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A list of all men of color appointed to or continued in office by President Roosevelt, complete with the office and date.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01
President Theodore Roosevelt shaking hands with a man on horseback as others look on.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-01-12
Theodore Roosevelt sends his apologies to Governor Donaghey, but he is unable to stop by Little Rock and accept any more speaking engagements.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-31
Until President Roosevelt received Owen Wister’s letter, he was unaware of the anniversary celebration, and does not believe he will accept an invitation. Roosevelt felt that he had to keep quiet about the election of John E. Reyburn as mayor of Philadelphia, as the alternative would have been to take part in every municipal election. Roosevelt thinks, however, that Reyburn is “a rather unusually well-developed type of prize hog.” He also comments on his attendance of the Harrisburg celebration, which he attended with Philander C. Knox, and tells Wister that if he declined to visit state capitals if he did not like the governors or legislatures, he would have a tall order.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-24
President Roosevelt has been named honorary member of the Little Rock Board of Trade and asks George R. Brown, secretary of that board, to thank the board on his behalf.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-29
President Roosevelt tells William L. Pryor that Governor James Kimble Vardaman and Senator H. D. Money have willfully been misleading in recounting statements he made about lynching. He encloses for Pryor copies of his speeches and letters to prove his actual statements on the matter. Roosevelt says he always makes a point of denouncing the alleged crime that proceeded a lynching in speeches on the subject.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-13
President Roosevelt thanks John Campbell Greenway for the letter. He notes that if the yellow fever outbreak in New Orleans continues, it will interfere with his trip to New Orleans and Little Rock. He hopes that Greenway can accompany him on a portion of his trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-06
President Roosevelt wishes he could go to Hot Springs, but he is not able to do so. He asks if John Campbell Greenway could come down to New Orleans, Louisiana, and go with Roosevelt to Little Rock, Arkansas. The president is trying to get John Avery McIlhenny to join him as well. Then the three of them can have a “Rough Rider picnic” for several days.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-12
President Roosevelt’s recent tour through the Southern United States was a success, and saw him give speeches to many enthusiastic audiences along the way. In addition to visiting several state capitals, Roosevelt visited his mother’s hometown of Roswell, Georgia, and spoke with a number of people who knew her. Other highlights of Roosevelt’s trip included a stop he made at Tuskegee, Alabama, and a speech he made at Little Rock, Arkansas, where he spoke out against lynching. In an editorial, the Christian Herald praises Roosevelt’s trip as having been very productive in demonstrating that the North and South have put away the resentment which had previously existed between them. Other articles present on these pages include editorials on life insurance management, missionary work in India, commentary on “National righteousness,” and a request for charitable contributions.
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation
1905-11-08
Gilbert Christian Greenway sends a rifle box to his son, John Campbell Greenway, and wishes him well on his vacation in Michigan. A member of the federal board that oversees the Hot Spring Reservation, the elder Greenway is disgusted with an injunction by Judge Jacob Trieber that alters the board’s powers to regulate access to the springs, particularly as it has given strength to the “low blackguard” that the board was trying to block. Gilbert Greenway feels sure that Congress will “readily right the wrong” if it comes to that. He also reveals that he has resigned the board in protest over its decision to reinstate six “notorious offenders” and notes that board member Dr. C. Travis Drennen changed his vote due to the threat that an old affair and illegitimate child would be exposed. Greenway concludes by telling his son of the family’s struggle to find domestic help and reporting on the health of the immediate family and the dogs.
1904-07-30
President Roosevelt summarizes his autumn travel plans. He would like John Campbell Greenway to meet him and John Avery McIlhenny in New Orleans, Louisiana, and then travel to Little Rock, Arkansas.
1905-06-12