President Warren G. Harding Naval Appointment 05/04/1922 signed Edwin Denby

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President Warren G. Harding Naval Appointment 05/04/1922 signed Edwin Denby:
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President Warren G. Harding 1922 Appointment; signed by Secretary of the Navy, Edwin Denby

In 1922 Warren G. Harding’s faded to state of *unsigned* on this appointment — signed by his Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby (1921-1924) — on promoting a lieutenant.

This Naval Appointment by \"Warren G. Harding\" is \"unsigned\" or faded; and co-signed “Edwin Denby” in black ink as Secretary of the Navy. It is a single vellum page is approximately 16\" x 19½\" and has \"Nav. Academy\" in pencil in place of the missing seal. President Harding’s appointment of Simon P. Fullinwider, Jr. as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy on May 4th, 1922.

*** This is a part of a set of over 20 documents we have for sale comprising U.S. Naval Appointments by 5 United States Presidents to the overlapping naval careers of a father and son, Simon P. Fullinwider and Simon P. Fullinwider, Jr. The full set includes: Theodore Roosevelt, three appointments (1902, 1907, and 1908); William McKinley, two (both in 1889); Grover Cleveland, two (one in 1896, one in 1897); Woodrow Wilson, two (one in 1913 [to father07. ], one [to son] in 1921); and Warren G. Harding, one (in 1922). These documents trace the entire naval careers of this man and his son, their lives as lived through great, crucial periods of American history, with Simon P. Fullinwider, Jr. on the USS Missouri, including on the day the vessel became the first combatant vessel to pass through the Panama Canal (his First Ship To Pass the Panama Canal document we have listed as well).***

* Warren Harding was sworn in as president on March 4, 1921, in the presence of his wife and father. Harding preferred a low-key inauguration, without the customary parade, leaving only the swearing-in ceremony and a brief reception at the White House. In his inaugural address he declared, \"Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much from the government and at the same time do too little for it.

* The 1920s were a time of modernization for America. Use of electricity became increasingly common. Mass production of the motor car stimulated other industries, as well, such as highway construction, rubber, steel, and building, as hotels were erected to accommodate the tourists venturing upon the roads. This economic boost helped bring the nation out of the recession. To improve and expand the nation\'s highway system, Harding signed the Federal Highway Act of 1921. From 1921 to 1923, the federal government spent $162 million on America\'s highway system, infusing the U.S. economy with a large amount of capital. In 1922, Harding proclaimed that America was in the age of the \"motor car\", which \"reflects our standard of living and gauges the speed of our present-day life.\"

* Harding had urged regulation of radio broadcasting in his April 1921 speech to Congress. Commerce Secretary Hoover took charge of this project, and convened a conference of radio broadcasters in 1922, which led to a voluntary agreement for licensing of radio frequencies through the Commerce Department. Both Harding and Hoover realized something more than an agreement was needed, but Congress was slow to act, not imposing radio regulation until 1927.

* Harding also wished to promote aviation, and Hoover again took the lead, convening a national conference on commercial aviation. The discussions focused on safety matters, inspection of airplanes, and licensing of pilots. Harding again promoted legislation but nothing was done until 1926, when the Air Commerce Act created the Bureau of Aeronautics within Hoover\'s Commerce Department.

Edwin Denby (1870-1929 ) served the Army during the Spanish-American War.

Denby was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives (1903-1904), and later to the U.S. House of Representatives from the First District of Michigan, which he served from 1905 to 1911. He was appointed Secretary of the Navy in 1921 and later was persuaded by Interior Secretary Albert Fall to transfer oil leases controlled by the Navy to the Department of the Interior. Fall later sold the leases to his friends, hastening public awareness of the Teapot Dome scandal. Denby resigned his cabinet position in 1924, disgraced by the scandal, and returned to Michigan to practice law.

Lightly toned, missing seal, spotted vellum, with some stains, irregular edges. This document is listed as *unsigned* by Harding because it has completely faded.

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