Norman Thomas Autographs

Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 – December 19, 1968) was an American Presbyterian minister, political activist, and perennial candidate for president. He achieved fame as a socialist and pacifist, and was the Socialist Party of America's candidate for president in six consecutive elections between 1928 and 1948.
Thomas was the oldest of six children, born November 20, 1884, in Marion, Ohio, to Emma Williams (née Mattoon) and Weddington Evans Thomas, a Presbyterian minister. Thomas had an uneventful Midwestern childhood and adolescence, helping to put himself through Marion High School as a paper carrier for Warren G. Harding's Marion Daily Star. Like other paper carriers, he reported directly to Florence Kling Harding. "No pennies ever escaped her," said Thomas. The summer after he graduated from high school his father accepted a pastorate at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, which allowed Norman to attend Bucknell University. He left Bucknell after one year to attend Princeton University, the beneficiary of the largesse of a wealthy uncle by marriage. Thomas graduated magna cum laude lfrom Princeton in 1905.
After some settlement house work and a trip around the world, Thomas decided to follow in his father's footsteps and enrolled in Union Theological Seminary. He graduated and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1911. After assisting the Rev. Henry van Dyke at the fashionable Brick Presbyterian Church on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, Thomas was appointed pastor of the East Harlem Presbyterian Church, ministering to Italian-American Protestants. Union Theological Seminary had been at that time a center of the Social Gospel movement and liberal politics, and as a minister, Thomas preached against American participation in the First World War. This pacifist stance led to his being shunned by many of his fellow alumni from Princeton, and opposed by some of the leadership of the Presbyterian Church in New York. When church funding of the American Parish's social programs was stopped, Thomas resigned his pastorate. Despite his resignation, Thomas did not formally leave the ministry until 1931, after his mother's death.
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Traded items with a signature of Norman Thomas

The most expensive item with a signature of Norman Thomas (Norman THOMAS / Is Conscience A Crime? Signed 1927) was sold in December 2025 for $205.00 while the cheapest item (Norman Thomas A Biography 1964-by Harry Fleischman-Signed) found a new owner for $3.00 in June 2023. The month with the most items sold (1) was January 2010 with an average selling price of $62.56 for an autographed item of Norman Thomas. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2010 with $200.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.00 was July 2022. In average, an autographed item from Norman Thomas is worth $22.47.

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

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	"6X Socialist Presidential Candidate" Norman Thomas Signed 4.5X2 Card COA	$129.99
	"6X Socialist Presidential Candidate" Norman Thomas Signed 4.5X2 Card COA	$129.99
	"6X Socialist Presidential Candidate" Norman Thomas Signed 4.5X2 Card COA	$129.99
	1930s Postal Card Autograph of Norman Thomas, Socialist Party Candidate for Pres	$14.95
	1930s Postal Card Autograph of Norman Thomas, Socialist Party Candidate for Pres	$14.95
	1930s Postal Card Autograph of Norman Thomas, Socialist Party Candidate for Pres	$14.95
	Norman Thomas Socialist autograph signed book campaign political	$20.50
	Norman Thomas Socialist autograph signed book campaign political	$20.50
	Norman Thomas Socialist autograph signed book campaign political	$20.50
	NORMAN THOMAS SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SIGNED 3X5 CARD )X897)	$4.00
	NORMAN THOMAS SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SIGNED 3X5 CARD )X897)	$4.00
	NORMAN THOMAS SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SIGNED 3X5 CARD )X897)	$4.00
	two signed letters from NORMAN THOMAS ~ speech by Al Capp ~ Li'l Abner, Shmoo	$99.95
	two signed letters from NORMAN THOMAS ~ speech by Al Capp ~ Li'l Abner, Shmoo	$99.95
	two signed letters from NORMAN THOMAS ~ speech by Al Capp ~ Li'l Abner, Shmoo	$99.95