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Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph M. Dixon

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph M. Dixon

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary encloses a letter from Hogansville, Georgia, and asks if there is anything its authors can do. He points out a letter that has been circulating from Representative Sulloway claiming that Roosevelt has opposed all pension legislation. The secretary suggests that this falsehood be answered, perhaps with an endorsement of Roosevelt from leading members of veteran organizations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-06

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Porter J. McCumber

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Porter J. McCumber

President Roosevelt asks if it is possible to give Frances Folsom Cleveland, the widow of former President Grover Cleveland, a pension. James A. Garfield and William McKinley both served in the army but their widows received a pension based more on their service as president. Roosevelt would like a similar arrangement for Cleveland.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Porter J. McCumber

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Porter J. McCumber

President Roosevelt has received another large group of special pension bills. He has been assured by Commissioner Warner that the majority of these pensioners do not warrant being singled out for special bills and that the present arrangement rewards the “most clamorous” and not the most deserving. Roosevelt does not intend to take any immediate action but would like to meet with Senator McCumber and Warner to discuss these special bills and avoid a scandal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cyrus A. Sulloway

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cyrus A. Sulloway

President Roosevelt has learned from Commissioner of Pensions Vespasian Warner that many of the pensions recently awarded have gone to those who have the “most political influence,” rather than the most deserving. He asks to meet with Representative Sulloway, as well as Warner and Senator Porter J. McCumber, to speak about the matter and come to a solution that will “avert a scandal.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to George C. Perkins

Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to George C. Perkins

George von Lengerke Meyer enumerates the legislative history surrounding the pension of Lieutenant Henry E. Rhoades. Because of ambiguity surrounding Rhoades’s honorable discharge from the United States Navy due to a pre-existing disability, he has been paid a 50 percent salary, as opposed to a 75 percent salary owed to officers retired due to disability incurred in the line of duty. The Committee on Naval Affairs ultimately decides not to enact legislation favorable to Rhoades. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-24

Creator(s)

Meyer, George von Lengerke, 1858-1918

Letter from George W. Bennum to members of the Grand Army of the Republic

Letter from George W. Bennum to members of the Grand Army of the Republic

George W. Bennum asks members of every Grand Army of the Republic post in the United States to write to President Roosevelt and to their senators and representatives to pass the pension bill. Bennum encourages members to know the number of the bill as well as information about it so that members of Congress can find the bill. If passed, the bill will give honorably discharged soldiers of the American Civil War and their widows a designated amount of money a month.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01

Creator(s)

Bennum, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1921