Norman Thomas Autograph

Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 – December 19, 1968) was an American Presbyterian minister who achieved fame as a socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. More about Norman Thomas

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thumbnailNorman Thomas Signed 3x5 Card BAS Socialist Presidential Candidate$129.95logo
Thomas was the oldest of six children, born November 20, 1884, in Marion, Ohio, to Emma Williams (née Mattoon) and Weddington Evans Thomas, a Presbyterian minister. Thomas had an uneventful Midwestern childhood and adolescence, helping to put himself through Marion High School as a paper carrier for Warren G. Harding's Marion Daily Star. Like other paper carriers, he reported directly to Florence Kling Harding. "No pennies ever escaped her," said Thomas. The summer after he graduated from high school his father accepted a pastorate at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, which allowed Norman to attend Bucknell University. He left Bucknell after one year to attend Princeton University, the beneficiary of the largesse of a wealthy uncle by marriage. Thomas graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University in 1905.

After some settlement house work and a trip around the world, Thomas decided to follow in his father's footsteps and enrolled in Union Theological Seminary. He graduated from the seminary and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1911. After assisting the Rev. Henry Van Dyke at the fashionable Brick Presbyterian Church on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, Thomas was appointed pastor of the East Harlem Presbyterian Church, ministering to Italian-American Protestants. Union Theological Seminary had been at that time a center of the Social Gospel movement and liberal politics, and as a minister, Thomas preached against American participation in the First World War. This pacifist stance led to his being shunned by many of his fellow alumni from Princeton, and opposed by some of the leadership of the Presbyterian Church in New York. When church funding of the American Parish's social programs was stopped, Thomas resigned his pastorate. Despite his resignation, Thomas did not formally leave the ministry until 1931, after his mother's death. Read even more about Norman Thomas at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Norman Thomas

The most expensive item with a signature of Norman Thomas (NORMAN THOMAS HAND SIGNED B&W 8X10 PHOTO~JSA~SOC. PARTY) was sold in November 2010 for $200.00 while the cheapest item (Norman Thomas A Biography 1964-by Harry Fleischman-Signed) found a new owner for $3.00 in June 2023. The month with the most items sold (2) was February 2018 with an average selling price of $72.49 for an autographed item of Norman Thomas. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2018 with $72.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.50 was September 2008. In average, an autographed item from Norman Thomas is worth $19.95.

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thumbnail1947 Norman Thomas Socialist Candidate Letter Signature To C & O Railroad CEO$20.00logo
thumbnailNorman Thomas (d. 1968) Signed Autograph book page leaf Politician Autograph,$39.99logo
thumbnailNorman Thomas - Socialist Party of America - Clipped Autograph$12.50logo
thumbnailNorman Thomas - Socialist Party of America - Signed First Day Cover $6.50logo
thumbnailNorman Thomas - Socialist Party of America - Signed Letter (TLS), 1959$15.50logo
thumbnailNorman Thomas Autographed Business Card D.1968 Politics$18.00logo
thumbnailNORMAN THOMAS Card Signed Socialist Party Presidential Nominee 6 times 1928-1948$9.99logo
thumbnailNORMAN THOMAS SIGNED 1954 BIRTHDAY The original vintage program (1954) $69.00logo
thumbnailNORMAN THOMAS signed index card MINISTER SOCIALIST PACIFIST$19.95logo
thumbnailNorman Thomas Signed Pamphlet / Autographed Minister Socialist$37.99logo
thumbnailNorman Thomas Socialist Leader Autograph Letter Signed to Art Young$42.56logo
thumbnailNORMAN THOMAS SOCIALIST PARTY MINISTER ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH SIGNED 8X10 PHOTOGRAPH$124.99logo
thumbnailnorman Thomas typed signed letter$30.00logo
thumbnailNorman Thomas/Socialist Politician/Signed/Autograph$10.85logo
thumbnailSIGNED: Socialist Norman Thomas Autograph$19.00logo