Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Justice Whitfield reminds Theodore Roosevelt of his letter stating that he would appoint Whitfield to a federal judgeship in Mississippi if it were created. Whitfield discusses the fight to pass a bill creating a judgeship and the announcement of candidates. He asks Roosevelt to write a recommendation to President William H. Taft on his behalf and provides information relevant to his qualifications.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-12-24

Creator(s)

Whitfield, A. H. (Albert Hall), 1849-1918

Henry Adams would rather visit President Roosevelt on March 2 with just the two of them. He jokes that after this spring, he and Andrew Jackson will be the “solitary monuments” in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. While Jackson may be as handsome as Roosevelt, “he is not as good company at dinner.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-10

Creator(s)

Adams, Henry, 1838-1918

John Carter Rose was interested in a statement that President Roosevelt said to him recently, that he was “successful in a larger portion of what [he] set out to do than any of [his] predecessors.” Rose considers all the previous presidents, and ultimately draws the comparison down to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Washington, Rose writes, made the nation, Lincoln preserved it, and Roosevelt has caused it to adapt to twentieth century conditions. He praises the various policies that Roosevelt has instituted during his term in office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-14

Creator(s)

Rose, John Carter, 1861-1927

Thomas E. Watson thanks President Roosevelt for the invitation to the White House, the gift of the photograph, and his friendship. Given the incomplete term of William McKinley, he urges Roosevelt to consider if it would really be breaking tradition to seek another term as president. Given the current threat to the financial policies Roosevelt has fought for, and the impending financial troubles he envisions unfolding with the lesser banks, he urges Roosevelt to hold his position and promises to support him fiercely should he run again.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-18

Creator(s)

Watson, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward), 1856-1922

John P. M. Richards thanks Jacob A. Riis for the book. Richards goes on to reflect about President Roosevelt and the rest of the Roosevelt family, from childhood memories of Theodore Roosevelt Sr. visiting his grandfather’s shop to purchase hunting equipment to seeing the president’s recent speech in Spokane, Washington.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-27

Creator(s)

Richards, John P. M. (John Phoenix Moore), 1847-1924

Alfred Henry Lewis has written a book about President Andrew Jackson that made him think of President Roosevelt frequently. Henry will be in Washington soon and proposes several times to meet with Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-06

Creator(s)

Lewis, Alfred Henry, 1857-1914

Opie Read tells President Roosevelt that he has just finished writing a book about Andrew Jackson, and asks if Roosevelt has any objection to the enclosed dedication page, which he emphasizes is written out of esteem and not “as an advertisement.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-09

Creator(s)

Read, Opie, 1852-1939

John Marshall Harlan thanks President Roosevelt for a magazine article regarding the constitutionality of a recent New York statute presenting the maximum time for daily labor in a bakery establishment. Harlan, in return refers Roosevelt to an article in the American Law Review, “The Great Usurpation.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-25

Creator(s)

Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911

Portrait and description of Hon. James I. Roosevelt, United States District Attorney.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1860-01-28

Creator(s)

Unknown

James Summerville describes the activities of the new Nashville, Tennessee, chapter of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), including its involvement in the TRA’s police award and teddy bear programs. Summerville also relays some of Theodore Roosevelt’s history with the state of Tennessee, noting his visits to the state, his appreciation of its history, his views on Andrew Jackson, and his efforts to help fund the preservation of Jackson’s home, The Hermitage.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1999

Creator(s)

Summerville, James, 1947-

In a speech given shortly after Theodore Roosevelt’s death, George Haven Putnam discusses his friendship with Roosevelt, and he highlights aspects of his character, leadership ability, and episodes from his political career. Putnam details Roosevelt’s role in the 1884 presidential contest, his dispute with the Postmaster General during his time as a Civil Service Commissioner, and examines the effort to secure the election of Charles Evans Hughes as Governor of New York in 1908.

A photograph of Roosevelt in 1905 appears on the first page of the speech. A listing of the members of the executive committee of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) supplements the piece along with a text box with the heading ” A Membership Honor Roll” that lists members of the TRA who have enrolled in three premium membership categories.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1919-02-19

This edition of “News and Notes” opens with a report on the 1989 Theodore Roosevelt Public Speaking Contest for the New York Public Schools. It highlights the growth of the program, notes the involvement of members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), and lists the judges and administrators of the annual contest. R. W. Apple, Jr. of the New York Times, compares President George Bush with President Theodore Roosevelt and writes that the two men had some similarities, such as serving in wartime, but that Bush is less flamboyant than Roosevelt. The column notes that Bush had Roosevelt’s portrait placed in the White House Cabinet Room and his bust placed in the Oval Office.

