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Document 78211

STATESMEN: 1848
Seven U.S. Senators, including two candidates for Vice President and one for President.
Signatures of "A.P. Butler/South Carolina", "H.V. Johnson/of Georgia", "Wm L. Dayton/of New-Jersey" and, on verso, "John P. Hale/of New Hampshire", "A.P. Bagby/Alabama", "D.L. Yulee/Florida" and "Jesse D. Bright/of Indiana", 2p, 3½x5½, front and verso. As Johnson took his seat on February 14, 1848, and Bagby resigned on June 16, 1848, these autographs were likely signed in this four-month period. ANDREW P. BUTLER (Senator 1846-1857), as aide to South Carolina Governor Manning, attended General Lafayette on his visit in 1825. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON (Senator 1848-1849), also the Governor of Georgia (1853-1857), ran for Vice President with Stephen A. Douglas in 1860 and represented Georgia in the Confederate Senate (1862-1865). WILLIAM L. DAYTON (Senator, 1842-1851) was the first Republican nominee for Vice President, with John C. Frémont in 1856. JOHN P. HALE (Senator, 1847-1853 and 1855-1865), the first antislavery candidate elected to the U.S. Senate, was the Free Soil Party's 1852 presidential nominee. ARTHUR P. BAGBY (Senator, 1841-1848), the former Governor of Alabama (1837-1841), resigned from the Senate to become Minister to Russia (1848-1849). DAVID LEVY YULEE (Senator, 1845-1851 and 1855-1861), Florida's first Senator, changed his name from David Levy to David Levy Yulee by an act of the Florida legislature on January 12, 1846. He served in the Confederate Congress throughout the Civil War. JESSE D. BRIGHT (Senator, 1845-1862) was expelled by the U.S. Senate for having recognized Jefferson Davis as "President of the Confederate States". Irregular edge from removal from bound book. Light show through of ink. Lightly stained at blank margins. Overall, fine condition.

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