PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT - NAVAL APPOINTMENT SIGNED 04/22/1910 CO-SIGNED BY: GEORGE VON L. MEYER - HFSID 48586
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WILLIAM H. TAFT
President Taft and George Von L. Meyer, Secretary of the Navy, appoint Jerome
C. Hunsaker as an Assistant Naval Constructor in the Navy, with the rank of
Lieutenant, junior grade.
Partly Printed DS: "Wm H. Taft" as President and "George Von
L. Meyer" as Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 15¾x19. On vellum.
Washington, 1910 April 22. In part: "Know Ye, That reposing
special trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, fidelity, and abilities
of Jerome C. Hunsaker, I have nominated and by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate do appoint him an Assistant Naval Constructor in the Navy, with
the rank Lieutenant, junior grade, from the 1st day of April 1910, in the
service of the UNITED STATES. He is therefore carefully and diligently to
discharge the duties of an Assistant Naval Constructor...." 2¼-inch diameter
blue seal affixed at lower middle. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1857-1930), the
only man to serve as both U.S. President (1909-1913) and Chief Justice
of the U.S. Supreme Court (1921-1930), was handpicked by Theodore Roosevelt
to be his successor. Unhappy in the White House, Roosevelt's former Secretary
of War nevertheless proved to be a better "trust buster" than his mentor.
Taft attempted to reduce Republican-supported tariffs and empowered the
Interstate Commerce Commission to end railroad abuses. He started the process
leading to a federal budget, sponsored a bill requiring candidates to reveal
campaign expenses and initiated the postal savings system. Taft's decisions,
reflecting the conservative rather than progressive Republican platform, led to
a parting with Roosevelt, and Taft lost his bid for a second term, finishing
third behind Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson and Roosevelt. Reaching the
pinnacle of his career as Chief Justice, Taft supported the Judiciary Act
of 1925, which gave the overburdened Court greater ability to determine the
number and type of cases it would hear. He was also instrumental in obtaining
congressional funds for a new Supreme Court building. Slightly rippled. Fine
condition.
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