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E. Mont Reily examines why no vice president that succeeded to the presidency after the death of his predecessor has been able to win a presidential election. Reily suggests that President Roosevelt can make history by winning the election in 1904.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
President Roosevelt made an excellent decision in appointing Thomas Goode Jones as federal judge for Alabama. Before his death, William McKinley spoke in favor of reciprocity and his successor, Roosevelt, is now put into the difficult position of honoring McKinley and seeking to carry out this policy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-08
Partial transcript of an article from El Universal in which I. Dublan Montesinos, former editor of “Modern Mexico” in New York, recalls his observations of President Roosevelt from the previous ten years. Montesinos believes Roosevelt will be a good friend to Mexico in his new role as president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10
Newspaper article with expressions of grief from citizens of Louisville, Kentucky, after the death of William McKinley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-14
After William McKinley’s death, Mayor Weaver ordered the flag at city hall to be lowered to half-mast, called upon the churches to hold memorial services, and requested a general suspension of business.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-14
Originally part of the newsreel series, Universal current events, this film shows scenes from Theodore Roosevelt’s funeral in Oyster Bay, New York on January 8, 1919.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1919
Print shows a statue of Roscoe Conkling, with cloven hooves, seated on a bench labeled “Supreme Bench” atop a monumental tomb labeled “Sacred to the Memory of J. A. Garfield”; the monument is signed “Guiteau sculpt.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-03-08
Score, by Ralph C. Williams, and lyrics, by Edward V. Riis, for a piece written as a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt.
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1922
Sheet music for “Roosevelt March,” “A Tribute to the memory of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.” The front cover features a bust portrait of Roosevelt by Underwood & Underwood. Clouds, an eagle, and a flag and shield surround another portrait sketch of Roosevelt on horseback at the bottom of the page. Back cover is an advertisement for sheet music.
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1919
This poem by Harriet Gaylord, dedicated to the memory of Theodore Roosevelt, was set to music by Henry Hadley. The front cover features a portrait photograph of Roosevelt holding his granddaughter, Edith Derby, by C. LeGendre. The poem, dated January 8, 1919, is printed inside the front cover.
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1919
Magazine photographs of Theodore Roosevelt’s funeral procession, his headstone, and portrait.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1919
Image shows the top half of a single page from the New York Times Picture Section, with a sepia tone photograph of Theodore Roosevelt’s grave at Young’s Memorial Cemetery in Oyster Bay. On top of the grave is a hill of flowers.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1919-01-19
Full page, sepia tone portrait photograph of Theodore Roosevelt that appeared in The New York Times the week of Roosevelt’s death.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1919-01-12
Selected Harper’s Weekly articles related to the death of William McKinley and President Roosevelt’s inauguration.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1901-09-21
Photograph of President Roosevelt with black ink portraits of his eight Cabinet members. On the second page are five black and white photographs of William McKinley’s casket traveling from the Milburn residence to the city hall of Buffalo, New York.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1901
Series of photographs from a special edition of Mail and Express about William McKinley’s death, his funeral, and President Roosevelt’s succession to the presidency.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1901-09-25
View of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession, showing the home of Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt at the corner of Broadway and Union Square in New York. Two children are visible in the second story window, one of whom is Theodore Roosevelt, the other is his brother Elliott Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1865-04-25
Drawn after Theodore Roosevelt died, the cartoon shows Roosevelt on horseback, dressed as a Rough Rider, turning in his saddle and waving his hat goodbye as he joins the vanishing symbols of the frontier such as the buffalo and covered wagons. The Capitol is sketched in the forefront.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1919
Rev. Charles James Wood relates the story of the church bell from St. John’s Church in York, Pennsylvania, which cracked in 1901 while tolling in memory of President William McKinley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-31
Alfons Mumm regrets that his congratulations on President Roosevelt’s succession to such a high office come at the death of William McKinley. He believes Roosevelt would have become president in three years if McKinley had not been assassinated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-01