{"product_id":"president-richard-nixon-signed-vp-senate-chamber-admission-ticket-psa-very-rare","title":"President Richard Nixon Signed VP Senate Chamber Admission Ticket PSA, Very Rare","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"245\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"53\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"56\"\u003e\nRichard Nixon Signed United States Senate Chamber Vice President's Row Admission Card - June 9, 1953 - 83rd Congress, 1st Session - PSA\/DNA Certified Authentic, Certification No. 85504652\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"668\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"263\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"266\"\u003e\nAn exceptional original United States Senate Chamber admission card dated \u003cstrong data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"356\"\u003eJune 9, 1953\u003c\/strong\u003e, personally signed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"399\"\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c\/strong\u003e during the opening months of his vice presidency. Printed at the top in ornate lettering, \"United States Senate Chamber,\" the card was issued in Washington, D.C., and admits \u003cstrong data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"595\"\u003eMr. Harold Meilis\u003c\/strong\u003e to the \u003cstrong data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"627\"\u003eVice President's Row\u003c\/strong\u003e for the \u003cstrong data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"667\"\u003e83rd Congress - 1st Session\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"1059\"\u003eThe card is especially desirable because its date places it squarely within an active session of the United States Senate while Nixon was serving as its constitutional presiding officer. Nixon entered office as the 36th Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1953, making this card a particularly early vice-presidential autograph, signed less than five months into his tenure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1213\"\u003eNixon has signed the card prominently across the lower portion in blue ink, immediately above the printed designation \"VICE PRESIDENT.\" The front reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1397\"\u003e\"United States Senate Chamber\u003cbr data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1247\"\u003e\nWashington, D.C., June 9, 1953\u003cbr data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1280\"\u003e\nAdmit Mr Harold Meilis\u003cbr data-start=\"1302\" data-end=\"1305\"\u003e\nTo the Vice President's Row\u003cbr data-start=\"1332\" data-end=\"1335\"\u003e\nFor 83rd Cong - 1st Session\u003cbr data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1365\"\u003e\nRichard Nixon\u003cbr data-start=\"1378\" data-end=\"1381\"\u003e\nVICE PRESIDENT.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1399\" data-end=\"1637\"\u003eThe reverse contains an additional handwritten blue-ink notation that appears to read, \"Tues Starts @ 12 noon.\" This notation is described as it appears and is not attributed to Nixon without independent authentication of the handwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1639\" data-end=\"1970\"\u003eThe card displays light age toning and minor signs of handling consistent with a congressional admission card more than seventy years old. Its printed text, handwritten entries, date, and Nixon signature remain clearly visible. It is preserved within a PSA holder, allowing both sides of this historic Senate artifact to be viewed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1972\" data-end=\"2523\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1972\" data-end=\"1995\"\u003eHistorical Context:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1995\" data-end=\"1998\"\u003e\nThe date on this card is unusually significant. \u003cstrong data-start=\"2046\" data-end=\"2169\"\u003eJune 9, 1953 fell during the first session of the 83rd Congress, which convened January 3 and adjourned August 3, 1953.\u003c\/strong\u003e Official Senate records confirm that Republicans began the Congress with an extraordinarily narrow alignment of 48 Republicans, 47 Democrats, and one Independent. Nixon, inaugurated as vice president on January 20, consequently occupied an important constitutional position as President of a closely divided Senate. \u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"2486\" data-content-reference-end=\"2518\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2525\" data-end=\"3028\"\u003eThis was also the first Congress of the Eisenhower administration. Dwight D. Eisenhower had taken office less than five months before this card was dated, and the new Republican administration was working with Republican control of both houses of Congress. Contemporary congressional analysis describes the first session as unfolding against the continuing Korean War, economic concerns at home, and the administration's effort to establish its legislative program. \u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"2986\" data-content-reference-end=\"3005\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3030\" data-end=\"3542\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong data-start=\"3034\" data-end=\"3150\"\u003eJune 9, 1953 date therefore connects this card directly with a particularly consequential period on Capitol Hill\u003c\/strong\u003e. Senate committees were then deeply engaged with national security and foreign policy. