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Executive order No. 651, dated June 11, 1907, establishing a Committee on Grades and Salaries for the Executive Department. Text and schedule of positions and salaries.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-11
President Roosevelt directs Postmaster General Meyer to consult Secretary of War Taft about any appointments of importance in Ohio.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1907-03-16
“List of appointments made by the Washington Office for service on the Isthmus of Panama, from July 1st to July 31st, 1906 and the mode of selection.” The modes of selection include recruiting agents, civil service, special, and personal application. There are 80 different positions listed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-31
A large procession crosses the newly-completed Brooklyn Bridge. At the front, dressed as policemen with nightsticks, are several newspaper editors. Among them are James Gordon Bennett, Oswald Ottendorfer, Whitelaw Reid, Murat Halstead, Joseph Pulitzer, Charles A. Dana, and Carl Schurz. Puck follows at center on a white horse, with a group of dandies on the right, one labeled “Freddie,” and a group of “Political Tramps” on the left, including George M. Robeson, Ulysses S. Grant, Thomas Collier Platt, James G. Blaine, and Roscoe Conkling. John Kelly is at the lead of the “Tammany Heelers,” followed by Hubert O. Thompson with the “New York Street Cleaning Department.” Behind them comes “Puck’s Monopoly Target Company” with Russell Sage, William H. Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, and Cyrus W. Field. On the left is a masonic group labeled “F. & A.M.” carrying a goat on a pedestal. Beneath the bridge is a boat labeled “The Dynamiter” filled with angry anarchists. Caption: Puck follows the example of the illustrated newspapers, and gives an accurate picture of the event one day before it takes place – and don’t you forget it!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-05-23
An unknown author discusses the animosity towards President Roosevelt over his appointments of Negroes in civil service positions. There is also mention of The Montgomery Evening Times support of Roosevelt and his appointments.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-15
Two articles from the New York Age discuss political meetings and resolutions by various African American societies and meetings. The first reports on a visit of New York Age editor Timothy Thomas Fortune to San Francisco, where he spoke about the need for political unity among African Americans, and praised President Roosevelt’s statesmanship. The second reports on a meeting of the Union League Republican Club of Detroit, which upholds its support of President Roosevelt after he wrote a letter condemning those who opposed his nomination of the African American William Demos Crum for Customs Collector in Charleston, South Carolina. The club also speaks against the “lily white” Republicans and the invitation of Senator Benjamin R. Tillman to speak in Detroit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-25
Commissioner Evans submits statistics showing that the Bureau of Pensions is doing 37% more with with less employees.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-30
Josephine Shaw Lowell praises a recent speech by Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, but is distraught at the thought that he might leave his office to accept a government position in Washington, D.C. She urges him, if he is able to, to remain in New York and continue the work of improving the city’s government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-04-06