Signature on Card - Shelby Moore Cullom

Signature on free franked, beige piece of paper by Shelby Moore Cullom in brown ink. No date, circa 1850s-1880s. 2 1/8" x 5/8." Paper is signed "S. M. Cullom." Paper and signature are very clean and intact. Shelby Moore Cullom (1829-1914) was the seventeenth Governor of Illinois, a U.S. Representative, and a U.S. Senator. In 1856, Cullom was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives as a Whig. After the disintegration of the Whig Party, Cullom identified with the Republican and American parties. From 1865-1871, he was took part in the 39th-41st U.S. Congresses. Cullom returned to the Illinous House in 1873-1874 where he served again as Speaker and became the governor of Illinois from 1877-1883. He was also a U.S. Senator from 1883-1913 and oversaw the passage of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.