Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Clerks--Rating of, Clerks--Selection and appointment, Hale, Eugene, 1836-1918, United States Civil Service Commission, United States. Department of Agriculture, United States. Dept. of Agriculture
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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
Creator(s)
Cooley, Alford Warriner, 1873-1913
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt. [July 20, 1906]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o53563. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Cooley, Alford Warriner, 1873-1913. Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt. [20 Jul. 1906]. Multi-image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 4, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o53563.
APA:
Cooley, Alford Warriner, 1873-1913.: , [1906, July 20]. Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o53563.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 4, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
