This is a signed letter by Thomas Sylvy Gordon 

(1893-1959), who was a U.S. Representative 

from Illinois for sixteen years.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Gordon graduated from 

St. Stanislaus College in 1912. He was in the 

banking business from 1916 to 1920. He worked 

for a Polish-language daily newspaper for more 

than twenty years.

He served as Commissioner of Chicago West Parks 

from 1933 to 1936, and as Commissioner of public 

vehicle licenses from 1936 to 1939 (so he can indeed 

be referred to as "Commissioner Gordon ").  

Gordon was City Treasurer of Chicago from 1939 to 1942.

He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth 

United States Congress, and also to the seven succeeding 

Congresses, serving from January 3, 1943, to January 3, 1959. 

Gordon did not run for a ninth term due to illness. 

He died less than three weeks after his last day in office.

The letter is dated March 29, 1950.

This letter is typed on official Congressional stationery. 

This signed letter is addressed to Capt. Richard H. Lake,

of the "Visitors' Bureau, Berlin Military Post, APO 742."

The signed letter comes with a certificate of authenticity 

from JG Autographs.

The letter and the COA are enclosed in a plastic page, 

which is open at the top, allowing easy access, while 

keeping the letter protected.

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