William H. Taft Appointment

William Howard Taft signed document as president, dated January 9, 1911. This official appointment names George R. Hall as Postmaster of Salina, Kansas, for a four-year term. Boldly signed in ink by President Taft at the lower right and countersigned by Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock. Embossed with the seal of the Post Office Department. The document measures 14" x 19" and is handsomely framed to an overall size of 19.25" x 24".

William H. Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for reelection in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft to be chief justice, a position he held until a month before his death.

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