JACOB SECHLER "GENERAL COXEY" COXEY - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 1929 - HFSID 224318

JACOB SECHLER COXEY
Reformer Jacob Sechler Coxey signed and dated this small card with holiday greetings and "Yours Truly" in 1929 as "Genl.J.S.Coxey". Coxey is best remembered for leading a band of jobless men called "Coxey's Army" on a march on Washington D. C. after the Panic of 1893, for which people often gave him the honorary title of General.
Autograph sentiment signed "Merry Christmas/1929/Yours Truly/Genl.J.S.Coxey". Pencil 3x2 card. As far as we know, Coxey didn't serve in the military and held no rank. However, since he led an "army", he was often known as General Coxey. Ohio businessman and social reformer Coxey (1854-1951) is best known for leading "Coxey's Army", a band of jobless men who marched on Washington, D.C. after the Panic of 1893 to petition Congress for measures to relieve unemployment. Though popular, the group reached the nation's capital with 500 instead of the projected 100,000 marchers, and their leaders were arrested for walking on the Capitol lawn. Coxey, who advocated public works as a means to alleviate unemployment, would later serve as Mayor of Massillon, Ohio (1931-1933) and unsuccessfully seek the presidency in 1932 and 1936. Lightly toned and creased. Pen skipped in places while writing signature, which has bled lightly in places but is legible. Show-through from mounting residue on verso (does not touch signature). Otherwise in fine condition.