Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

President Roosevelt shares Philip Battell Stewart’s insights on bear hunting with Alexander Lambert.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-21

President Roosevelt informs W. Sloan Simpson of his plans to hunt for wolves and jackrabbits next spring and to hold a reunion of the Rough Riders Regiment in San Antonio, Texas, in March before the hunt. The president reminds Simpson he is getting older and needs “gentle horses.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-11

President Roosevelt believes that in dealing with the southern states it is his duty to not put weight on the side of “reactionary forces.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-28

President Roosevelt may be able to visit Texas in the spring. Cecil Andrew Lyon is planning a wolf hunt for him and Roosevelt would be pleased to visit James G. Lowdon’s ranch if it can be arranged.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-23

President Roosevelt agrees to take up the Sommerville matter and asks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to write to Cecil Andrew Lyon to find out if he would object to Rudolph Kleberg receiving the position.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-11

Senator Dixon reviews Theodore Roosevelt’s popularity as a presidential candidate in several areas of the country. He has been working with the press to encourage support for Roosevelt. Dixon suggests that a clearinghouse or headquarters be created for the Roosevelt campaign.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-02-11

Robert H. Bruce updates Theodore Roosevelt on Texas Republican politics, which are in a “serious muddle.” He believes the state can go Republican if they also back strong, local Republican candidates.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-29

Robert Bridges has delayed responding to President Roosevelt’s question about photographers for his African safari until he could talk to William T. Hornaday. Two main names have been mentioned as possibilities: Ernest F. Keller and John C. Hemment. Bridges comments briefly on the credentials of the two men, as well as their possible cost to hire, but wished to see if Roosevelt had any personal preference between the two before discussing any further with them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-01

George B. Cortelyou received William Loeb’s letter with the enclosure from Colonel Cecil Andrew Lyon. Cortelyou’s knowledge of the matter raised in the letter centers on “the recommendation of persons who I believed would be efficient and satisfactory postmasters.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-25

Cecil Andrew Lyon tells President Roosevelt the people of the United States will not be happy if he follows through with the Standard Oil plan and the rebates in Kentucky. Lyon praises Roosevelt’s actions in a number of other incidents and events (such as settling the anthracite coal strike, the Panama canal, the Rough Riders, and the Square Deal). Lyon states something must be done to “curb the growing power of money” if the United States wants to avoid incidents like the French Revolution. He believes that Roosevelt is the man to apply such checks on that growing power.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-04

Francis E. Leupp, commissioner of Indian affairs, writes to President Roosevelt regarding Colonel Cecil Andrew Lyon and the purchase of coal lands owned by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-23

Kathleen Dalton explores “a little known side of” Theodore Roosevelt: his love of telling stories. Dalton identifies ghost stories, animal and hunting stories, tales from his days as a cowboy, and stories involving the Rough Riders as some of Roosevelt’s favorite topics. She also says that he liked to talk about his own adventures, such as hiking in Rock Creek Park, or discussing his political friends and foes, and she says that Roosevelt’s favorite audience for his stories was his children. Dalton identifies a number of people who were subjects of Roosevelt’s tales or who, like Rudyard Kipling, were captivated by listening to his stories.

Two photographs of Roosevelt, and an illustration of him telling a camp fire story to children, supplement the article which also has two text boxes with information about the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

In this edition of the “Book Reviews” section, Paul Russell Cutright and Philip J. Roosevelt provide separate but equally laudatory reviews of American Bears, a collection of writings about bears and bear hunting by Theodore Roosevelt edited by Paul Schullery. Kenneth D. Crews finds that Roosevelt plays a minor, but important, role in Carlton Jackson’s The Dreadful Month about the awful death toll in American coal mines in December 1907. John A. Gable examines Paul D. Casdorph’s Republicans, Negroes, and Progressives in the South, 1912-1916 and compares some its findings to his own work on the Progressive Party.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1983

Clarece Martin gives a fast-paced, detailed description of the assassination attempt on Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 14, 1912. She provides background on Roosevelt’s visit to Milwaukee, discusses the actions taken by his bodyguards during the shooting, and talks about Roosevelt delivering his speech despite his wound. Martin looks at the role played by Roosevelt’s wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, during his hospital stay and closes with Roosevelt’s return to the campaign trail at Madison Square Garden in New York City at the end of October.  

A drawing of Roosevelt’s speech manuscript showing the hole made by the bullet accompanies the article.

This episode of the television program You Are There dramatizes the events of October 14, 1912, when John Flammang Schrank attempted to assassinate Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The program examines some elements of public opinion regarding Roosevelt’s decision to run for a third presidential term, in addition to mentioning several of Roosevelt’s main accomplishments and philosophies. The program was sponsored by the Prudential Life Insurance Company of America, and includes several advertisements for their services.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1957

President Roosevelt tells Postmaster General Meyer to give “a severe wigging” to First Assistant Postmaster General Charles P. Grandfield for his “hideous blunder,” and he advises Meyer to carefully examine the language Grandfield uses in future letters that Meyer is asked to sign. Roosevelt further advises that Meyer explain to Charles A. Culberson what has happened and thank him for calling attention to an improper practice that Meyer will end now that he is aware of it. Roosevelt feels that Grandfield’s letter will not cause real trouble but that the man must understand that a second blunder like this is not acceptable.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1908-07-06

W. Sloan Simpson accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation to visit the White House after the Republican National Convention, which he will be attending as a delegate. Simpson is confident Roosevelt will be nominated.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-27

This page from the Galveston Daily News includes two articles on the Republican State Convention of Texas and the selection of delegates to be sent to the national Republican convention in Chicago later in 1904. The paper calls the convention a victory for Cecil Andrew Lyon. Other articles include mentions of other state conventions, work done by the Isthmian Canal Commission, calls for Grover Cleveland to become Governor of New Jersey, Chinese immigration to British territories, and an address by William H. Truesdale on labor and capital.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-23

Waller Thomas Burns predicts that Cecil Andrew Lyon will receive “not less than 35” votes in his candidacy for membership in the Republican National Council.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-23

The State Central Committee of Roosevelt Clubs of Texas presents arguments against Cecil Andrew Lyon serving as state chairman of the Republican Party of Texas.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-24