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| Lot # 58 PRESIDENT HERBERT C. HOOVER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 04/13/1929 - Document 13482 |
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HERBERT HOOVER
The new President writes to new Congressman McCormack who would become
Speaker of the House 33 years later.
TLS: "Herbert Hoover" as 31st U.S.
President, 1p, 7x8¾. The White House, Washington, 1929 April 13. To
"The Honorable John W. McCormack, House of Representatives, Washington,
D.C." In full: "I have your letter of April 11th and am making
inquiry at the Navy Department as to the points you raise." Pencilled note
in upper left: "file/Navy Yard", possibly in McCormack's hand. HOOVER
had been sworn in as President just five and a half weeks earlier. McCORMACK was
just starting his illustrious Congressional career. On November 6, 1928, the
day Hoover was elected President, 36-year-old McCormack had been elected as a
Democrat to represent Massachusetts in the 70th Congress to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of James A. Gallivan. That same day, he was
also elected to the 71st Congress and was reelected 20
times, serving until his retirement on January 3, 1971. McCormack was
House Majority Leader (1940-1947, 1949-1953, 1955-1961) and House
Minority Whip (1947-1949, 1953-1955). He was elected Speaker of the
House on January 10, 1962, to succeed Sam Rayburn, who had died on November
16, 1961. McCormack served as Speaker from 1962-1971. After the assassination
of President Kennedy, McCormack was next in line to the Presidency from November
22, 1963 to January 20, 1965, when Hubert H. Humphrey was sworn in as Vice
President. He was the last Speaker of the House to be put in that position
because, in 1967, the 25th amendment to the Constitution was
passed which provided for the appointment of a Vice President when there is a
vacancy in the office. Soiled. Lightly creased. Overall, fine
condition.
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