Massachusetts Senator Leverett Saltonstall signed autograph letter & photo set--

Description: Check it out...Here's a unique, very uncommon 8 1/2" wide by 11" tall typed & signed letter on US Senate letterhead that has been 100% authentically hand signed / AUTOGRAPHED by legendary Massachusetts Governor 1939-45 & Senator (1945-67) Leverett Saltonstall (Died in 1979) on the front-Nice item with a vintage blue ink signature signed on front of the letter dated July 5, 1953 with a friendly message about a constituent's funeral-A great item that comes with a modern photo of Saltonstall too-How fun is that? This is an ORIGINAL 100% authentic hand signed item-NOT a preprint or copied item and certainly NOT A REPRODUCTION item! Very uncommon vintage item has a 100% genuine autograph! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 4.95 postage is required. Massachusetts Senator Leverett Saltonstall signed autograph letter & photo set-- Click images to enlarge Description Check it out...Here's a unique, very uncommon 8 1/2" wide by 11" tall typed & signed letter on US Senate letterhead that has been 100% authentically hand signed / AUTOGRAPHED by legendary Massachusetts Governor 1939-45 & Senator (1945-67) Leverett Saltonstall (Died in 1979) on the front-Nice item with a vintage blue ink signature signed on front of the letter dated July 5, 1953 with a friendly message about a constituent's funeral-A great item that comes with a modern photo of Saltonstall too-How fun is that? This is an ORIGINAL 100% authentic hand signed item-NOT a preprint or copied item and certainly NOT A REPRODUCTION item! Here's some info on Saltonstall: Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892 – June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twenty years as a United States senator (1945–1967). Saltonstall was internationalist in foreign policy and moderate on domestic policy, serving as a well-liked mediating force in the Republican Party. He was the only member of the Republican Senate leadership to vote for the censure of Joseph McCarthy. In 1936, Saltonstall decided to seek the Republican nomination for Governor of Massachusetts. In the party convention, conservative forces prevailed in securing the nomination for John W. Haigis. Saltonstall's friends were able to engineer his nomination for lieutenant governor. Both Haigis and Saltonstall were defeated by their Democratic rivals, although Saltonstall's margin of defeat, just over 7,000 votes, was small enough to merit a recount; he demurred. He ran again for governor two years later, and won a decisive victory over former Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, who had been involved in a bruising Democratic primary fight against the incumbent Charles F. Hurley. He was reelected in 1940 and 1942; the 1940 election win was by an extremely narrow margin. During his tenure, Saltonstall mediated a Teamsters strike, reduced taxes, and retired 90 percent of the state's debt. He served as president of the National Governors Association from 1943 to 1944. In 1944, he also served as the fifth president of the Council of State Governments. Saltonstall with Boston Mayor John F. Collins (1960–1968). In 1966, Collins ran to succeed Saltonstall when he retired but lost in the Democratic primary to former Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody (who in turn lost to Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke). In 1944, Saltonstall was elected to the United States Senate in a special election to fill the unexpired term created by the resignation of U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. He was re-elected three times, serving from 1945 to 1967. Early in his first term, in April 1945 he was one of a dozen Senators and Congressmen who toured the Buchenwald Concentration Camp at the invitation of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower to attest to the reality of Nazi atrocities. Those he defeated included John H. Corcoran in 1944, John I. Fitzgerald in 1948, Foster Furcolo in 1954, and Thomas J. O'Connor in 1960. During his tenure in the Senate, he served as the Senate Republican Whip and on five influential Senate committees. He also served as the chair of the Senate Republican Conference, 1957–1966. He was viewed as a political moderate, and served as a mediating force between the party's conservative and progressive wings. He was an unspectacular but effective legislator, good at drafting legislation and finding compromise language. When he left office, after more than thirty years in politics, he had few political enemies. Saltonstall voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964, as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Saltonstall was one of thirteen Republican senators to vote in favor of the creation of Medicare. As a senator, Saltonstall was described by The Washington Post as neither liberal or conservative, but as being on the side of common sense. Saltonstall opted not to run for reelection in 1966, in part to provide an opportunity for his seat to Edward Brooke, a rising star in Massachusetts Republican circles. He retired to his farm in Dover, where he spent his remaining years as a gentleman farmer. Leverett Saltonstall died of congestive heart failure in 1979 aged 86, and is buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts. The Saltonstall Building in downtown Boston is named for him. Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 4.95 postage is required. Payment We accept Paypal payments. Shipping We will try and combine shipping on multiple purchases wherever possible. Please e-mail us with auction item numbers before sending payment. However, if the items are heavy or require special packing / tracking, the postal rates might not be significantly reduced. We no longer ship overseas first class mail. We will only ship Internationally by Priority Mail, and that starts at $30.00. So please be aware that we NO LONGER SHIP FIRST CLASS MAIL INTERNATIONALLY unless seller agrees to ship by USPS Priority mail at an increased rate. Postage rates are non-negotiable and non-refundable. We pack every item professionally using new packing materials and appropriate mailing supplies. 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Price: 19.99 USD

Location: Noblesville, Indiana

End Time: 2024-02-15T11:44:16.000Z

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