21. Bush, George W. Rare autograph letter signed (“George W. Bush”) as President, 1 page (7 x 10.5 in.; 178 x 267 mm.), gilt presidential seal at top center, The White House, Washington, no date. No recipient named, but from the collection of Florida Congressman C.W. “Bill” Young. Boldly penned with black felt tip pen, President Bush’s signature is 4.5 inches long.
Fine condition.

Rare George W. Bush handwritten letter as President.

Bush writes in full: My Friend Get your ankle fixed, soon - with affection George W Bush”

Republican Charles William (Bill) Young represented Florida in the House of Representatives from 1971 until his death in 2013. He was the longest-serving Republican member of Congress at the time of his death. Young was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions which nominated Nixon in 1968 and 1972, Ford in 1976, and Reagan in 1984. He served as Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee during the last two years of the Clinton presidency and Bush’s first term as President, 1999-2005.

In 2003, Congressman Bill Young was the sole sponsor of the bill which became the “Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004. He introduced the bill, requested by President Bush, on 14 October 2003. It was passed by the House on October 31st and by the Senate on November 3rd. The bill was signed into law by Pres. George W. Bush on 6 November 2003. Pres. Bush’s request for $87.5 billion to occupy and rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan was the largest emergency spending bill ever sought by a president.
$3,000 - $5,000