Hugh McCulloch Autographs

Hugh McCulloch (December 7, 1808 – May 24, 1895) was an American financier who played a central role in financing the American Civil War. He served two non-consecutive terms as U.S. Treasury Secretary under three presidents. He was originally opposed to the creation of a system of national banks, but his reputation as head of the Bank of Indiana from 1857 to 1863 persuaded the Treasury to bring him in to supervise the new system as Comptroller of the Currency from 1863 to 1865. As Secretary of the Treasury from 1865 to 1869 he reduced and funded the gigantic Civil War debt of the union, and reestablished the federal taxation system across the former Confederate States of America. He tried but failed to make a rapid return to the gold standard.
Born in Kennebunk, Maine, he was the son of Hugh McCulloch Sr., one of the largest shipbuilders in New England, and Abial Perkins. He was educated at Thornton Academy in Saco, Maine, and attended Bowdoin College for two years, leaving due to ill health. He taught school, then studied law in Boston, and in 1833 began practicing law at Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was cashier and manager of the Fort Wayne branch of the state chartered Bank of Indiana and president of the larger organization from 1835 to 1857, and president of its successor, the privately owned Bank of Indiana, from 1857 to 1863. Despite his early opposition to the National Banking Act of 1862, he was selected by Salmon P. Chase to be the first Comptroller of the Currency in 1863. During McCulloch's 22 months in office, 868 national banks were chartered and no failures occurred. As the first Comptroller, McCulloch recommended major changes in the banking law and the resulting National Banking Act of 1864 remains the foundation of the national banking system.
McCulloch began his banking career as the President of the Bank of Indiana. In 1833 the bank was established in response to the closure of the Second Bank of the United States. Indiana was still a wilderness and no eastern bank was willing to take charge of the fledgling state bank. McCulloch was one of the few prominent businessmen in the young state, and although he had no banking experience, he was appointed because he was the most qualified person willing to take the position.
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Traded items with a signature of Hugh McCulloch

The most expensive item with a signature of Hugh McCulloch (Lincoln's Sec. Of Treasury Hugh McCulloch Signed Cut PSA Mint 9 Autograph) was sold in June 2025 for $440.00 while the cheapest item (Hugh McCulloch autographed album page as Secretary Of The Treasury 1885) found a new owner for $7.99 in May 2016. The month with the most items sold (2) was October 2025 with an average selling price of $165.99 for an autographed item of Hugh McCulloch. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2016 with $203.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $7.99 was May 2016. In average, an autographed item from Hugh McCulloch is worth $51.00.

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1856 Railroad Co. Scrip Signed U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch	$34.60
	1865 CIVIL WAR - 42 TREASURY DEPT. LETTERS! Signed HUGH MCCULLOCH, WM. CHANDLER	$203.50
	1866 Letter Signed by Treasury Secretary Hugh McCulloch (d.1895) Lincoln Cabinet	$79.99
	1867 Letter Signed by Treasury Secretary Hugh McCulloch (d.1895) Lincoln Cabinet	$79.99
	HUGH McCULLOCH (1808-1895) signed card | US Secretary of Treasury - autograph	$39.99
	Hugh McCulloch - 1 Signature	$19.03
	HUGH McCULLOCH - AUTOGRAPH 05/21/1866	$165.99
	HUGH McCULLOCH - CLIPPED SIGNATURE	$165.99
	Hugh McCulloch - U.S. Secretary of Treasury - Autographed 1865 Letter (LS)	$77.00
	Hugh McCulloch 2x U.S. Treasury Secretary Signed Cut Autograph PSA/DNA PSA 7	$8.50
	Hugh McCulloch autographed album page as Secretary Of The Treasury 1885	$7.99
	Hugh McCulloch Sec. of Treasury - Autographed Civil War Date 1865 Letter (LS)	$167.55
	Hugh McCulloch Secretary Of Treasury Signed Cut Under Lincoln PSA/DNA Guaranteed	$22.50
	HUGH McCULLOCH SIGNED SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TREASURY DEPARTMENT LETTER 1867	$145.00
	Treasury Secretary HUGH MCCULLOCH 1864 SIGNED DOCUMENT appoint Secret Inspector	$25.00