Theodore Roosevelt Signed Presidential Appointment 1907 Edward Sanford SCOTUS For Sale

It was January 1907, and Theodore Roosevelt — soldier, naturalist, trust-buster, the most kinetic force American politics had ever seen — pressed his pen to this very document and made Edward Terry Sanford of Tennessee an Assistant Attorney General of the United States. At that moment, neither man could have known what that appointment would set in motion. Within two years, Sanford would walk into the chamber of the highest court in the land not as a litigant, not as counsel, but as a prosecutor — in the only criminal trial the United States Supreme Court has ever conducted in its entire history. He would win.
That case was United States v. Shipp. Sheriff Joseph Shipp of Chattanooga, Tennessee had allowed a mob to drag Ed Johnson from his jail cell and lynch him — in direct, open defiance of a stay of execution personally ordered by the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Melville Fuller presided. Edward Sanford prosecuted. The Court convicted. It remains to this day the singular moment when the Supreme Court of the United States looked outward from its marble chamber and wielded criminal justice with its own hand. And the man who made that case received his commission from Theodore Roosevelt on this piece of paper, countersigned by Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, sealed with the official mark of the Department of Justice.
DOCUMENT DETAILS:Original framed presidential appointment certificate signed by President Theodore Roosevelt, appointing Edward Terry Sanford of Tennessee as Assistant Attorney General of the United States. Countersigned by Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte. Official red embossed seal of the Department of Justice affixed. Dated January 1907. The document reads in part: \"Know Ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in the Integrity, Ability and Learning of Edward T. Sanford of Tennessee, I have nominated, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate do appoint him Assistant Attorney General...\"
WHO WAS EDWARD T. SANFORD?After this appointment, Sanford was elevated to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee by President Taft in 1908. In 1923, President Harding appointed him Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He served until his death on March 8, 1930 — the same day former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft died. He authored the majority opinion in Gitlow v. New York (1925), the landmark First Amendment ruling that began the doctrine of incorporation.
CONDITION:Framed under glass in a silver frame. Paper shows age-appropriate toning and minor wrinkling consistent with 117 years of age. Roosevelt signature present but faded and light at upper right — clearly noted and reflected in price. Bonaparte countersignature bold and legible. Department of Justice seal intact. Authentication by PSA, JSA, or similar strongly encouraged.
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