"U.S. Governors" Multi Signed (X4) FDC Dated 1964 JG Autographs COA

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Seller: historicsellsmemorabilia ✉️ (6,894) 99.5%, Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 156069538280 "U.S. Governors" Multi Signed (X4) FDC Dated 1964 JG Autographs COA. Up for auction  "U.S. Governors" Multi Signed (X4) First Day Cover Dated 1964. Signers are; George Romney (Michigan), Matthew E Welsh (Indiana), Otto Kerner Jr (Illinois) and John W Reynolds Jr (Wisconsin). This item is certified authentic by JG Autographs and comes with their Letter of Authenticity.

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George Wilcken Romney  (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American businessman and Republican Party  politician. He was chairman and president of American Motors Corporation  from 1954 to 1962, the 43rd  Governor of Michigan  from 1963 to 1969, and 3rd Secretary of Housing and Urban Development  from 1969 to 1973. He was the father of Mitt Romney , a Governor of Massachusetts , 2012 Republican presidential nominee , and current United States Senator from Utah ; the husband of 1970 U.S. Senate candidate Lenore Romney ; and the paternal grandfather of current Republican National Committee  chair Ronna McDaniel . Romney was born to American parents living in the Mormon colonies in Mexico ; events during the Mexican Revolution  forced his family to flee back to the United States when he was a child. The family lived in several states and ended up in Salt Lake City, Utah , where they struggled during the Great Depression . Romney worked in a number of jobs, served as a Mormon missionary  in the United Kingdom, and attended several colleges in the U.S. but did not graduate from any of them. In 1939, he moved to Detroit  and joined the American Automobile Manufacturers Association , where he served as the chief spokesman for the automobile industry  during World War II  and headed a cooperative arrangement in which companies could share production improvements. He joined Nash-Kelvinator  in 1948, and became the chief executive of its successor, American Motors Corporation , in 1954. There he turned around the struggling firm by focusing all efforts on the compact Rambler  car. Romney mocked the products of the "Big Three " automakers as "gas-guzzling dinosaurs" and became one of the first high-profile, media-savvy business executives. Devoutly religious, he presided over the Detroit Stake  of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Having entered politics in 1961 by participating in a state constitutional convention  to rewrite the Michigan Constitution , Romney was elected Governor of Michigan in 1962. Re-elected by increasingly large margins in 1964 and 1966, he worked to overhaul the state's financial and revenue structure, greatly expanding the size of state government and introducing Michigan's first state income tax . Romney was a strong supporter of the American Civil Rights Movement . He briefly represented moderate Republicans against conservative Republican Barry Goldwater  during the 1964 U.S. presidential election . He requested the intervention of federal troops during the 1967 Detroit riot . Initially a front runner for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 1968 election cycle , he proved an ineffective campaigner  and fell behind Richard Nixon  in polls. After a mid-1967 remark that his earlier support for the Vietnam War  had been due to a "brainwashing" by U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Vietnam, his campaign faltered even more and he withdrew from the contest in early 1968. After being elected president, Nixon appointed Romney as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Romney's ambitious plans, which included housing production increases for the poor and open housing to desegregate suburbs, were modestly successful but often thwarted by Nixon. Romney left the administration at the start of Nixon's second term in 1973. Returning to private life, he advocated volunteerism and public service and headed the National Center for Voluntary Action  and its successor organizations from 1973 through 1991. He also served as a regional representative of the Twelve  within his church.

Matthew Empson Welsh  (September 15, 1912 – May 28, 1995) was an American politician who was the  41st Governor  of  Indiana  and a member of the  Democratic Party , serving from 1961 to 1965. His term as governor saw a major increase in statewide taxation, including the first state sales tax, and the passage of several important civil rights bills, making Indiana one of the most friendly states to ethnic and religious minorities at that time. His tax hikes led to a near-tax revolt in the state, and people began writing "Indiana—Land of Taxes" on their license plates, at entry points into the state, in stores, and other public places. The situation killed any chance he had seeking higher office and earned him the moniker "Sales Tax Matt". Despite numerous reforms and his popularity within the Democratic Party, he was defeated when he ran for governor again in 1972. After leaving office, he served as chairman of the  Indiana Democratic Party , as a member of the  Democratic National Committee  from 1964 until 1968, and as a federal commissioner on the  International Joint Commission  from 1966 until 1970. Throughout his life, Welsh was known for his personal motto, "It doesn't cost you anything to be a gentleman." After his retirement in 1972, he returned to Indianapolis, where he remained until his death in 1995.

Otto Kerner Jr.  (August 15, 1908 – May 9, 1976) was an American jurist and politician who served as the 33rd Governor  of Illinois  from 1961 to 1968 and a United States Circuit Judge  of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit . As a federal judge, he chaired the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (the Kerner Commission ), but was forced to step down from the bench after being convicted of mail fraud .

John Whitcome Reynolds Jr.  (April 4, 1921 – January 6, 2002) was the 36th  Governor of Wisconsin  (1963–1965) and served 21 years as a United States District Judge  in the Eastern District of Wisconsin  (1965–1986). A Democrat , he previously served as the 34th Attorney General of Wisconsin  (1959–1963). His father, John W. Reynolds Sr. , was the 26th Attorney General of Wisconsin; his grandfather, Thomas Reynolds , was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly .

 

 

 

 

   
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