The Signature Tool of US Presidents — the Autopen

Daniel Ganninger
Knowledge Stew
Published in
4 min readMar 10, 2021

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The signature of the President of the United States is on an endless array of documents, from simple correspondence to bills signed into law. But the president can’t possibly sign every piece of paper himself, so for years, the president’s signature has sometimes been “written” by a mechanical arm. This is done by a device called an autopen.

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Daniel Ganninger
Knowledge Stew

The writer, editor, and chief lackey of Knowledge Stew and the Knowledge Stew line of trivia books. Connect at knowledgestew.com and danielganninger.com