Josephus Daniels Autographs
Josephus Daniels (May 18, 1862 – January 15, 1948) was a newspaper editor, Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson, and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
He managed The News & Observer in Raleigh, at the time North Carolina's largest circulation newspaper, from the 1890s until his death. Daniels was a vehement white supremacist and segregationist; he and his newspaper "championed the white supremacy cause in frequent news reports, vigorously worded editorials, provocative letters, and vicious front page cartoons that called attention to what the newspaper called the horrors of 'negro rule.'"
Along with Charles Brantley Aycock and Furnifold McLendel Simmons, he was a leading perpetrator of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, in which white mobs overthrew the legitimately elected biracial government in Wilmington, expelled black and white political leaders from the city, destroyed the property and businesses of black citizens built up since the American Civil War, and killed between 60 and 300 black people. He was highly influential in the state legislature's passage in 1900 of a suffrage amendment that effectively disenfranchised most blacks in the state, excluding them from the political system for decades until the late 20th century.
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Traded items with a signature of Josephus Daniels
The most expensive item with a signature of Josephus Daniels (1920 Pres. Woodrow Wilson & Sec. of Navy Josephus Daniels Signed Appt. Document) was sold in September 2025 for $1,850.00 while the cheapest item (Josephus Daniels US Ambassador Mexico typed Signed letter) found a new owner for $0.75 in September 2016. The month with the most items sold (5) was January 2014 with an average selling price of $9.39 for an autographed item of Josephus Daniels. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2025 with $989.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.75 was September 2016. In average, an autographed item from Josephus Daniels is worth $16.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Josephus Daniels were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1917 Woodrow Wilson Military Appointment Signed Josephus Daniels WWI WW1 | $65.00 |  |
| 1918 WW1 U.S. Navy Officer Commission Signed Josephus Daniels Secretary of Navy | $62.50 | |
| 1920 Pres. Woodrow Wilson & Sec. of Navy Josephus Daniels Signed Appt. Document | $108.99 | |
| 1920 Pres. Woodrow Wilson & Sec. of Navy Josephus Daniels Signed Appt. Document | $1,850.00 | |
| 1933 Navy Secy (WWI) Josephus Daniels Signed Envelope + Card To Rev. Grant Mason | $129.00 | |
| JOSEPHUS DANIELS (1862-1948) signed card | US Secretary of Navy - autograph | $14.99 | |
| Josephus Daniels (d.1948) Signed Autographed 1918 Navy Department Order COA | $54.99 | |
| Josephus Daniels - Typed letter signed as Secretary of the Navy January 15, 1917 | $29.95 | |
| Josephus Daniels - U.S. Navy Secretary - Authentic 1918 Autographed Letter (TLS) | $39.00 | |
| Josephus Daniels autographed Secretary Of The Navy card | $7.95 | |
| JOSEPHUS DANIELS Signed Autograph / WW1 SECRETARY OF NAVY for Woodrow Wilson | $9.95 | |
| Josephus Daniels Signed Card; Autograph 1939 | $20.00 | |
| Josephus Daniels Signed Letter- Secretary of the Navy during WW1. | $10.01 | |
| Josephus Daniels US Ambassador Mexico typed Signed letter | $0.75 | |
| Original 1918 US Navy Appointment! Woodrow Wilson Seal, Signed Josephus Daniels | $100.00 | |
