FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT FILES HIS CANDIDACY FOR A SECOND PRESIDENTAL TERM

ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. (1882-1945). Thirty-second President of the United States (1933-45). Remarkable and Highly Important Partially Printed Document Signed, “Franklin D. Roosevelt” as President. Full page, quarto. Washington D.C, April 11, 1936. With an embossed notary seal. Verso reads: “Certificate of Announcement, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, Democratic.” The document reads:

“I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, hereby certify that I am a candidate for the nomination for the office of President of the United states to represent the Democratic party, and desire my name printed on the official ballot of said party to be voted at the primary election to be held on the 12th day of May, 1936; that I am a legally qualified voter of the county of Dutchess, State of West Virginia New York; that my residence is number of Town of street in the city (or town) of Hyde Park in Dutchess county in said state of New York; that I am eligible to hold the said office; that I am a member of an affiliated with said political party; that I am a candidate for the said office in good faith. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Signed and acknowledged before me this 11th day of April 1936. Frank K. Sanderson, Notary Public. My commission expires the 3d day of May 1939. This certificate of announcement will be filed with the SECRETARY OF STATE, Charleston, W. Va., if it be for an office to be filled by the voters of more than one county. It will be filed with the CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT if it be for an office to be filled by the voters of one county, or a sub-division of a County. No fee is required. (See Chap. 3, Art. 4, Sec. 6, Official Code of West Virginia, 1931.) The Code requires that all certificates of announcement be filed thirty days before the day of election. As this date falls on Sunday, April 12th, it is advised that the day before, or midnight of Saturday, April 11th, be considered the date of filing in order to avoid all questions of legal validity.”

Franklin Roosevelt announces his candidacy! In our nearly 30 years of handling important Presidential items, this is the 1st official announcement for President, signed by a sitting President, that we have ever seen, or offered for sale. In addition, this exceptional document is made even more unique by the fact that it was submitted on April 11, the very last day applications were accepted from Presidential hopefuls. As the strikeouts on this document illustrates, an application from Roosevelt’s home state of New York could not be procured, and, as the deadline approached, an application from West Virginia was hastily substituted. A superb item for the serious Presidential or F.D.R. collector! Very fine condition.

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