Lot 30
Bush George H. W. 1924 - 0 George HW Bush write a thank you letter for his campaign support to Ronald Wade
Single page TLS on 'George Bush for Senate' letterhead, 8.5" x 10.75". Dated "August 8, 1970", and signed by George Bush as "George" with a handwritten subscript of "Sorry to miss you in D.C.-". Expected folds, else near fine. From the spectacular, unprecedented collection of Ronald Ellis Wade, with the letter specifically being addressed to him.
A neat thank you letter for the campaigning support by Ronald Wade for George Bush during his run for the Senate in 1970. Bush noted "_Ü_thank you for the fantastic job you did in making our visit to Gilmer such as successful one_Ü_With each passing day, I am more confident than ever about our chances for achieving victory in November."
After serving two terms in the House, Bush had eyed a run for the Senate in 1970. Ralph Yarborough, who had defeated Bush in 1964, was a liberal Democrat from Texas at a time when the state was becoming increasingly conservative. Bush believed that he could defeat Yarborough in the 1970 election. But Yarborough did not win the Democratic primary. Instead, Bush ran against Lloyd Bentsen, a conservative Democrat. Since the Democratic Party was still very strong in Texas and Bush and Bentsen did not differ greatly on the issues, Bush again lost the election. In December 1970, President Richard Nixon nominated Bush as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Bush was not part of the Nixon administration's inner circle, which undercut his effectiveness at the United Nations. However as fate would have it, he nonetheless used his tenure to continue to make influential friends within the U.S. government and throughout the foreign policy establishment. The ambassador relished his person-to-person contacts with foreign envoys and began assembling his legendary rolodex that would serve him well in the years to come.
Below is an interesting interview from TheHill.com, about Ron Wade and his collection of Presidential memorabilia:
Step into Ronald Wade's office and it's easy to see why he's listed in "Guinness World Records 2015" for the largest collection of U.S. presidential memorabilia _Üî it's really a replica of the Oval Office.
"Actually, they quit counting," Wade says of his immense collection of White House and presidential campaign items, "because I probably have closer to 20,000 or 30,000 items, if not closer to 100,000 _Üî that's with duplication." The official count from the folks behind the famed book puts Wade's collection in chief at 6,960 pieces as of last year.
The lifelong Republican has been racking up "practically anything that has to do with American politics" since he was 10 years old.
"My first memory in life is wearing an _ÜÛI Like Ike' button, and I was probably 4 years old. So I've always been interested in politics," Wade, 64, tells ITK.
While much of the public might be disillusioned with warring politicians, Wade _Üî who once served as a White House page for then-President Nixon _Üî says talk of partisan bickering in Washington is overblown: "The friction between parties has been here as long as America has been here."
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