Charles Evans Hughes #62 (1862-1948)
11th Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes #62 autograph’s a letter dated December 7, 1907 little realizing that date was to become a date FDR said would go down as a date in infamy. The letter was written by the Chief Justice while he was Governor of New York and before he relinquished his seat on the Supreme Court as Associate Justice to run, and lose, a bid for President
Horace H. Lurton #61 (1844-1914) & Charles Evans Hughes #62 (1862-1948)
Horace H. Lurton #61 (1844-1914) Lurton was nominated to the court by William Howard Taft.
He also nominated Charles Evans hughes #62 (1862-1948) Lurton was from Kentucky, attended Cumberland Law and served in the Confederate States of America. He was captured twice and often told a white lie that Lincoln paroled him because of fervent pleas from his mother. Lurton served but a short time on the Court and died after 4 years of service of a heart attack. His autograph is a hard find. Besides what was he doing in Atlantic City, NJ when he died….gambling wasn’t yet legal there.