Cooley, Alford Warriner, 1873-1913

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Alford Warriner Cooley writes to fulfill President Roosevelt’s request for a statement of Cooley’s legal experience for use in his confirmation hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee. Cooley details his educational background, his legal experience in New York, and his work as Civil Service Commissioner and the Commissioner of Immigration at the port of New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-06

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Alford Warriner Cooley encloses the extract from the Congressional Record showing Senator Eugene Hale’s connection with the amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-15

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Civil Service Commissioner Cooley informs President Roosevelt of William R. Willcox’s progress in depoliticizing the New York City Post Office and running it “on a business basis.” However, Willcox faces the challenge of wresting the office from the traditions of its prior administration and the inconsistencies between the rules for post office employees and those of the Treasury Department.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-04

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to William R. Willcox

Civil Service Commissioner Cooley applauds Postmaster Willcox on how he has applied an Executive Order regarding federal employees’ participation in political activities, in the administration of the New York Post Office. When the Civil Service Commission ruled regarding Collin H. Woodward, it simply expressed that Woodward had not violated Civil Service laws. The Commission has no jurisdiction to determine whether Woodward may have violated the Executive Order, to which Willcox has made reference. Cooley finds Woodward’s candidacy for district leadership to be inappropriate and its effect on the civil service demoralizing.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-04

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to William Loeb

Alford Warriner Cooley returns the enclosed correspondence to William Loeb with apologies.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-08

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Civil Service Commissioner Cooley is concerned by congressional interference in President Roosevelt’s order of March 11, 1905, which regulated promotions of executive branch laborers to clerk status. Pursuant to the Agricultural Appropriations Act of 1905, the Department of Agriculture assigned laborers to classified work without “examination and certification,” thereby giving these employees an advantage over employees of other departments. Cooley suggests that none of these employees be promoted in the current fiscal year.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-20

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Civil Service Commissioner Cooley writes President Roosevelt to discuss Mayhew Wainwright announcing his candidacy for the speaker of the New York State Assembly. Cooley asks Roosevelt to speak of this with Governor Frank Wayland Higgins when Higgins comes by later that day.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-01

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Civil Service Commissioner Cooley tells President Roosevelt that the salaries of the commissioners is $3,500, an amount fixed in 1883. If the President were to mention it in his message, it might spur Congress to act.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-06

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

There is a vacancy in the Chickamauga Park Commission. Civil Service Commissioner Cooley recommends General John Charles Black, who is currently serving on the Civil Service Commission, for the position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-03

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Civil Service Commissioner Cooley returns to President Roosevelt a newspaper clipping from The Commoner and a letter from William Jennings Bryan about the civil service. Cooley describes how Bryan’s suggestions would be impractical.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-11

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Civil Service Commissioner Cooley apologizes to President Roosevelt for requesting to be excused in the afternoon, but explains that his mother traveled to New York to undergo surgery, and Cooley would like to be somewhere where a telegram or telephone message could easily reach him. Cooley had called earlier to wish Roosevelt a happy birthday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-27

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Civil Service Commissioner Cooley informs President Roosevelt that he has prepared a letter about the administration of the Civil Service under Roosevelt. His research indicates that there have been fewer exemptions under Roosevelt than under previous administrations. He is traveling abroad, but he will be back in the United States the following Thursday or Friday and will draft a final version of his letter in response to Judge Alton B. Parker’s Democratic nomination letter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-20

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Alford Warriner Cooley encloses a letter from Albert V. De Roode, assistant secretary of the National Civil Service Reform League. Cooley believes President Roosevelt may want to look at the letter before revising his letter of acceptance.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-11

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant Attorney General Cooley congratulates President Roosevelt on William H. Taft being nominated for president at the Republican National Convention. Cooley believes that Taft’s election will ensure that the policies of Roosevelt’s administration are maintained.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-21

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Alford Warriner Cooley writes about his time in Albany and what he learned while there. He visited with his old legislative friends and the feeling is that the party outside of New York City is doing well. According to Cooley, Roosevelt is certain to carry the state. Elihu Root wants to run for governor. Benjamin B. Odell would accept Roosevelt’s suggestions for national committeemen if a friend of Odell’s were named.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-24

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Civil Service Commissioner Cooley encloses a copy of a letter that the Civil Service Commission is sending to Henry C. Payne, Postmaster General, concerning the rural free delivery matter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-16

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Civil Service Commissioner Cooley submits names of members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations to President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-29

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Civil Service Commissioner Cooley asks President Roosevelt to consider writing a letter to chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, James A. Hemenway, concerning salaries for Civil Service Commissioners and for the secretary, as the committee prepares to consider a bill on this topic.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-11

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to William Loeb

President Roosevelt owes $16.66 toward the cup for retiring president of the Civil Service Commission John Robert Procter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-02

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Civil Service Commissioner Cooley seeks approval from President Roosevelt to issue a statement to the press concerning a case involving Postmaster of Philadelphia Clayton McMichael.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-31