Legislative bodies

Now that New York Governor Frank Wayland Higgins has declared support for Assemblyman James Wolcott Wadsworth for Speaker of the Assembly, President Roosevelt thinks that everyone in favor of “clean, decent politics in the New York Legislature will get behind him.” He asks if George W. Dunn agrees. In a postscript, he says that he did not know Wadsworth was being considered for the position until he saw it in the papers this morning.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

George Otto Trevelyan was pleased to read President Roosevelt’s letter on president-elect William H. Taft’s religious opinions because Trevelyan’s wife Caroline is a also Unitarian. He outlines the history of her family’s becoming Unitarians, and notes that Unitarians used to be politically popular in Leeds. Trevelyan also notes that his son Charles, who Roosevelt had previously been very kind to, has been made Parliamentary Secretary for Education.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-20

Creator(s)

Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928

Michigan Governor Chase S. Osborn recently gave a concise and insightful statement regarding the initiative, referendum and recall.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-25

Creator(s)

Unknown

In the first section of the cartoon, a man labeled “state legislatures” runs into a brick wall, “Supreme Court.” Caption: As it was. In the second section, “state legislatures” comes close to running into the big stick with President Roosevelt’s face on it.

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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-10

John Bull and Uncle Sam appear, both bent under the weight of the governing bodies that they are carrying on their backs with papers labeled “Hereditary Right to Obstruct Legislation” and “Senatorial Rules for Obstructing Legislation.” A sign behind John Bull states, “Commons come, Commons go, but the Lords go on forever,” and a sign behind Uncle Sam states, “Notice – the 53rd Congress goes, but the Senate still remains.” Caption: Uncle Sam–I’m sorry for you, John; that’s a terrible load you’ve got to carry! John Bull–Shake ‘ands, old chap; you seem to be ‘avin’ a pretty ‘ard time, yourself!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1895-02-27

Creator(s)

Hutchins, Frank Marion, approximately 1867-1896

A flock of politicians, each carrying a bill of their creation, flies over the head of a female symbolic representation of the U.S. Capitol dome.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1880-1900

Creator(s)

Coffin, George Yost, 1850-1896

A large arm labeled “Justice” reaches down from above to grab Matthew S. Quay as he tries to make his way from the “Penitentiary” on the left to the “United States Senate” on the right.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-01-25

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Speaker of the House Thomas B. Reed unrolls rope labeled “Debate” from a spool labeled “Rope for Democrats” and feeds it to congressional Democrats who use it to tie nooses around their necks in the House chamber labeled “Fifty Fifth Congress.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-02-02

Creator(s)

Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909

President William McKinley stands on a road leading to the White House, in the background. He is delivering a speech, with a group of newspaper editors and congressmen, to the left and right, who have broken into small groups, talking amongst themselves. In the right foreground, William Jennings Bryan is inflating his “Anti-Annexation Issue for 1900.” American flags are on islands beyond the White House. The flags and/or islands are labeled “Porto Rico, Ladrone Islds., Cuba, Hawaii, [and] Philippine Islds.” At McKinley’s feet is an excerpt from his “Speech at Banquet of Board of Trade and Associated Citizens” in Savannah, December 17, 1898.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-01-11

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

Diary of Theodore Roosevelt for the year 1882. Diary only contains entries through February. Roosevelt spent the majority of time in Albany, New York, as a member of the New York State Assembly.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1882

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Diary of Theodore Roosevelt with entries from January 1883 and August-September 1884. Roosevelt notes his legislative activities during January 1883 and records an 1884 hunting trip to the Bighorn Mountains. The diary concludes with notes on Roosevelt’s personal finances.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1883-1884

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

A youthful Theodore Roosevelt clips the long claws labeled “Confirming Powers of the Board of Aldermen” on the “Tammany” tiger with scissors labeled “By Act of Legislature.” He has disabled the tiger’s jaws with a piece of wood labeled “Public Uprising.” The tiger is in a cage labeled “N.Y. Legislature.” Franklin Edson and William R. Grace stand on the left, both with injuries inflicted by the Tammany Tiger, and with them is an unidentified man.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1884-02-20

Creator(s)

Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913

William M. Evarts is pictured as a knight on horseback with Whitelaw Reid as his page. Reid is blowing a horn labeled “Evarts Letter” outside the “Albany Legislature” castle to announce Evarts’ arrival. Reid’s clothing is labeled “Old Issues, Bloody Shirt, [and] Blainiac.” Evarts has a plume labeled “Blaine Influence” tied to his helmet and he carries a pike with banner labeled “Barkis is willin’,” from Dickens’ David Copperfield, chapter 5.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1884-12-31

Creator(s)

Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896

Whitelaw Reid, dressed as a dandy, turns away from a young woman labeled “N. Y. State” who is carrying a bucket labeled “Reform Milk” and headed in a direction indicated by a sign “To Reform.” He is turning down a marriage proposal before it has been offered. Caption: “I cannot marry you, my pretty maid!” / “Nobody axed you, sir!” she said.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1884-12-03

Creator(s)

Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896

A well-dressed man labeled “Plutocracy,” wearing a top hat, holds a parrot labeled “State Legislature” on his right hand. He is trying to get the parrot to repeat a phrase after him, and he promises it “some nice crackers” in return for correctly learning to repeat the phrase. Caption: “We don’t want an Income-Tax Amendment! Say it, Polly! We don’t want an Income-Tax Amendment! Say it, Polly! Amendment! Amendment! We don’t want it!”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1909-08-18

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Assemblyman Roosevelt was able to get back for the evening legislative session. He had his first sparring session in five years and feels better but out of training. Roosevelt feels like he has the reins in his hand and has been better able to enjoy things.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1884-01-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919