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee had just completed hearings, held May 15-29, on legislation to amend the Mutual Security Act of 1951. Foreign aid and mutual security remained major congressional issues as Eisenhower sought to reshape American Cold War policy. \u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"3482\" data-content-reference-end=\"3501\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3544\" data-end=\"4115\"\u003eThe Korean War provides an even more immediate historical backdrop. On the very date written on this card, \u003cstrong data-start=\"3651\" data-end=\"3667\"\u003eJune 9, 1953\u003c\/strong\u003e, senior American officials were dealing with the rapidly developing question of a Korean armistice. A State Department historical record dated that day documents General Maxwell D. Taylor's discussion with South Korean President Syngman Rhee concerning Rhee's opposition to the proposed armistice. The Korean Armistice would ultimately be signed on July 27, 1953, only weeks after this Senate card was issued. \u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"4037\" data-content-reference-end=\"4056\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4117\" data-end=\"4427\"\u003eJune 9 also fell amid important deliberations over the Eisenhower administration's broader Cold War strategy. The National Security Council held its 149th meeting on \u003cstrong data-start=\"4283\" data-end=\"4299\"\u003eJune 9, 1953\u003c\/strong\u003e, as the administration was conducting its major reassessment of national security policy. \u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"4331\" data-content-reference-end=\"4350\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4429\" data-end=\"4860\"\u003eDomestically, the 83rd Congress was considering taxation, federal spending, defense appropriations, trade, government reorganization, and foreign assistance. By the close of this first session, Congress had extended the excess-profits tax, continued the reciprocal trade program, approved defense and Mutual Security measures, and acted on Eisenhower administration reorganization initiatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"5330\" data-end=\"5820\"\u003eAs Vice President, he was constitutionally President of the Senate, and the card specifically granted access to the \u003cstrong data-start=\"5500\" data-end=\"5524\"\u003eVice President's Row\u003c\/strong\u003e in the United States Senate Chamber. The combination of Nixon's signature, his printed vice-presidential title, the Senate Chamber heading, the specific session designation, and the June 9, 1953 date creates an unusually direct association between the autograph and Nixon's official Senate role.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5822\" data-end=\"6195\"\u003eThis artifact therefore captures Nixon at a very early point in his national executive career - years before his own presidency and during the opening months of the Eisenhower-Nixon administration - while the Senate was confronting the Korean War, Cold War foreign assistance, taxation, defense spending, and the legislative priorities of a new presidential administration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6197\" data-end=\"6648\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6197\" data-end=\"6232\"\u003eAuthentication \u0026amp; Encapsulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"6232\" data-end=\"6235\"\u003e\nThe Richard Nixon autograph has been certified \u003cstrong data-start=\"6282\" data-end=\"6306\"\u003eAuthentic by PSA\/DNA\u003c\/strong\u003e and is permanently encapsulated in a PSA authentication holder. The PSA label identifies the piece as \u003cstrong data-start=\"6409\" data-end=\"6480\"\u003e\"CHAMBER CARD \/ RICHARD NIXON \/ PSA\/DNA CERTIFIED \/ AUTHENTIC AUTO\"\u003c\/strong\u003e and carries certification number \u003cstrong data-start=\"6514\" data-end=\"6526\"\u003e85504652\u003c\/strong\u003e. The clear holder protects the original card while permitting examination of both its signed front and annotated reverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"6650\" data-end=\"6873\"\u003e\u003cli data-section-id=\"p0x1fz\" data-start=\"6650\" data-end=\"6873\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"6652\" data-end=\"6694\"\u003eAdditional Documentation \u0026amp; Provenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"6695\" data-end=\"6871\"\u003eAt buyer's request, Historical Autographs Gallery will include an additional \"Historical Autographs Gallery Certificate\" signed by our company founder Luke Pascal at no cost.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6875\" data-end=\"7326\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6875\" data-end=\"6894\"\u003eClosing Appeal:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"6894\" data-end=\"6897\"\u003e\nThis is a particularly compelling Richard Nixon autograph because the document itself is inseparable from his office. Rather than a later photograph or detached signature, it is an original \u003cstrong data-start=\"7087\" data-end=\"7134\"\u003eUnited States Senate Chamber admission card\u003c\/strong\u003e, dated during Nixon's first months as Vice President, identifying the 83rd Congress and Vice President's Row and bearing his large signature directly above the printed words \"VICE PRESIDENT.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7328\" data-end=\"7945\"\u003eThe precise \u003cstrong data-start=\"7340\" data-end=\"7356\"\u003eJune 9, 1953\u003c\/strong\u003e date substantially enhances its historical interest. It places the artifact within the active first session of the 83rd Congress and against the immediate backdrop of Korean armistice negotiations, Cold War national-security deliberations, foreign-aid debates, and the opening legislative program of the Eisenhower administration. PSA\/DNA authentication and encapsulation further make this an impressive intersection of presidential history, congressional history, and an exceptionally early vice-presidential autograph of the man who would become the 37th President of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7947\" data-end=\"8379\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"7947\" data-end=\"7967\"\u003eShipping Notice:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"7967\" data-end=\"7970\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"7970\" data-end=\"8379\" data-is-last-node=\"\"\u003eFor insurance purposes, items sold over $600 may require signature confirmation upon delivery. Higher-value items, likely over $1,500, are shipped via FedEx 2-Day with Direct Signature Confirmation. FedEx provides the most flexibility when requiring a signature, allowing you to make special delivery requests directly through their tracking system. 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