Herrick, Myron T. (Myron Timothy), 1854-1929

Assistant Secretary of State Loomis explains how he came to know the French engineer Philippe Bunau-Varilla, who is very interested in the Panama Canal and the state of affairs between Colombia and Panama. He also describes introducing him to President Roosevelt, and the nature of a conversation he and Bunau-Varilla had regarding the possible actions the United States might take in the event of a revolution in Panama.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-05

Several Ohioans, including Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, Myron T. Herrick, and George Barnsdale Cox, are dressed in Native American attire and sit on the lawn of the White House. President Roosevelt peers out and says, “Indians! On my front lawn, too.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-12

President Roosevelt holds a “presidency” violin and sits in a seat beside a chair labeled “Mark.” A Republican elephant holds a “vice-presidency” violin out to Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, who walks away and says, “Here’s where I ‘stand pat.'” Meanwhile, Myron T. Herrick exits via stage right.

Comments and Context

When President Theodore Roosevelt was the beneficiary of Senator Joseph Foraker’s “checkmate” of fellow Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna’s stillborn pursuit of the 1904 presidential nomination, there was speculation in the press about subsequent relations between the president and Senator Hanna.

On the surface the pair had worked together as good party men, but there was little secret about Hanna’s past assessments of Roosevelt as “that damned cowboy” and a “madman.”

President Roosevelt and Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna visit an Ohio farm with a roof that reads “Roosevelt in 1904.” Meanwhile, a Republican elephant drinks from a trough that Ohio Representative Charles Dick watches. Myron T. Herrick lifts wood in the background. Caption: Roosevelt: “Fine sign you got on the barn there, senator.” Hanna: “Yes, and the feller that put it on said it wouldn’t rub off either.”

Comments and Context

This cartoon from the Cleveland Plain Dealer memorializes the recent doings in Ohio politics — momentous within the state and all with important implications in the nation and in the national Republican Party. In a gentle way it recognizes what Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna had realized within recent days, that his presidential ambitions were dashed, and that President Theodore Roosevelt was in control of the party and its apparatus.

Hanna’s aspirations were obvious to many, despite his denials of plans to capture the party’s nomination in 1904. His in-state rival, Joseph B. Foraker, maneuvered the state party to endorse Roosevelt early, and Hanna was faced with the dilemma of joining, or declaring rebellion against Roosevelt. In this cartoon he declares his fealty to Roosevelt.

Stéphane Lauzanne, editor of Le Matin, proclaims that the results of the United States election are no longer in doubt due to the large majority garnered by the Republican party in recent elections taking place in Vermont. Noting Vermont’s place as a sort of “electoral barometer,” it seems clear that President Roosevelt will be reelected. Lauzanne provides a brief description of the Democratic party for his French audience, as well as a short history of Roosevelt’s political career.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904

William H. Taft informs William Loeb that Myron T. Herrick could not accept the position of treasurer to the Republican National Committee, so Taft took George Rumsey Sheldon on the recommendation of Cornelius Newton Bliss. Sheldon had been treasurer of the New York State Committee during the campaign of Charles Evans Hughes. Taft says they had been informed by William L. Ward that this selection was approved, so he apologizes if there was a misunderstanding.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-08

President Roosevelt has decided to allow the Republican National Convention to select his running mate for the 1904 presidential election.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-06

President Roosevelt tipping his hat to the crowd and the parade

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907-12-19

Myron T. Herrick makes himself at home as a guest at the White House.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-08

Theodore Roosevelt thinks Myron T. Herrick is a mighty good man, and he is glad that Herrick made that speech. Roosevelt trusts that Henry Cabot Lodge liked his cordial and enthusiastic endorsement of President Wilson’s message. Roosevelt thinks the step Lodge took related to Senator Smith’s resolution was admirable. Roosevelt has the same information about Charles Evans Hughes that Lodge has, but Roosevelt says there is a considerable feeling that it is unwise to take a candidate from the Supreme Court as this would establish a bad precedent. Roosevelt encloses a nice letter from Gillett, and notes that he has received two letters from men who were Wilson delegates at the Convention and nominated Wilson for president, but who now enthusiastically support him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-12-17

Theodore Roosevelt tells Robert Bunch Van Cortlandt that he will eagerly read the address that Van Cortlandt sent him, and that it is something he does not know much about. Roosevelt asks if Van Cortlandt has read Myron T. Herrick’s recently published book on the same subject. The referenced book is likely Rural Credits: Land and Cooperative, which was published in 1914.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-22

Theodore Roosevelt asks Joseph Welwood Roper if he has been in touch with Myron T. Herrick and B. F. Harris for more information on the subject about which he is writing.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-19

Theodore Roosevelt is happy to send letters of introduction to the ambassadors in England and Germany on Lafayette Young’s behalf. He does not know the ambassador to France but will still send a letter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-15

President Roosevelt disagrees with several statements Secretary of State John Hay wrote. While Hay was one of the most “delightful characters” Roosevelt had ever met, he found Hay lacking leadership qualities as a Secretary of State. Roosevelt provides Senator Lodge with his view of the Alaska Boundary dispute in 1903. He includes copies of the letters Roosevelt wrote to Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes and Henry White to show to British Secretary of State for the Colonies James Chamberlain and Prime Minister James Arthur Balfour. Roosevelt explains why certain appointments were made following the death of President William McKinley and details for why Hay was not consulted on matters concerning the Russo-Japanese War and the acquisition of Panama.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-28

President Roosevelt has spoken with many members of the Republican National Committee, and plans to speak with several more. Roosevelt also asks Augustus Peabody Gardner to seek assurances from still other members of the Committee.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-10

President Roosevelt believes that if he does what Senator Kean asks, it will hurt Governor Myron T. Herrick in Ohio. In Ohio, the Democrats are trying to say that “the Republican ticket is the Roosevelt ticket.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-01

President Roosevelt believes Senator Dick misunderstood the conversation with William Loeb, concluding that no action would be taken. Instead, Roosevelt wants to resolve the matter of appointments immediately. Roosevelt chastises Dick for failing to communicate directly with him on multiple occasions.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-31

President Roosevelt will follow Secretary of State Hay’s suggestion on the Congo matter. Roosevelt believes that Democratic presidential candidate Alton B. Parker’s letter was a “Mr. Facing-both-ways performance,” but also acknowledges it was an adroit political move. Roosevelt is concerned about the situation in New York.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-28

Theodore Roosevelt wants Colonel Dick and Governor Herrick to understand that the Republican party cannot support “a man like Sullivan.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-01

President Roosevelt congratulates Myron Herrick on his great majority and asks about the indications in the legislature.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-03