Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

President Roosevelt sits on the springboard dipping his feet in the water as Secretary of War William H. Taft, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State Elihu Root, Iowa Governor Albert Baird Cummins, and Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette stand behind him on the board waiting. Former Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw stands on land in the background.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1907-04-21

President Roosevelt watches from the White House as New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of State Elihu Root, former Secretary of the Treasury Philander C. Knox, watch Secretary of State William H. Taft and Senator Joseph Benson Foraker roll two eggs — “Taft boom” and “Foraker boom”on the White House lawn.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1907-04-01

President Roosevelt tags an enormous William H. Taft saying, “You’re it!” Taft replies, “Oh fudge.” In the background are Secretary of State Elihu Root, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, and Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1907-03-19

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June

President Roosevelt tells Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, Secretary of State Elihu Root, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, Secretary of War William H. Taft, and Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, “You remember what I said on election night!” They reply, “But, Mr. President, we love so much to hear you repeat it.” In the foreground a teddy bear shakes hands with a star and says, “Delighted!”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1907-01-31

President Roosevelt is at the front of the pack in a bicycle race that includes Secretary of State Elihu Root, Woodrow Wilson, former U. S. Minister to Austria-Hungary Bellamy Storer, Senator Isidor Rayner, Perry Belmont, and Secretary of War William H. Taft.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1906-12-16

William Jennings Bryan stands on a plank labeled “Government Ownership” and watches as Secretary of State Elihu Root jumps in head first to the water labeled “Centralization of Power.” Beside Bryan are the words, “This is as far as I dare go!”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1906-12-15

Uncle Sam wears a coat labeled “The Constitution” and looks at Secretary of State Elihu Root. On the ground are books labeled “Jefferson Doctrine” and “The Federalist by A. Hamilton” as well as a club labeled “Big Stick” lying on top of the Declaration of Independence.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1906-12-15

President Roosevelt looks on as members of his 1906 cabinet laugh at papers with the heading, “Storer.” One chair is empty, and there are pictures on the wall of Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith, Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long, Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, and Attorney General Philander C. Knox, all from 1901.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1906-12-13

President Roosevelt lights a “Taft boom” stick of dynamite outside of the “White House.” Beside him are previously lit sticks of dynamite: “Fairbanks boom,” “Shaw boom,” “Root boom,” and “Cannon boom.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-22

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Kessler, Camillus

President Roosevelt rides on an elephant and leads a Saint Patrick’s Day parade featuring the “G.O.P. band,” which includes Secretary of War William H. Taft, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, Pennsylvania Senator Philander C. Knox, Secretary of State Elihu Root, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, and Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw. The parade has a banner with a three-leaf clover that has words in each leaf: “anti-rail-road rebate,” “Philippine tariff moderation,” and “Panama Canal—no grafting.” Roosevelt holds a “Spanish-American War” sword.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03

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Flohri, Emil

All of the cabinet officers stand in a circle, have gags in their mouths, and point at one another: Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor H. Metcalf, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-04

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Mahony, Felix, 1867-1939

“The Press” tries to walk toward the “cabinet” car, which includes Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, and Secretary of Commerce Victor H. Metcalf, but “Headkeeper” William Loeb holds “the big stick” and tells him to stop. There is a dove of “peace” on the car and a sign that reads, “This way to the stuffed bears and mountain lions.” President Roosevelt rides away on an elephant.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-22

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Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931

Cabinet officers march out of the “White House” with each one holding an axe: Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor H. Metcalf, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock. A bald eagle looks on and says, “Gee whiz!” Caption: Shade of George Washington!

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-18

Creator(s)

Mahony, Felix, 1867-1939

“The Press” looks a number of cabinet officers who have gags in their mouths: Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor H. Metcalf, and Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock. The “White House” is in the background. Caption: “Think twice before you speak, then talk to yourself.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-19

Creator(s)

Mahony, Felix, 1867-1939

Secretary of State Elihu Root rolls up his sleeves and reaches for a large shovel in “Panama” with “engineering difficulties,” “politics,” “yellow Jack,” and “red tape” in it. Meanwhile, Secretary of War William H. Taft uses a megaphone on a crowded “seeing the Philippines” boat.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-10

Creator(s)

Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931

President Roosevelt drives a “Panama machine” elephant into the “Panama Canal.” Secretary of State Elihu Root brings a pick axe and shovel to Roosevelt while another man sits on a “10,000,000” money bag. There is a sign that reads, “Culebra Cut: Danger.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-18

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Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909

President Roosevelt uses an “appointment” sponge to clean Elihu Root with “equitable corporations” water. Roosevelt stands beside a “Roosevelt’s patent purifier” barrel. Behind Roosevelt and Root are two outfits for Paul Morton and Acting Secretary of State and a “Secretary of State’s chair.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-07

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Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909

President Roosevelt holds a “pigs in the clover puzzle” with a ball labeled “Taft” in the “Sec. of War” section and a ball labeled “Root” in the “Sec. of State” section. In the center is a “nom. for president” section.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-20

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Unknown

President Roosevelt shakes hands with Elihu Root as Uncle Sam watches. Roosevelt has his hand on a “Dept. of State” chair while Root holds a suitcase that has “New York” and “Washington” crossed out several times and a final “Washington” that is not crossed out. A Teddy bear behind Roosevelt drinks from a mug of “Root Beer.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-08

Creator(s)

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949

Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Elihu Root, Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, and Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw also listen to a sound recording from a machine that has a sign that reads, “Drop a penny in the slot and hear the president decline the nomination for 1908.” Caption: President Roosevelt, during his visit in Chicago, on two occasions reaffirmed his declaration that he would not again be a candidate for the Presidency.—News Item.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-12

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Webster, Harold Tucker, 1885-1952