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The Louisville Board of Trade met to discuss taking action regarding the death of William McKinley. The meeting requested greater protection for the president and stronger punishments for attacks against the president. Part of Governor Bradley’s speech regarding the enforcement of the laws is included.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-18
Text of remarks made by Frederick S. Stratton and Senator Perkins at a memorial service held for William McKinley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09
President Roosevelt thanks Emily Hun Sexton Moir for her $500 contribution to the McKinley National Memorial Association.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-04
President Roosevelt thanks Henry H. Boyce for the letter. The daily paper will report that Roosevelt will retain William McKinley’s policies and Cabinet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-14
Vice President Roosevelt is unsure how to advise Winthrop Murray Crane. He knows of a hunter in Wyoming who has hunted mountain lions during the winter and he has dogs. If Crane’s son would like to spend the winter further south, there is a man with hunting dogs near Meeker, Colorado, although that area’s climate is as severe as that of Wyoming. Roosevelt wants to talk with Crane about what has happened in several states.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-10
Vice President Roosevelt thanks Horace B. Fry for the letter. President McKinley will likely recover from the assassination attempt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-10
Vice President Roosevelt is grateful for the letter from Curtis Guild. His situation is difficult, but he has acted naturally. Roosevelt is thankful that President McKinley will most certainly recover from the attempted assassination.
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1901-09-10
Vice President Roosevelt thanks Arthur W. Kickman for his letter. Later today he will be leaving Buffalo, New York. There is no doubt that President McKinley will recover from the attempted assassination.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-10
Vice President Roosevelt received Frank Hinchman Platt’s letter and cannot return to Oyster Bay, New York, until the following Sunday because of the attempted assassination of President McKinley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-10
Vice President Roosevelt will return Senator Proctor’s overcoat that Mr. Cannon sent to Oyster Bay, New York, by mistake. President McKinley is almost out of danger and Roosevelt will leave Buffalo, New York, “with a light heart.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-10
Vice President Roosevelt thanks E. Mont Reily for the two letters and clippings. He is relieved that President McKinley is out of danger.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-10
Alexander E. Barthe sends information to Lyman Abbott about the assassination of President Ramón Cáceres. Barthe states he must use a “nom de plume” and cannot send letters directly to Theodore Roosevelt for his own safety.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-22
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Christina Rainsford recalls her childhood memories of observing Theodore Roosevelt and his family while on vacation near Mount Marcy in upstate New York. She describes the events surrounding Roosevelt’s notification that he must return to Buffalo, New York, to assume the Presidency upon the death of President William McKinley.
An illustration of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site and a handwritten message from Eilhu Root to Roosevelt supplement the article. This article also appears in the Summer 1981 issue, volume 7, #3, of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal under the title “A Momentous Ride: Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President Eighty Years Ago.”
Jack C. Fisher, a medical doctor, examines the misguided treatment of President William McKinley following the attempt on his life on September 6, 1901. Fisher notes that Vice President Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary of State John Hay both had premonitions that McKinley would not survive, and he traces Roosevelt’s movements in the days surrounding the assassination.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2002
President Roosevelt grieves the recent assassination of President William McKinley and proclaims a national day of mourning.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-14
Christina Rainsford recalls her childhood memories of observing Theodore Roosevelt and his family while on vacation near Mount Marcy in upstate New York. She describes the events surrounding Roosevelt’s notification that he must return to Buffalo, New York to assume the Presidency upon the death of President McKinley.
A listing of the officers and members of the executive, finance, and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace committees of the Theodore Roosevelt Association is found on the second page of the article.
This article notes the 75th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s elevation to the presidency following the assassination of President William McKinley in September 1901. It traces Roosevelt’s movements and actions in the days surrounding McKinley’s shooting and death, and additionally provides a history of the Ansley Wilcox House in Buffalo, New York that served as the site of Roosevelt’s swearing in ceremony. The article concludes with a look at the state of the nation in 1901, and how Roosevelt addressed the many issues confronting the United States.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
Charles A. Leale, who was the first physician on the scene when President Abraham Lincoln was shot and stayed with him until he died, recounts in clinical detail the events of that night. He outlines how he and others treated Lincoln both at Ford’s Theatre, and after he was moved to home of William Petersen.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1865
William Miller, an alleged anarchist, is held on suspicion that he plotted to shoot President Roosevelt while he was attending the Army-Navy football game.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-01