The column reprints letters from John A. Gable and Theodore R. Kupferman from the TRA leadership and lists various speaking engagements undertaken by Gable. A section examines the history of vice presidents running for the presidency after assuming the office and notes that Roosevelt was the first to be elected after the death of the president under whom he served. The column closes with a reminder for TRA members to purchase a new edition of the Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia and to purchase past issues of the TRA Journal on microfiche.

Photographs of the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, TRA President Theodore R. Kupferman, and two of Roosevelt on horseback appear in the column along with an illustration of both sides of the TRA medallion.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

John A. Gable explores the two Theodore Roosevelts, the mythic “Teddy Roosevelt” and the real Roosevelt. Gable says that there are three kinds of mythic Roosevelts: the Boy Scout, the American Mussolini, and the Teddy Brewster which represent the inspirational leader, the macho imperialist, and the cartoonish buffoon. Gable examines the real Roosevelt by looking at his many accomplishments as president in conservation and foreign affairs and by highlighting his intellectual life, especially his numerous books and essays. He argues that Roosevelt sought to achieve Jeffersonian goals of democracy through Hamiltonian means, and he asserts that both liberals and conservatives can find things to embrace in Roosevelt’s record.

A photograph of Gable with author Tom Wolfe and a photograph of P. James Roosevelt, Ruth Stafford Peale, Reverend Norman Vincent Peale, and Brigadier General Chuck Yeager at the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal Awards Dinner accompany the text. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

John A. Gable examines the similarities between the reelection campaigns of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 and President Ronald Reagan in 1984. Gable discusses the foreign policy issues faced by Roosevelt, and he notes the marked policy differences between Roosevelt and Reagan. He closes with a look at how presidents have fared in trying to win a second term. A photograph of Reagan in front of the Roosevelt statue at Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C., comprises the second page of the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1984-08-20

Creator(s)

Gable, John A.

Photograph showing President Theodore Roosevelt standing at Andrew Jackson’s tomb alongside a woman while a crowd gathers around.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907-10-25

Creator(s)

Fuller, H. O.

Photograph showing President Theodore Roosevelt seated in the front seat of an open automobile arriving at the Hermitage, the former home of Andrew Jackson.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907-10-31

Creator(s)

Fuller, H. O.

Seven quotations about Theodore Roosevelt from five historians and two journalists. All of the quotations date to 1979 with one exception dated to 1977. Three of the quotations are from books, two are from weekly news magazines, one is from a newspaper, and one is from the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. All of the quotations deal with Roosevelt’s popularity and reputation.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1980

Creator(s)

Morris, Edmund (Arthur Edmund), 1940-2019; Prescott, Peter S.; McCullough, David G.; Marks, Frederick W.; Miller, Nathan, 1927-2004; West, Richard Samuel; Warner, Edwin

Robert C. Kimberly provides a detailed examination of the various afflictions and ailments that marked the life of Theodore Roosevelt from his childhood to his death in January 1919. He describes Roosevelt’s struggles with asthma and poor eyesight as a youth, his battle to control his weight, and details many of the injuries he suffered while living out the strenuous life. Kimberly delves into the serious leg injury Roosevelt suffered in a carriage accident in 1902, his decades long struggle with malaria, his near death experience on the River of Doubt expedition, and the treatment he received after the October 1912 assassination attempt. He notes the many doctors who treated Roosevelt as well as the implications his health problems had for his wife Edith.  

A listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association is found on page three of the article and an advertisement for the Roosevelt Savings Bank is found at its conclusion. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

An article by Thomas E. Watson rails against the efforts of national bankers to replace the the Department of the Treasury issued notes which had historically been used to combat inflation with their own bank notes. Such a practice would give private banks full control over the financial state of the country and would only increase bankers’ wealth at the expense of the economy. Should President Roosevelt allow this to happen, he would prove himself a hypocrite and incapable of living up to his promises to fight the “malefactors of wealth” in the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-10

Creator(s)

Watson, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward), 1856-1922

President Roosevelt’s speech in Nashville praised some aspects of Andrew Jackson’s presidency. Although Roosevelt had been a critic of Andrew Jackson’s political partisanship as a younger man, the author of the newspaper article suggests it makes sense that Roosevelt would have moderated his position after becoming president himself. Roosevelt has made some controversial appointments himself, and it makes sense that a man of his “robust strenuosity, courage, and daring” would have much in common with Andrew Jackson.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-23

Creator(s)

Unknown