Herbert Hoover 1929 Document Signed as President - Cabinet Appointment for Secretary of Commerce
Two days in office, President Hoover builds his cabinet by appointing Robert P. Lamont as his Secretary of Commerce
31st President. Superb partly-printed document signed “Herbert Hoover” AS PRESIDENT, 23 x 19, March 5, 1929. President Hoover appoints Robert Patterson Lamont, of Indiana, as “Secretary of Commerce.” Signed at the conclusion by Herbert Hoover and countersigned by Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg. The lower left retains the original beige wafer seal.
In fine condition, with light rippling, and two short edge tears.
Cabinet appointments are exceedingly rare and coveted, with this example commissioning Robert P. Lamont as President Hoover’s Secretary of Commerce just one day after the latter entered office. Lamont served as Secretary of Commerce from 1929 until 1932, an unenviable position set during one of the most trying periods in American history: the Great Depression. Despite his efforts to promote American commerce internationally and his strong support of industry and public work projects, Lamont’s actions were overshadowed by the immediate economic crisis. He resigned from his post to become president of the American Iron and Steel Institute and was succeeded as commerce secretary by industrialist Roy D. Chapin.
Two days in office, President Hoover builds his cabinet by appointing Robert P. Lamont as his Secretary of Commerce
31st President. Superb partly-printed document signed “Herbert Hoover” AS PRESIDENT, 23 x 19, March 5, 1929. President Hoover appoints Robert Patterson Lamont, of Indiana, as “Secretary of Commerce.” Signed at the conclusion by Herbert Hoover and countersigned by Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg. The lower left retains the original beige wafer seal.
In fine condition, with light rippling, and two short edge tears.
Cabinet appointments are exceedingly rare and coveted, with this example commissioning Robert P. Lamont as President Hoover’s Secretary of Commerce just one day after the latter entered office. Lamont served as Secretary of Commerce from 1929 until 1932, an unenviable position set during one of the most trying periods in American history: the Great Depression. Despite his efforts to promote American commerce internationally and his strong support of industry and public work projects, Lamont’s actions were overshadowed by the immediate economic crisis. He resigned from his post to become president of the American Iron and Steel Institute and was succeeded as commerce secretary by industrialist Roy D. Chapin.
Two days in office, President Hoover builds his cabinet by appointing Robert P. Lamont as his Secretary of Commerce
31st President. Superb partly-printed document signed “Herbert Hoover” AS PRESIDENT, 23 x 19, March 5, 1929. President Hoover appoints Robert Patterson Lamont, of Indiana, as “Secretary of Commerce.” Signed at the conclusion by Herbert Hoover and countersigned by Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg. The lower left retains the original beige wafer seal.
In fine condition, with light rippling, and two short edge tears.
Cabinet appointments are exceedingly rare and coveted, with this example commissioning Robert P. Lamont as President Hoover’s Secretary of Commerce just one day after the latter entered office. Lamont served as Secretary of Commerce from 1929 until 1932, an unenviable position set during one of the most trying periods in American history: the Great Depression. Despite his efforts to promote American commerce internationally and his strong support of industry and public work projects, Lamont’s actions were overshadowed by the immediate economic crisis. He resigned from his post to become president of the American Iron and Steel Institute and was succeeded as commerce secretary by industrialist Roy D. Chapin.