Scarce partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 17.25 x 12.75, October 31, 1849. President Taylor appoints John C. Clark of New York as "Solicitor of the Treasury of the United States." Nicely signed at the conclusion by President Zachary Taylor, and countersigned by Secretary of State John M. Clayton. The crisply embossed white paper seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact. In fine condition, with multiple intersecting folds and a bit of wrinkling. Given his short 16-month tenure in the White House, presidential appointments signed by Taylor are especially scarce. Lawyer and politician John C. Clark (1793-1852) served a total of four terms in Congress. He was elected in 1836 as a Democrat, but switched to the Whig Party in 1837 because he favored continuation of the Second Bank of the United States rather than the independent Treasury favored by President Martin Van Buren. Following the Whig victory in the 1848 election Zachary Taylor, Clark was appointed First Auditor of the Treasury, serving from August 2, 1849, to October 31, 1849, when he was promoted by this commission to Solicitor of the United States Treasury. Clark would hold the position until his death in 1852.
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