JAMES COX - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 04/05/1950 - HFSID 3687
Price: $180.00
JAMES COX. Typed Letter signed: "James M Cox", 1p, 8½x11.
Miami, Florida, 1950 April 5. On letterhead of Miami Daily News to Roy
Fitzgerald, President, The Dayton and Montgomery County Historical Societies,
Dayton, Ohio. In full: "Nice to hear from you. I follow every article
you send to the papers and thank you for helping to keep our columns
interesting. The man who conceived the idea of a proper observance in connection
with the old courthouse was certainly inspired. Whether I will be back in time
remains to be seen. I am complimented to be invited however. Always good wishes.
Sincerely." James Middleton Cox (1870-1957) was a U.S. Representative
from Ohio (1909-1913) and Governor of that state (1913-1915, 1917-1921). He was
the Democratic Party's candidate for President in 1920, with future President
Franklin Roosevelt as his running mate. An advocate of progressive era
reforms, Cox also supported the internationalist foreign policy of President
Woodrow Wilson, including membership in the League of Nations. He lost to
Republican Warren Harding, also of Ohio, who advocated a return to
"normalcy." Cox was editor of the Dayton Daily News, and later acquired
other newspapers in Atlanta and Miami. Before his death he had expanded into
television and radio ownership. The business he founded prospers today as Cox
Enterprises, owning newspapers, television and radio stations, and Cox
Communications, nationwide provider of broadband service. Soiled, mostly in
blank areas. Lightly creased. 1/8x¼-inch nick on left edge. Pinhole in letter
"m" of signature.
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