[Hiddigeigei]

I was under the impression that when I was growing up, a letter from a congressman helped get you into West Point.

[scrabblehack]

I was under the impression that it was required. Each Congressman/Senator got so many appointments and so did the President.

FDR wrote a letter to “The President of the United States in 1950-something” (I don’t recall the exact year) asking that the son of a certain someone in World War II be considered for appointment. Eisenhower honored the request.