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Photograph showing President Roosevelt surrounded by members of the Supreme Court congratulating him on his inauguration. A large crowd stands behind them.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-03-06
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Henry L. Stimson for writing to him about Stimson’s visit with William H. Moody.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-04-22
Print shows a “Before” and “After” cartoon. In the “Before” scene, the “Democratic Donkey” is piled high with bags of “Dividends, Salaries, Profits, [and] Rents” that are tied on with a ribbon labeled “Income Taxes,” standing outside the “U.S. Supreme Court” where the Supreme Court justices are offering a two-wheeled cart for the donkey to use to carry the load. In the “After” scene, the “Democratic Donkey” is harnessed to the cart labeled “Supreme Court Decision on Income Tax,” which is overloaded with bags of “Dividends, Salaries, Profits” still bound with a ribbon labeled “Income Taxes.” “Rents” which are “(Exempt)” have fallen to the ground. The way the load is positioned in the cart raises the donkey off the ground. It remarks, “What shall I do now – I’m worse off than ever!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-05-01
President Roosevelt praises Justice John Marshall Harlan’s service as a justice of the Supreme Court. Roosevelt notes that Harlan is a Kentuckian, and he praises the patriotism of the citizens of Kentucky, who sided with the North during the Civil War. He notes that their position as a border state made it much more difficult to remain loyal to the Union than it was for those further north. Roosevelt closes by praising Harlan as embodying the qualities requisite for being a good citizen and statesman, and noting that Harlan’s strength of personality and quality of character stand as examples for all Americans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-09
A trial is taking place at the U.S. Supreme Court where the regular justices have been replaced by hayseed justices. In the foreground is a “Waiting Pen for Gold Bugs and Millionaires” where “W. Rockefeller, J. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Astor, Sage, Vanderbilt, [and] Gould” are waiting. Caption: If the silverites ever get a chance to put their populistic and revolutionary platform into force.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-09-09
Print shows John P. Jones as a barker at a circus sideshow that features “The Gold Bug, The Money Devil, The Injunction Evil [labeled] U.S. Supreme Court, The Boy Wonder [William Jennings Bryan], Educated Wild Hogg of Texas [James S. Hogg], The Great Fire-eater, [and] The Trust Octopus.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-09-06
President Chester A. Arthur sits on a rock with a large white elephant that looks like Roscoe Conkling standing next to him. Arthur is wondering how to get rid of the elephant. Uncle Sam, holding papers labeled “Conkling Declines,” walks away from the “Supreme Court.” Roscoe Conkling had turned down Arthur’s offer for a position on the Supreme Court. Caption: “How shall I ever get rid of him? It won’t do for me to have him on my hands in 1884!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-03-15
Supreme Court justices “Woods, Blatchford, Harlan, Gray, Miller, Field, Waite, Bradley [and] Matthews” sit around a table, struggling to keep up with an overload of cases piling up on the floor, delivered “From the Lower Courts” by mail clerks entering on the left, as well as “Cases Unadjudicated 1880-1882” and “Cases Unadjudicated 1883-,” and a cabinet labeled “1885” along the wall in the background. Caption: It is unequal to the ever-increasing labor thrust upon it. Will Congress take prompt measures for the relief of the people?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-12-09
Theodore Roosevelt first discusses the authority of the courts to delay or stop social and political justice and advancement and how that needs to be changed by the will of the people. He then discusses the need for regulation of industry for the safety and welfare of its workers. The Progressive Party supports a minimum wage, 8-hour work day and child and women labor laws to help the industrial laborer’s standard of living.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1912-08
Brooks Adams believes that President Roosevelt will have the U. S. Supreme Court – “perhaps unanimously.” Adams compliments Attorney General Elihu Root on his argument, describing it as a “remarkable feat.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-15
Report summarizing the St. Louis Boodle cases, outlining trials convictions, and incarcerations. Folk relays that Henry Nicolaus was exonerated by Judge Ryan, while the cases of Emil A. Meysenburg, Julius Lehmann, and Henry A. Faulkner went to the Supreme Court.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-01
Edgar A. Spencer responds to President Roosevelt’s letter that discussed legal matters involving United States Congressman from New York, Lucius N. Littauer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-10
President Roosevelt explains to Edgar A. Spencer, that his opinion regarding the Littauer case is based on a misunderstanding of Attorney General Knox’s evaluation of the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-04
Attorney General Knox recommends Daniel Thew Wright of Cincinnati, Ohio, for the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, District of Columbia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-19
Wayne MacVeagh advises Secretary of State Hay that the number of creditor nations is too great to secure tribunal by protocols and that a new agreement is needed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-16
William Justus Boies has enclosed two articles from the Evening Post: one on the Northern Securities decision and the other on Wall Street’s attitude toward President Roosevelt’s personally.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-15
Joseph Bucklin Bishop excerpts portions of a long letter which he received from Governor Taft. Taft gave his opinion on the appointment of William R. Day to the Supreme Court and an assessment of his own suitability for inclusion on the presidential ticket in the upcoming election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-09
Governor Taft responds to President Roosevelt’s offer of an appointment to the Supreme Court and subsequent withdrawal of the offer. He explains his own feelings on the subject and on his continued work in the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-04
Charles William Dabney recommends Edward Terry Sanford to fill the Sixth District position made vacant by the appointment of Judge Day to the Supreme Court.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-30
William R. Day has mailed his acceptance to President Roosevelt, referring to his appointment to the United States Supreme Court.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-26