THOMAS T. "TOM" CONNALLY - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 09/29/1928 - HFSID 3701

THOMAS CONNALLY
Written four months before becoming a U.S. Senator, saying "Allow me to take this opportunity to express to you my deep and abiding appreciation for all you did to further my candidacy"
Typed Letter signed: "Tom Connally", 1p, 8½x11. Marlin, Texas, 1928 September 29. On his "Tom Conally/Candidate for United States Senate" letterhead to Mr. W. F. Krull, San Antonio, Texas. Begins: "Dear Friend". In full: "I have been out of the State for the last two weeks which accounts for my failure to make an earlier reply to your letter of the 15th instant. I was delighted to have the message from your nephew, R. G. Fitzgerald, from Berlin with relation to my nomination. Please thank him when you write for his thoughtfulness and for his interest in my behalf. Allow me to take this opportunity to express to you my deep and abiding appreciation for all you did to further my candidacy. It shall be my purpose to justify your friendship and confidence. With personal good wishes and a high sense of gratitude, I am, Sincerely." Handwritten postscript: "Ray Fitzgerald is a fine splendid man". Four corrections in Connally's hand. Written less than two months before Connally became a U.S. Senator, then serving as a representative from Texas to the U.S. House of Representatives, was elected to his first term in the U.S. Senate. Thomas Terry "Tom" Connally (1877-1963), a Democrat, represented Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives (1917-1929) and Senate (1929-1953), serving as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 10 years. Connally, who moved to Marlin Falls, Texas in 1899 to practice law, had served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War before being elected to the Texas House of Representatives (1901-1904). In 1945, he was Vice Chairman of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco. A signer of the U.N. charter, Connally was a representative at the first session of the U.N. General Assembly in London and the second session (1946) in New York. After his public service, Connally practiced law in Washington, D.C. until his death. He was buried in Marlin, Texas. Lightly creased and shaded. Chipped at mid-left blank margin and upper blank edge. Lower right corner chipped off. Overall, fine condition and encapsulated for protection and strength.