Wickersham, George W. (George Woodward), 1858-1936

William H. H. Llewellyn was pleased with Theodore Roosevelt’s letter and can authoritatively say that the people of New Mexico are excited to entertain Theodore Roosevelt in Albuquerque. He comments on United States Attorney David Leahy’s accomplishments and the recently approved New Mexican constitution. Llewellyn discusses his new law partner, Edward L. Medler, and his recent casework. He asks Roosevelt if he has seen the article about himself in The Craftsman and assures that despite any negative press, his principles are correct.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-28

Creator(s)

Llewellyn, William H. H. (William Henry Harrison), 1851-1927

W. S. Clark appreciates the bullets Theodore Roosevelt sent. He apologizes for the delay in writing, but the mail system in the “most prosperous and most inaccessible of the Alaskan mining camps” is “abominable,” and there is no wireless. Clark sends an editorial from the local paper and enumerates what Alaska needs, including roads, telegraph, and governmental coal management. Since he is “Western,” Clark hopes Roosevelt will aid Alaska as he sympathizes with their needs.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-12-11

Creator(s)

Clark, W. S.

Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett has written a book on the country life problem in the United States and Gifford Pinchot hopes for Theodore Roosevelt’s endorsement. Pinchot is pleased that Roosevelt might be able to speak at the National Conservation Congress and knows other organizations that would be anxious to hear him speak as well. Pinchot believes that the latest developments in the Pinchot-Ballinger controversy show Attorney General George W. Wickersham and President William H. Taft in a poor light.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-05-18

Creator(s)

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

Gifford Pinchot writes to Theodore Roosevelt in Africa to provide a recap of current events. An investigation into Secretary of the Interior Richard Achilles Ballinger and the Forest Service will begin shortly. Pinchot believes that special interests control Congress and President William H. Taft’s administration, whose actions are characterized by “a most surprising weakness and indecision.” Taft has abandoned many of Roosevelt’s policies, and Pinchot sees a rift emerging between Taft and the more progressive elements of the Republican party. Pinchot sends his love to Kermit Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-12-31

Creator(s)

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

Leonard Wood was recently at a dinner at George W. Wickersham’s house, and heard Elbert H. Gary speaking positively about President Roosevelt’s actions, saying that Roosevelt woke up the public conscience. Wood thought Roosevelt would be interested in the encounter, especially as Gary told him that he was speaking as the president of the Steel Trust.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-05

Creator(s)

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes to President Roosevelt, saying he believes he has “quieted the senator.” Bishop also attaches a small newspaper clipping to his letter, which mentions Roosevelt’s involvement with the Japanese-Russian peace negotiations.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-31

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Russell M. MacLennan and Catherine M. MacLennan, nee Gallagher, recently returned from their honeymoon. Catherine is well-known for her work protecting “the honor and dignity” of military uniforms. The couple met when Russell, a newspaper correspondent, interviewed Catherine on her work. They married three months later.  

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-05

Creator(s)

Unknown

Hugh Gordon Miller, former special assistant to Attorney General George W. Wickersham, strayed from his speech at the New York Credit Men’s Association’s dinner to “take a few flings” at an unnamed public official, generally assumed to be Wickersham. An excerpt from Miller’s speech is included.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-27

Creator(s)

Unknown

Following a number of legislative items, including voting on an amendment to a bill and a motion to investigate participation in international expositions, Senator Robert M. La Follette delivers a speech beginning with proposed tariff reciprocity with Canada, but quickly turning to his view that President William H. Taft has abandoned his campaign promises to continue the progressive policies of his predecessor Theodore Roosevelt. La Follette excoriates Taft on his stances on taxes and conservation, among other issues.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-15

Creator(s)

United States. Congress. Senate

The article describes a speech on the Senator floor, in which Senator Robert M. La Follette attacked President William H. Taft for ignoring former president Theodore Roosevelt’s policies. La Follette argued that Taft was elected by promising to continue Roosevelt’s agenda, but has not done that. In particular Taft took issue with the firing of Gifford Pinchot, the reciprocity bill, and the Taft administration’s railroad legislation. He also noted that Taft barely mentioned Roosevelt in his first message to Congress.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-14

Creator(s)

