"49th Governor of Indiana" Mitch Daniels Hand Signed FDC

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Up for auction the "49th Governor of Indiana" Mitch Daniels Hand Signed First Day Cover.
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Mitchell Elias Daniels Jr.
(born April 7, 1949) is an American
academic administrator
, businessman, author, and retired politician who served as the 49th
Governor of Indiana
, from 2005 to 2013, and a
Republican
. Since 2013, Daniels has been president of
Purdue University
. Born in
Monongahela, Pennsylvania
, Daniels is a graduate of
Princeton University
, and received his
Juris Doctor
from
Georgetown University Law Center
after studying briefly at the
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
. Daniels began his career working as an assistant to
Richard Lugar
, working as his chief of staff in the
Senate
from 1977 to 1982, and was appointed executive director of the
National Republican Senatorial Committee
when Lugar was chairman from 1983 to 1984. He worked as a chief political adviser and as a liaison to President
Ronald Reagan
in 1985, before he was appointed president of the conservative think tank, the
Hudson Institute
. Daniels moved back to Indiana, joining
Eli Lilly and Company
, working as president of North American Pharmaceutical Operations from 1993 to 1997, and senior vice president of corporate strategy and policy from 1997 to 2001. In January 2001, Daniels was appointed by President
George W. Bush
as the director of the U.S.
Office of Management and Budget
, where he served until June 2003. Daniels announced his intention to run in
Indiana's 2004 gubernatorial election
after leaving the
Bush administration
. He won the Republican primary with 67% of the vote, and defeated
Democratic
incumbent Governor
Joe Kernan
in the general election. Daniels was reelected to a second term, defeating former
U.S. Representative
and
US Department of Agriculture
undersecretary
Jill Long Thompson
, on November 4, 2008. During his tenure as governor, Daniels cut the state government workforce by 18%, cut and capped state property taxes, and balanced the state budget through budget
austerity
measures and increasing spending by less than the
inflation rate
. In his second term, Daniels saw protest by
labor unions
and Democrats in the state legislature over his policies regarding Indiana's
school voucher
program and the
Indiana House of Representatives
attempt to pass
right to work
legislation, leading to the
2011 Indiana legislative walkouts
. During the legislature's last session under Daniels, he signed the
right-to-work law
; with Indiana becoming the 23rd state in the nation to do so.It was widely speculated that Daniels would be a candidate in the
2012 presidential election
, but he chose not to run. He is the author of the best selling book
Keeping the Republic: Saving America by Trusting Americans
. Daniels was selected to be president of
Purdue University
after his term as governor ended on January 14, 2013.