953-1957). Fine
condition.
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