Andrew Jackson May/Kentucky Congressman/Bribery/Signed

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Andrew Jackson May/Kentucky Congressman/Bribery/Signed:
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Andrew Jackson May (1875-1959), Kentucky attorney and influential New Deal-era politician, best known for his chairmanship of the House Military Affairs Committee during World War II, and his subsequent conviction for bribery. May served in the House of Representatives from1931 to 1947. After the war, a Senate investigating committee reviewing the Garsson\'s munitions business discovered evidence that May had received substantial cash payments and other inducements from Garssons. May was convicted by a federal jury on July 3, 1947, on charges of accepting bribes to use his position as Chairman of the Military Affairs Committee to secure munitions contracts during the Second World War, and served nine months in federal prison.
An index card,autographed by Andrew Jackson May, dated Jan. 23, 1936. The card islightly marked.There is a news clipping in the envelope (included).
The autograph comes from the archives of the noted Raab Collection.