JAMES A. RHODES - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/09/1986 CO-SIGNED BY: ROBERT A. TAFT II - HFSID 189727
Price: $120.00
JAMES RHODES and ROBERT TAFT II
As candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1986), both sign
a typed letter thanking a contributor.
Typed Letter signed: "Jim", "Bob", 1 page, 8½x11. Columbus, Ohio,
1986 May 9. On letterhead of Rhodes/Taft for Ohio to W. Ernst Minor.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft has added a handwritten note: "Thanks
Ernie!". In full: "Thank you for your contribution of $725 to the
Rhodes/Taft Campaign. We both deeply appreciate you support of our
crusade to throw Dick Celeste and his scandal-ridden, incompetent
administration out of office. As the campaign progresses, you can be sure
your contribution will be applied wisely toward that goal. With
every good wish, we are Sincerely". JAMES A. RHODES (1909-2001) was
Mayor of Columbus (1944-1952) and four-time Republican Governor of Ohio
(1963-1971, 1975-1983). He is one of only 5 US Governors (of any state)
to have served four 4-year terms in the office. However, his bid for a fifth
term, represented by this letter, was not successful. Democratic Governor
Richard Celeste was re-elected. ROBERT A. TAFT II, commonly called Bob
to distinguish him from similarly named members of his famous family is the
great-great grandson of Secretary of War Alfonso Taft, the great grandson of
President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft, the grandson of Senator and
Presidential candidate Robert A. Taft, and the son of US Senator Robert Taft (no
middle name). Bob Taft, despite his defeat on the Rhodes/Taft ticket, went on
to become Ohio's Secretary of State (1991-1999) and Governor (1999-2007).
James Rhodes ran for the US Senate in 1970, but lost to Bob Taft's father Robert
Taft in the Republican primary. The contributor addressed in this letter, Ernie
Minor, was a Republican activist who held posts in the Nixon and Reagan
administrations. Normal mailing folds. Lightly creased. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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