JOHN SHERMAN - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 101712
Sale Price $150.00
Reg. $180.00
JOHN SHERMAN
Page signed by the author of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
Signature: "John Sherman". Black ink notations in bottom left corner
and pencil notations on verso, all in unknown hand. Partial red ink date stamp
on verso. 3½x1½. According to the notations on this card, Sherman signed it on
Feb. 20, 1993. Republican Sherman (1823-1900) served as Ohio
Congressman from 1855 to 1861 and U.S. Senator from 1861 to1877, when
he became Secretary of the Treasury under President Hayes (1877-1881). He
was then elected U.S. Senator in place of James A. Garfield, who had been
elected President, and served from 1881 to 1897. Sherman was McKinley's
Secretary of State from 1897 to 1898, resigning because of ill health the
day Congress declared war on Spain. His name will forever be remembered as
the author of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, the first major federal action
to curb the power of the giant business monopolies. He was the younger
brother of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman. Lightly toned and
soiled. Irregular top, right and bottom edges. Adhesive residue on verso.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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