PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 09/22/1929 - HFSID 52808
Price: $1,200.00
WILLIAM H. TAFT
William H. Taft as Chief Justice sends a typed letter of thanks for
the birthday congratulations from New York Governor Sulzer.
Typed Letter Signed: "Wm H Taft", 1p, 5¾x7¾,
Pointe-au-Pic, Canada, 1929 September 22. On Supreme Court letterhead to
impeached NY Governor Sulzer, from Canada. In full: "I thank you fro
your letter of September 17th, in which you and Mrs. Sulzer send your kind
congratulations on my birthday. With best wishes, Sincerely yours,"
William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was Governor of the Philippines
(1901-1904), Secretary of War (1904-1909), 27th of the United States (1909-1913)
and Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court (1921-1930). His bruising
convention battle with former ally and patron Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 split
the Republican Party, allowing the election of Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Taft as
President was caught in the middle between progressives and conservatives and
constrained by a more limited view of Presidential powers than TR had possessed,
but historians tend to view his term of office more positively than did most of
his contemporaries. His skills as Chief Justice are widely recognized. In the
years between his Presidency and his appointment as chief justice, Taft taught
at Yale Law School. Paper clip impression. Fold creases not near signature.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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