Henry Horner Autographs
Henry Horner (November 30, 1878 – October 6, 1940) was an American politician. Horner served as the 28th Governor of Illinois, serving from January 1933 until his death in October 1940. Horner was noted as the first Jewish governor of Illinois.
Horner was born Henry Levy to Solomon Abraham Levy and Dilah Horner in Chicago. He assumed the Horner surname after his parents divorced in 1883. He attended the University of Chicago. Horner attended IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and received his LLB in 1898. Horner was a lawyer and served as a probate judge from 1915 to 1931.
First elected governor in 1932, Horner served during the difficult years of the Great Depression. Because of a fiscal crisis in Illinois during his first term in office, he was forced to ask the General Assembly for new tax revenue. In 1933, he signed Illinois's first permanent sales tax law into effect with an inaugural rate of 2.0%. Horner also signed a bill in 1935 increasing the Illinois sales tax rate to 3.0%.
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Current items with a signature of Henry Horner
These are the most current items with a signature of Henry Horner that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov. | $83.74 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Henry Horner
The most expensive item with a signature of Henry Horner (Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov.) was sold in May 2026 for $83.74 while the cheapest item (Signed Govenor Henry Horner Letter 1936 Illinois Govenor 1936-1940) found a new owner for $0.99 in November 2011. The month with the most items sold (3) was November 2016 with an average selling price of $15.98 for an autographed item of Henry Horner. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2026 with $83.74 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.00 was November 2010. In average, an autographed item from Henry Horner is worth $40.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Henry Horner were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
| Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov. | $83.74 |  |
| Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov. | $83.74 | |
| Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov. | $83.74 | |
 | Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov. | $83.74 | |
| Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov. | $83.24 | |
| Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov. | $83.24 | |
| Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov. | $83.24 | |
| Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov. | $83.24 | |
| Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov. | $83.24 | |
| Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov. | $83.24 | |
| Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov. | $83.24 | |
| Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov. | $83.24 | |
| Illinois Governor Henry Horner hand-signed cert 1940 famous depression era Gov. | $83.24 | |
| State of Illinois Governor Henry Horner Signed Certificate Notary Public 1935 | $35.00 | |
| State of Illinois Governor Henry Horner Signed Certificate Notary Public 1935 | $49.00 | |
