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Sheet music for “Presidents on Parade,” a patriotic song with lyrics that mention all presidents from George Washington to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1933
Sheet music for “Andy Gump,” a novelty song from 1923 featuring the cartoon art of Sidney Smith. The song casts Gump as one of the greatest, but often forgotten, men in America. The song lists a number of well-known Americans, including Theodore Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1923
Black and white postcard featuring the heads of eleven United States presidents superimposed on to the bodies of football players. From left to right pictured are: Herbert Hoover, Calvin Coolidge, Woodrow Wilson, William McKinley, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren G. Harding, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the background is the United States Capitol.
1933-1943
John Campbell Greenway has lobbied Senator Warren G. Harding to appoint General Leonard Wood to the cabinet as Secretary of War. He does not want to see “another wobbly record made by our Government in Mexican matters.”
1921-01-25
John Campbell Greenway regards Senator Warren G. Harding, the Republican presidential candidate, as the candidate of a “little group,” and Greenway will not support the Republican ticket. Harding is offensive to progressives and will be controlled from behind the scenes. Greenway and the Arizona delegation did their best to support General Wood at the convention. He expects that Harding will be elected as a result of resentment against the Wilson administration. Greenway believes Governor Cox, the Democratic candidate, is a “man of decisive character” and a better candidate.
1920-09-16
Theodore Roosevelt expects Justice Charles Evans Hughes Hughes to be the Republican presidential candidate because no one knows Hughes’s position on any issue. Hughes is a capable man but Roosevelt is unsure if Hughes can be a war leader. Roosevelt does not consider himself a legitimate candidate but will give Representative Wadsworth’s check to George W. Perkins for the campaign. Perkins is placing advertisements on Roosevelt’s record in as many newspapers as possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-04
Charles Emory Smith writes to President Roosevelt regarding the Republican campaign in Iowa and Ohio. Smith discusses the Bonaparte-Conrad report and the issue of allowing laborers to do clerical work, referencing a conversation between Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock and Commissioner William Dudley Foulke. Smith expresses confidence that Senator Hanna and Governor Warren G. Harding will secure a Republican win in Ohio against Democratic candidate for Governor Tom Loftin Johnson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-26
Joseph Bucklin Bishop encloses a cartoon to President Roosevelt, observing that it confirms his view that the Sun has done the president a valuable service. Bishop also discusses a recent meeting with Warren Harding, whom he says is ready to purchase an undisclosed article if the owners are willing to sell.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-16