Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20.5 x 16.5, June 4, 1920. President Wilson appoints Ross Hazeltine of Indiana as a "Consul of Class four of the United States of America." Signed at the conclusion in pencil by Wilson, and countersigned by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. White wafer seal remains affixed to lower left. Framed to an overall size of 27.25 x 23.75. In very good to fine condition, with scattered staining. Late in his second term of office, President Wilson remained in the White House secluded and all but incapacitated; a serious stroke suffered in October the previous year had left him severely paralyzed on his left side and partially blind in his right eye, afflictions which account for Wilson's signature to have been drafted in smudge-free pencil. A urinary tract infection and a fight with influenza weakened Wilson even further, and much of the presidential duties were placed upon his wife, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. Due to his ailing health and diminished power and public image, Wilson was unable to procure a nomination at the 1920 Democratic National Convention, which commenced just three weeks after he signed this document.
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