1981-2001 Virginia Congressman Tom Bliley Jr signed autographed FDC & photo set-

Description: Check it out...Here's an 8 1/2" wide by 11" tall page containing a photo and 100% authentic HAND-SIGNED AUTOGRAPH of former 1981-2001 Virginia Congressman & 1970-77 Richmond Virginia Mayor Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.-The page features a 6 1/2" wide by 3 3/4" tall Richmond Va. Lions Club First Day Cover from 1972 with a large HAND- SIGNED black ink signature signed "Thomas J. Bliley, Jr." on front and has been tipped to a larger green colored page with a photo of Bliley inset. What a great vintage item with a 100% authentic signature! This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 4.95 postage is required. 1981-2001 Virginia Congressman Tom Bliley Jr signed autographed FDC & photo set- Click images to enlarge Description Check it out...Here's an 8 1/2" wide by 11" tall page containing a photo and 100% authentic HAND-SIGNED AUTOGRAPH of former 1981-2001 Virginia Congressman & 1970-77 Richmond Virginia Mayor Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.-The page features a 6 1/2" wide by 3 3/4" tall Richmond Va. Lions Club First Day Cover from 1972 with a large HAND- SIGNED black ink signature signed "Thomas J. Bliley, Jr." on front and has been tipped to a larger green colored page with a photo of Bliley inset. What a great vintage item with a 100% authentic signature! Here's some info on Mr. Bliley: Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. (born January 28, 1932) is an American Republican politician and former U.S. Representative from the commonwealth of Virginia.Bliley was born on January 28, 1932, in Chesterfield County, Virginia. He attended Catholic schools and graduated in 1948 at the age of 16 from Benedictine High School.In 1952, Bliley earned a B.A. in Political Science from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He subsequently served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from 1952 to 1955. He worked as a funeral director for Joseph W. Bliley Co. Funeral Home, a family business, eventually serving as President.Bliley, a practicing Roman Catholic, is married to the former Mary Virginia Kelley and is the father of two Mary Vaughan Bliley Davies and Thomas Jerome Bliley III. He has five grandchildren, 2 granddaughters Jennifer and Mary Kathryn Davies, 2 grandsons Thomas Jerome Bliley IV and Shawn Bliley and 1 step-grandson Joseph Utter III, two great-grandsons Christian and Aiden Davies and one great-granddaughter.In 1968, Bliley was elected vice-mayor of Richmond. He held that post until 1970, when he successfully ran for mayor, a position he held until 1977. Bliley grew up as a conservative Southern Democrat, but became a Republican after his term as mayor.In 1980, Bliley won the Republican nomination for Congress representing Virginia's 3rd congressional district after 12-year incumbent David Satterfield announced his retirement. He won with 52 percent of the vote, becoming the first Republican to win an undisputed victory in the district since Reconstruction. (In 1890, the House awarded Republican Edmund Waddill the seat after a disputed election.)The 3rd, however, had been trending Republican for some time at the national level.It had been one of the first areas of Virginia where the old Byrd Democrats started splitting their tickets and voting Republican in presidential elections. As a result, it had not supported a Democrat for president since 1948, and had actually come close to electing a Republican twice in the 1960s, with the Democrats only surviving by less than 1,000 votes. However, conservative Democrats continued to hold most local offices, as well as most of the district's seats in the General Assembly, well into the 1980s.Bliley would never face another contest anywhere near as close as his first one. He was reelected five times from the 3rd with little difficulty, only facing an independent in 1984 and running completely unopposed in 1988. After the 1990 census, the Democratic-controlled Virginia General Assembly began the process of redistricting the state. It was faced with a Justice Department order to create a majority-black district in order to comply with the Voting Rights Act. The legislature responded by shifting most of Richmond, which by this time had a black majority, into a new, majority-black 3rd district. Bliley's district was renumbered the 7th, and retained most of the whiter and wealthier sections of Richmond, along with several suburbs. Bliley now represented one of the most Republican districts in Virginia and the South, and he was handily reelected to four more terms, retiring in January 2001. Indeed, at the time the 7th was so heavily Republican that after it was redrawn in 1992, Bliley only faced a Democrat once, in 1996. In 1995, when the Republican Party gained majority control of the Congress, Bliley was elected Chairman of the House Commerce Committee, a position he held for six years. He was a principal author of several important laws including the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, also known as the "Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act". This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 4.95 postage is required. Payment We accept Paypal payments. Shipping We will try and combine shipping on multiple purchases wherever possible. Please e-mail us with auction item numbers before sending payment. However, if the items are heavy or require special packing / tracking, the postal rates might not be significantly reduced. We no longer ship overseas first class mail. 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Price: 13.99 USD

Location: Noblesville, Indiana

End Time: 2024-02-12T22:10:02.000Z

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