Franklin D. Roosevelt: Typed Letter Signed as President....

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A wonderful typed letter signed "Franklin D. Roosevelt," Washington, D.C., April 18, 1940, 8vo, on The White House Washington letterhead. FDR writes: "My dear Senator King:/ I have your letter of April fifteenth, calling to my attention the qualifications of Mr. Charles A. Root of Salt Lake City, for the position of Interstate Commerce Commissioner to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Marion M. Caskie./ You may be assured that I shall give your recommendation very serious consideration when I choose a successor to Mr. Caskie./ Very Sincerely yours,/ Franklin D. Roosevelt." William Henry King (1862-1949) was a member of the Utah territorial legislature, a member Utah territorial council, 1891, justice of the Utah state supreme court, 1894-1896, 1904, United States Representative from Utah at-large, 1897-1899, 1900-1901 (defeated, 1900, 1902), United States  Senator from Utah, 1917-1941 (defeated in 1940, several months after FDR's letter to Senator King), and a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1924.