Dick Thornburgh Autographs
Richard Lewis Thornburgh (July 16, 1932 – December 31, 2020) was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 76th United States attorney general from 1988 to 1991 under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. A Republican, he previously served as the 41st governor of Pennsylvania and as the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Thornburgh was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on July 16, 1932, the son of Alice (Sanborn) and Charles Garland Thornburgh, an engineer. Thornburgh attended Mercersburg Academy then Yale University from which he obtained an engineering degree in 1954. Subsequently, he received a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1957, where he served as an editor of the Law Review. Thornburgh was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa at the University of Pittsburgh in 1973, and was later awarded the society's highest honor, the Laurel Crowned Circle Award, in 1996. He subsequently was awarded honorary degrees from 32 other colleges and universities. He joined the Pittsburgh-based law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart in 1959.
Thornburgh married Ginny Hooton, and they had three sons together (John, David and Peter). Ginny Hooton was killed in an automobile accident in 1960, which left Peter, the youngest of their three sons, with physical and intellectual disability. In 1963 Thornburgh was remarried, to Ginny Judson, with whom he had another son, Bill, in 1966. Ginny (Judson) Thornburgh was a former schoolteacher from New York, who holds degrees from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A lifelong advocate of people with disabilities, she served as Director of the Interfaith Initiative of the American Association of People with Disabilities, based in Washington, D.C., has co-authored and edited That All May Worship, an award-winning handbook for religious congregations working to include people with all types of disabilities. She received the Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights in April 2005.
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Traded items with a signature of Dick Thornburgh
The most expensive item with a signature of Dick Thornburgh (WHERE THE EVIDENCE LEADS-Autobiography-DICK THORNBURGH-1st, SIGNED, BRAND NEW HC) was sold in October 2025 for $205.74 while the cheapest item (DICK THORNBURGH SIGNED Pennsylvania Governor Photo) found a new owner for $0.99 in March 2015. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2020 with an average selling price of $7.76 for an autographed item of Dick Thornburgh. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2026 with $29.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was October 2008. In average, an autographed item from Dick Thornburgh is worth $10.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Dick Thornburgh were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | (2) Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh (2) Signed Letters | $13.93 |  |
| 1982 Governor Richard Dick Thornburgh Signed CARD with PEN used to sign VIETNAM | $9.99 | |
| 1982 Lebanon, PA - G.O.P. Dinner Program Signed by Gov. Dick Thornburgh | $20.00 | |
| Dick Thornburgh 7.25”x6” AUTOGRAPHED Photo mounted on signed 9”x11.5” Board | $29.99 | |
| Dick Thornburgh Autographed 5 x 7 B/W Photo-PA Governor-US Attorney General! | $9.99 | |
 | Dick Thornburgh Autographed Signed Letter U.S. Attorney General Governor Of PENN | $29.95 | |
| Dick Thornburgh Governor of PA TLS Hand Signed Typed Letter 1981 | $10.00 | |
| Dick Thornburgh US Attorney General Gov PA Signed FDC | $14.99 | |
| Dick Thornburgh US Attorney General Governor Pennsylvania Signed Autograph FDC | $14.99 | |
| Dick Thornburgh, PA Gov, Signed State Capitol Cover | $16.50 | |
| Dick Thornburgh, Pennsylvania Governor, signed State Capitol cover & enclosure | $24.75 | |
| Former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh Signed 8x10 | $5.51 | |
| Governor Richard Dick Thornburgh Signed 3x5 Index Card | $19.99 | |
| Governor Richard Dick Thornburgh Signed 3x5 Index Card | $9.95 | |
| SENATOR JOHN HEINZ AND GOVERNOR DICK THORNBURGH-SPECIAL SIGNED POSTAL COVERS | $10.00 | |
