Charles Sumner Autograph

Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 – March 11, 1874) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874. Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading American advocate for the abolition of slavery. He chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1861 to 1871, until he lost the position following a dispute with President Ulysses S. Grant over the attempted annexation of Santo Domingo. After breaking with Grant, he joined the Liberal Republican Party. He spent his final two years in the Senate alienated from his party. Sumner had a controversial and divisive legacy for many years after his death, but in recent decades, his historical reputation has improved in recognition of his early support for racial equality. More about Charles Sumner

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Current items with a signature of Charles Sumner

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thumbnailCHARLES SUMNER - CHECK SIGNED 07/08/1868$400.00logo
Sumner began his political activism as a member of various anti-slavery groups, leading to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1851 as a member of the Free Soil Party; he soon became a founding member of the Republican Party. In the Senate, he devoted his efforts to opposing the "Slave Power," which culminated in a vicious beating by Representative Preston Brooks on the Senate floor in 1856; Sumner's severe injuries and extended absence from the Senate made him a symbol of the anti-slavery cause. Though he did not return to the Senate until 1859, Massachusetts reelected him in 1857, leaving his empty desk as a reminder of the incident, which polarized the nation as the Civil War approached.

During the war, Sumner led the Radical Republican faction critical of President Abraham Lincoln for being too moderate toward the South. As chair of the Foreign Relations committee, Sumner worked to ensure that the United Kingdom and France did not intervene on behalf of the Confederate States. After the Union won the war and Lincoln was assassinated, Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens led congressional efforts to grant equal civil and voting rights to freedmen and to block ex-Confederates from power so they would not reverse the gains derived from the Union's victory in the war. President Andrew Johnson's persistent opposition to these efforts played a role in his impeachment in 1868. Read even more about Charles Sumner at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Charles Sumner

In total, we tracked 44 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Charles Sumner (CHARLES SUMNER AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ALS/Handwritten/Civil War Slavery RARE) was sold in December 2015 for $788.89 while the cheapest item (19th Century California Congressman Charles Sumner Signed Autograph Slip) found a new owner for $0.99 in October 2015. The month with the most items sold (3) was May 2014 with an average selling price of $113.50 for an autographed item of Charles Sumner. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2018 with $498.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was October 2015. In average, an autographed item from Charles Sumner is worth $58.27.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Charles Sumner were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

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thumbnail1800's CHARLES SUMNER, Anti-Slavery Leader From Massachusetts, Cut Signature$39.95logo
thumbnail1870 Abolitionist U.S. Senator Charles Sumner Autograph Letter Signed$125.00logo
thumbnail1874 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by ABRAHAM LANSING - DEATH of CHARLES SUMNER$34.89logo
thumbnail?CHARLES SUMNER ABOLITIONIST CIVIL WAR DATE PSA/DNA COA SIGNED ALS AUTOGRAPH? $391.50logo
thumbnailAbolitionist Senator CHARLES SUMNER - Signed AUTHENTIC Letter ALS Mar 16,1864 $348.99logo
thumbnailCharles Sumner U.S. Senator Signed Envelope Deceased 1874$5.50logo
thumbnailCHARLES SUMNER (1811-1874) autograph cut | Senator - Massachusetts signed$59.99logo
thumbnailCHARLES SUMNER (1811-1874) autograph cut | Senator Massachusetts - signed$39.99logo
thumbnailCharles Sumner / Lyman Trumball Hand Signed 5 x 7 Page (1800's) Political$55.00logo
thumbnailCHARLES SUMNER HANDWRITTEN LETTER SIGNED BY AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY POLITICIAN $498.00logo
thumbnailCharles Sumner MA Senator 1851-1874 13th Amendment signer signature card$45.00logo
thumbnailCivil War Senator Charles Sumner Signed Autograph Cut 3x5 - JSA - FREE S&H!$249.95logo
thumbnailCLIPPED AUTOGRAPH MASSACHUSETTS ABOLITIONIST SENATOR CHARLES SUMNER EX NR$26.00logo
thumbnailMA Senator Charles Sumner 1851-1874 13th Amendment signer album signature cut $52.00logo
thumbnailMA Senator Charles Sumner 1851-1874 13th Amendment signer signature cut $19.99logo