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Letter to Jane T. Whitaker on Her 100th Birthday.

May 22, 1929

[Released May 22, 1929. Dated May 17, 1929]

My dear Mrs. Whitaker:

I have just learned that on May 29th you will celebrate your one hundredth birthday. Please permit me to join with your many friends in extending congratulations and best wishes on that occasion.

I also want you to know of my appreciation of your interest in my campaign last Fall

Yours faithfully,

HERBERT HOOVER

[Mrs. Jane T. Whitaker, Whitaker Road, Westfield, Massachusetts]

Note: Mrs. Whitaker had voted for the first time at the age of 99, casting her vote for Mr. Hoover.

Herbert Hoover, Letter to Jane T. Whitaker on Her 100th Birthday. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/209357

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