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Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1892 to December 1898. Notable events include the death of Elliott Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt is appointed New York City Police Commissioner, his tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the Spanish-American War, and Roosevelt’s gubernatorial campaign.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt explains to Senator Quay that he would help Dunham if he could. However, almost all positions are under the civil service rules and Dunham will have to register at the navy yard and wait his turn.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-10-15
Business card for John L. Beatty, government inspector, member of the Isthmian Canal Commission, and chief inspector of rolling mill output.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-04
In two quotes selected from the Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia, Theodore Roosevelt expresses his belief about how public officials should act. Public officials, Roosevelt writes, should not hesitate to do their duty out of a fear that it might jeopardize their future. Roosevelt additionally believes in the independence of public officials to stand by their conscience in the execution of their duty, while also recognizing that it is the duty of the public to make sure that public officials are responsible to the people in carrying out their jobs.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1899-1911
In two quotations by Theodore Roosevelt, taken from the Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia, Roosevelt discusses public officials. Roosevelt reflects that good public servants will come to feel that they are merely playing a role in the execution of good government, and that they are tools for the nation to use. Roosevelt also comments on differentiating between good and bad public servants, and of honoring individual character rather than honoring the office they hold.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1911-1913
In a conversation with Joseph Bucklin Bishop shortly before leaving the Police Commissionership of New York City, Theodore Roosevelt expressed a belief that it would be the last political office he would hold because he had offended so many powerful people and interests.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1988
Governor Chase S. Osborn announces his willingness to serve as governor of Michigan for a second term, despite not wanting to run for office again. Osborn understands many in the state wish him to serve another 2 years. He will not seek a nomination, but if nominated, he will run a vigorous election campaign to keep the governorship in Republican hands.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-30
Edward Earl Britton writes his autobiography in several parts, discussing his youth and involvement in many business pursuits. He breaks briefly in 1908 before continuing in a second portion, written in 1911. After reaching the present, Britton continues on by offering a prediction for the future of economic development in Central and South America. During his life Britton became connected with the Eagle Savings and Loan Company, wand was sentenced to serve some time in prison for the company’s deeds. The final pages of his autobiography feature several letters from friends petitioning New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes for clemency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03
Elliot H. Goodwin and Samuel H. Ordway, Secretary and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Civil Service Reform Association, respectively, write to the members of the organization to urge them to write to New York Governor John A. Dix and ask him to not approve the resolutions from the State Civil Service Commission. The Commission, as previously appointed by Dix, was made up of people hostile towards the civil service law, and their recommendations, Goodwin and Ordway suggest, would perpetuate the spoils system, rather than improving the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-22
Under the pseudonym Nestor, the writer addresses the people of the United States ahead of the upcoming Constitutional Convention. He outlines four main problems with the country’s current form of government and suggests changes and a new form of government to fix them. In particular, he suggests two houses of congress, an executive branch, and the federal government minting money. Nestor also desires the founding of a university to train men in all matters of politics and government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1786-11-06
On the left side of this cartoon, President Roosevelt carries a large “public interests” scroll on his back as he walks up stairs: “courage—Monroe Doctrine upheld,” “opposition to graft—regulation of trusts,” “Cuban freedom—Northern Securities decision,” “honesty in the public service,” “Cuban reciprocity,” “Panama Canal,” “justice for capital and labor,” and “patriotic purposes.” Caption: The Roosevelt as real history will picture him. On the right side of this cartoon, Roosevelt holds a sword in his teeth and rides a horse, leaving men labeled “trust,” “Cuban,” and “Filipino” on the ground. He drags “Panama” by a rope. Caption: The Roosevelt as the demagogues now paint him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04
On the left side of the cartoon, President Abraham Lincoln takes off the shackles of an African American man and holds the “Declaration of Independence.” On the right side, President Roosevelt gestures to the “U.S. Govt Printing” office to a man who is kneeling at his feet. Roosevelt holds a portion of one of his letters that reads, “In the employment and dismissal of men in the government service I can no more recognize the fact that a man does or does not belong to a union as being for or against him than I can recognize the fact he is a Protestant or Catholic, a Jew or a Gentile, as being for or against him.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11
President Roosevelt, who is dressed in cowboy attire, gives a “summary removal” axe to another President Roosevelt, who is dressed in a suit and stands on a “civil service reformer” platform. On the wall is a sign that reads, “White House—Notice. Civil Service rules abolished from this date. T. R. Oct 17th 1905.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-19
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-03
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
English
President-Elect Taft tells President Roosevelt that he had a very pleasant talk with Horace Curzon Plunkett, for whom Roosevelt had written a letter of introduction. He promises to continue addressing the problem of a declining birth rate and the movement of population away from rural areas as best he can, and says that he will rely on Gifford Pinchot as a conscience. Taft answers Roosevelt’s question about his life and career, but does not think that Roosevelt should have taken on the burden of writing an introduction to Taft’s inaugural address. He approves of Roosevelt’s planned executive order.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-24
President Roosevelt was pleased with an article that appeared in the English Fortnightly Review, about the men in his administration and the personal sacrifices they make for the public good. He shares an excerpt from the article with Postmaster General Meyer.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1908-05-23
President Roosevelt states that James Campbell can be appointed as Deputy Surveyor of Customs at the port of Baltimore without examination under the Civil Service rules.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-10
Newspaper article arguing that rural letter carriers should be part of the civil service, which would limit political patronage.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11
President McKinley takes a break to smoke a cigar while a wax figure sits at his desk to suggest that he is hard at work reviewing applications from office seekers who are clamoring in the background, hoping to get an audience with the President. Caption: A wax-figure substitute would enable the President to get a breathing-spell, now and then, from the onslaught of the office-hunters.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-03-31