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Summary:This offering is aa
collection of autographs from 17 different Minnesota Governors.
Price:$249.00
Collection of Signatures of
different Minnesota Governors. This is an unusual collection
of 17 of the 42 individuals who have served as Minnesota Governor.
The collection covers various time periods in Minnesota history
starting in 1874.This collection includes the following individuals
and the year they assumed office :Rudy Perpich, 1983,Al Quie,
1979, Wendell Anderson,1971, Harold  LeVander,
1967, Elmer L. Anderson,1961, Elmer C. Anderson, 1951, Luther
Youngdahl, 1947, Edward Thye, 1943, Harold Stassen, 1939, Elmer
Benson1937, Hjlmer Peterson, 1936, Floyd B. Olson,1931, Theodore
Christenson,1925, Joseph Burnquist, 1915, Adolph Eberhardt,1909,
Samuel Van Sant, 1901,Cushman Davis, 1874.
The signatures are either cut
signatures or are affixed to a 8 in x 10 in B&W photograph
or a postal cover dated September 12, 1931, St. Paul, MIN, State
Fair Grounds.
Among this collection is Harold
Stassen (x2) the man who ran more times for President of the
United States than any man in history.He was the youngest governor
in Minnesota history (age 31) and was a contender for the nomination
to run for President as a Republican (against Harry Truman) in
1948 but he was defeated for the nomination at the national Convention
by Thomas Dewey. Stassen was a handsome man who was a much more
impressive individual than Dewey but he made the mistake of debating
Dewey on the radio rather than in person at Dewey's behest and
those who heard the debate thought Dewey won but those in attendance
thought Stassen won.Polls at the time indicated Stassen would
have beaten Truman but the same polls also showed Dewey would
defeat Truman.Several years later, as television was introduced
into American politics, those who only heard the debate between
Nixon and Kennedy thought Nixon won but those who saw it on television
thought JFK was the winner.In 1952 Harold Stassen was again a
contender for the Republican nomination as was Robert Taft. But
of course both were defeated by Eisenhower who went on to win
the presidency. Eisenhower won the nomination on the first ballot
because Stassen released all of his delegates to Ike thus defeating
Taft. It was always rumored that Stassen was promised a major
position in the Eisenhower administration in return for the delegates
but that never came to pass.Stassen not only ran repeatedly in
later years for the Republican nomination but he also ran for
Governor of Pennsylvania and for the U.S. Senate without success.
Stassen also served as president of the University of Pennsylvania
and he was active in the civil rights movement.
In a sense, Harold Stassen was
one of many Minnesotans such as Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale
and Eugene McCarthy who achieved great national stature but never
became president.
The items will
be come with a letter of authenticity as to
their origin, history and
authenticity.
Price:$249.00
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