Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862 | - Theodore Roosevelt Center

Roosevelt and Jackson

President Roosevelt’s speech in Nashville praised some aspects of Andrew Jackson’s presidency. Although Roosevelt had been a critic of Andrew Jackson’s political partisanship as a younger man, the author of the newspaper article suggests it makes sense that Roosevelt would have moderated his position after becoming president himself. Roosevelt has made some controversial appointments himself, and it makes sense that a man of his “robust strenuosity, courage, and daring” would have much in common with Andrew Jackson.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-23

Our presidents

Souvenir postcard from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition with the phrase “Our Presidents” featuring images of the first twenty-five presidents.

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1907

Presidents on parade

Sheet music for “Presidents on Parade,” a patriotic song with lyrics that mention all presidents from George Washington to Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1933

Presidents of the United States presidential campaign fan

Hand-held fan with printed music for the presidential campaign of 1908. The front of the fan illustrates all presidents from George Washington through Theodore Roosevelt. Oval photographs at top feature William H. Taft and William Jennings Bryan under the caption “Who’s Next.” The reverse side features a short notation of “The Star Spangled Banner,” arranged by George Braveson, with four verses. The lyrics for the rest of the verses are printed below the notation. The bottom of the fan has two advertisements. The first is an advertisement for Hill & Goodrich, “dealers in Fresh and Salt Meats of every kind.” The second is for “Fish and Oysters in Season. Cash paid for Hides and Skins, Portland St., Morrisville, VT.”

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1908

Our 25 presidents

This color postcard features illustrated portraits and the dates in office of all twenty-five United States presidents through Theodore Roosevelt. George Washington is featured prominently in the center of the postcard.

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1901-1909

Our 25 presidents

This postcard features black and white illustrated portraits and the dates in office of all twenty-five United States presidents through Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1901-1909

Our 25 presidents

This black and white postcard features illustrated portraits and the dates in office of all twenty-five United States presidents through Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1901-1909

Our 25 presidents

This postcard features black and white illustrated portraits and the dates in office of all twenty-five United States presidents through Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1901-1909

A democratic indignation meeting

The ghost of Thomas Jefferson speaks to a gathering of the ghosts of John Tyler, Lewis Cass, James K. Polk, Stephen A. Douglas, Franklin Pierce, Andrew Jackson, William L. Marcy, Samuel J. Tilden, James Buchanan, Martin Van Buren, and John C. Calhoun. Jackson’s right hand rests on a paper that states “Call for Indignation Meeting to Protest Against.” Caption: Shade of Jefferson–And so, gentlemen, in view of the unpatriotic behavior of those professed Democrats in Congress, at a most trying moment in their country’s history, I am regretfully forced to declare that our once glorious party has degenerated, and that the only good Democrats are dead ones.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-03-01

Newspaper articles from the Minneapolis Journal

Two articles in The Minneapolis Journal discuss the nomination of President Roosevelt and Senator Charles W. Fairbanks as the Republican candidates for president and vice-president. Given Roosevelt’s “accidental” rise to the presidency following the assassination of William McKinley and his subsequent nomination as presidential candidate in his own right, the vice presidency now has more importance than it has at any point since Martin Van Buren held that office. A third article discusses the addition Senator Knute Nelson’s amendment regarding the Dingley tariff to the Republican party platform.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Henry Hunt

Theodore Roosevelt has just finished reading Arthur Twining Hadley’s Undercurrents in American Politics, and he discusses Hadley’s conclusions, particularly as they relate to the records of American presidents through the Civil War.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-07-08

Letter from John Carter Rose to Theodore Roosevelt

John Carter Rose was interested in a statement that President Roosevelt said to him recently, that he was “successful in a larger portion of what [he] set out to do than any of [his] predecessors.” Rose considers all the previous presidents, and ultimately draws the comparison down to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Washington, Rose writes, made the nation, Lincoln preserved it, and Roosevelt has caused it to adapt to twentieth century conditions. He praises the various policies that Roosevelt has instituted during his term in office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-14

Letter from John Spencer Bassett to Theodore Roosevelt

John Spencer Bassett, historian, writes to Theodore Roosevelt regarding a letter found during research, from Jackson’s 1829 inauguration. The letter was from James Hamilton Jr. to Martin Van Buren.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-04

Van Beuren of New York City

Genealogical information for the Van Beuren family of New York, New York, “in connection with Pres. Martin Van Buren.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-04