Unknown

Attorney General George W. Wickersham and a committee on personnel of the Department of Agriculture have recommended to President William H. Taft that Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley “be permitted to resign” from his post as pure food expert and chief of the Bureau of Chemistry. An investigation found that Wiley hired Dr. Henry Hurd Rusby at an improper rate. Wiley and Dr. W. D. Bigelow, assistant chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, should resign, and Rusby should be dismissed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-14

Creator(s)

Unknown

Uncle Sam is pictured as a cadaver labeled “The Body Politic” that President William H. Taft, as Dr. Tulp, is using to instruct his cabinet members in the anatomy of the “body politic” based on “His Policies.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1909-03-24

President Taft balances a cone of papers, labeled “Administration” and showing the Republican elephant, on his nose. Struggling to get in the cone is “Ballinger” while already inside are “Elkins, Hitchcock, Wickersham, C. Taft, Crane, Dalzell, Cannon, Payne (holding on to a large question mark labeled “Tariff”), Aldrich, [and] Sherman.” Rolled-up papers in the cone are labeled “Standpat Legislation” and “Cost of Living Investigation.” Also in the cone, a dog labeled “Regulars” and a cat labeled “Insurgents” are fighting.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-08-31

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

President Taft sits on the seashore with a cluster of seashells around him that are labeled “H. Taft, Sherman, Knox, Aldrich, Ballinger, Root, [and] Cannon.” He is holding two labeled “Chas. Taft” and “Wickersham” to his ears, listening for the sound of waves. A large wave, labeled “The People” and showing the face of Uncle Sam, rolls toward shore. Caption: Shells give a good imitation; but, just for a change, why not listen to the real thing?

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-07-27

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

President Taft, as Alexander the Great, is accompanied by James S. Sherman, Sereno E. Payne, Nelson W. Aldrich, Joseph G. Cannon, and George W. Wickersham. They stand before Uncle Sam, shown as Diogenes. Uncle Sam sits at the base of an overturned dome in the shadows cast by Taft and the others who are blocking his sun. The sun shows the face of Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-04-27

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

A wave labeled “Republican Voters’ Revolt” crashes into the dining room of a ship where “Cannon, Payne, Taft, Knox, Sherman, Root, Aldrich, Woodruff, Dalzell, Crane, Wickersham, Lodge, Parsons, Hitchcock, Depew, Hale, Elkins, Ballinger, Smoot, Penrose, [and] Cox” are dining, and upsets a dish of “Party Plums,” as well as a bottle of “Stalwart Grog.” Caption: “We were crowded in the cabin, / Not a soul would dare to sleep; / It was midnight o’er the waters, / And a storm was on the deep.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-04-20

Creator(s)

Levering, Albert, 1869-1929

President Taft, as a blindfolded cupid labeled “Party Solidarity,” wears a quiver labeled “Harmony” and stands against a backdrop of a large red heart. He is holding strings attached to four birds labeled “Root, Wickersham, Knox, [and] Aldrich,” and two strings attached to arrows that have been shot through hearts labeled “Insurgent” and “Reactionary.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-02-09

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Uncle Sam’s Christmas tree is about to topple over onto him because there are too many heavy ornaments near the top, including a red devil labeled “Politician,” a cannon labeled “Sherman Law,” a jack-in-the-box labeled “Wickersham,” a basket filled with food labeled “Cost of Living,” a parrot labeled “Woman Suffrage,” a ball labeled “Increased Taxes,” a large book labeled “Over-Legislation,” another ball with a “$” and the face of big business, an automobile labeled “Extravagance,” a large ball labeled “Bill” with the face of President Taft, and an angel labeled “Teddy.” Caption: Uncle Sam’s Christmas crash.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-12-20

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Theodore Roosevelt as “Dame Van Winkle” stands with his back to a fireplace, pointing with his left hand toward the door, banishing President Taft as Rip Van Winkle carrying his rifle labeled “Sherman Law Enforcement” and his dog wearing a collar labeled “Wickersham.” Caption: Dame Van Winkle banishes Rip and his dog.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-12-13

Creator(s)

Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933

President Taft stands behind a chair on which a diminutive George W. Wickersham is standing. Wickersham is using a stick labeled “Sherman Law” to beat a toy labeled “Monopoly” on the table in front of him. The toy shows a wealthy businessman holding money bags sitting in a bowl. Hanging on the wall is a “Sectional View” of the toy showing that it is weighted at the bottom with “High Protection,” stating “The Reason Why” it does not stay down when Wickersham hits it.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-11-08

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956