Black, Frank Swett, 1853-1913

At the “Republican National Convention,” President Roosevelt presses a button that controls Frank Swett Black who holds a “nominating speech that approves T. R.” New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt and New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell sit beside each other on the stage while Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon receives shocks. Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge holds up “the platform.” Indiana Senator Charles W. Fairbanks is on a wire and wears a sign that reads, “great vice-presidential slide for life.” All the delegates are puppets who vote for “Roosevelt.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-21

Creator(s)

Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931

President Roosevelt directs an orchestra as he holds a “nomination a cinch” paper. Secretary of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou, Elihu Root, Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and Frank Swett Black all play instruments. Cortelyou plays a “fat frying pan” while Black plays a “G. O. P.” drum. They each read music with headings of “The fat,” “Issues,” “Platform. Stand pat,” and “Nomination speech.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-21

Creator(s)

Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909

Frank Black, New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell, and New York Senators Thomas Collier Platt, and Chauncey M. Depew walk arm-in-arm “to Chicago” wearing buttons that spell “Roosevelt.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-16

Creator(s)

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949

President Roosevelt shoots a revolver that fires “nomination” bullets at the feet of “No. 1: Odell,” “No. 2: Platt,” “No. 3: Depew,” and “No. 4: Black.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-13

Creator(s)

Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909

The writer of the memorandum discusses the current political situation in the state of New York surrounding who will be chosen to succeed the outgoing Senator Thomas Collier Platt. Current Secretary of State Elihu Root is the favored candidate, but several Republican members of the state legislature oppose Root. However, the support is spread between several candidates, and the writer complains that “bosslets” like Timothy L. Woodruff could defeat Root if only they could decide on a single opposition candidate rather than focusing on “petty jealousy” and bickering.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908

Creator(s)

Unknown

An article in the Albany Evening Journal speculates on three potential candidates to replace Thomas Collier Platt as Senator for New York. They are current Secretary of State Elihu Root, chairman of the Republican state committee Timothy L. Woodruff, and former governor Frank Swett Black.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-20

Creator(s)

Unknown

Senator Lodge reports that everything at the Republican National Convention has gone “most admirably,” with the platform remaining largely as it was, and Secretary of War Elihu Root’s speech and Frank S. Black’s nomination speech going particularly well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-23

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Representative Parsons informs President Roosevelt that Senator Thomas Collier Platt intends to resign after the election, complicating succession matters. Parsons discusses his three candidates, Timothy L. Woodruff, Frank Swett Black, and Representative J. Sloat Fassett, to fill the vacancy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-22

Creator(s)

Parsons, Herbert, 1869-1925

Columbia University President Butler sends President Roosevelt his thoughts on revision of national currency policy. He feels that the current system is unable to meet the needs of businesses and creates constant problems. Butler evaluates the current state of politics in New York, including the popularity of Governor Charles Evans Hughes and unpopularity of Senators Thomas Collier Platt and Chauncey M. Depew.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-26

Creator(s)

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

Nicholas Murray Butler discusses three political issues involving the upcoming Presidential election.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-07

Creator(s)

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

Scrapbook containing an array of newspaper clippings of articles and photographs relating to the 1912 presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1912

Creator(s)

Unknown

Hugh Gordon Miller addresses the Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York. He jokes about his previous speaking engagement in New York. He describes the historical and contemporary relationship between Virginians and New York. He celebrates the rebuilt union of states. Miller reviews the accomplishments of the United States and New South since the American Civil War. He teases about Kentucky’s politics. He pays tribute to Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, William McKinley, and Rough Riders. Miller regrets that the South is aligned with the Democratic Party and calls on Republicans in the North to help settle “the problem of the suffrage and of the races.” Miller concludes with a vision of the ideal United States. Club President Henry Edwin Tremain introduces Senator John M. Thurston.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-02-12

Creator(s)

Miller, Hugh Gordon, 1875-

A “Hayseed” legislator wearing a hat labeled “N.Y. Republican Party” sits in a stupor on a large jug labeled “Raines Law,” holding a large wine bottle labeled “Hayseed Legislation.” He is slumped against a wall labeled “Albany,” with a bottle of alcohol at his feet labeled “Progressive Inheritance Tax,” and a bottle in his coat pocket labeled “Black’s Civil Service Bill.” The figure may represent Frank Swett Black, governor of New York. A man wearing a cap labeled “Tammany” is pulling papers labeled “Greater New York Patronage” from inside the coat of the legislator.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-05-26

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

A large policeman labeled “Civil Service Reform,” holding a nightstick labeled “Public Opinion,” stands outside a building labeled “Public Offices.” He is about to be assaulted by two diminutive men. On the left is Frank Swett Black wearing a hat labeled “Gov. of N.Y.” and carrying a large blackjack labeled “Black’s Civil Service Reform Bill.” On the right is Charles H. Grosvenor holding a brick labeled “Grosvenor’s Anti-Civil Service Reform Bill” and “Congress” that he intends to throw at the officer.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-05-19

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

A comet labeled “Allds Investigation” strikes a planet labeled “Albany Legislature,” causing it to explode among planets labeled “Aldrich, Penrose, Payne, Vreeland, Dalzell, Cannon, Hitchcock, Woodruff, Ballinger, Root, Platt, Depew, Parsons, Sherman, Bliss, Black, Cortelyou, Odell, Lodge, Hale, [and] Elkins.” A lone planet showing the face of Theodore Roosevelt hovers on the far right. Caption: A comet that has cut loose in the Republican constellation.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-03-09

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Moses, holding the Ten Commandments, is confronted by an angry mob of capitalists, businessmen, and politicians, some shaking their fists at him. Caption: Chorus of “Conservatives” – Dangerous, socialistic, un-American doctrines!

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1908-03-11

The New York political situation is favorable to Theodore Roosevelt, with Mark Hanna losing support. Winthrop Murray Crane recommends former New York Governor Frank Swett Black as temporary chairman of the Republican National Convention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-15

Creator(s)

Crane, Winthrop Murray, 1853-1920

William Barnes asks President Roosevelt to appoint Fred C. Ham to consular service. Former New York Governor Frank Swett Black will take charge of the state’s campaign in the fall. Barnes discusses the head of New York City’s Tammany Hall, Charles Francis Murphy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-08

Creator(s)

Barnes, William, 1866-1930

John A. Sleicher discusses a matter concerning President Roosevelt with William L. Ward, the “Boss” of Westchester County, New York, and Frank Swett Black, former governor of New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-17

Creator(s)

Sleicher, John A. (John Albert), 1848-1921

John A. Sleicher, editor of Leslie’s Weekly, says to not invite the Blacks at this time. Adds that “the situation is progressing.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-16

Creator(s)

Stranahan, Nevada N. (Nevada Northrup), 1861-1928