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Commissioner Ballinger of the General Land Office concurs with the proposed action of Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson regarding the desirability of creating Lassen Peak and Cinder Cone National Monuments.
Lassen Volcanic National Park
1907-04-09
Secretary of the Interior Garfield forwards several drafts of proclamations prepared by Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson to President Roosevelt recommending the creation of Lassen Peak National Monument and Cinder Cone National Monument within Lassen Peak National Forest.
Lassen Volcanic National Park
1907-05-04
A composite image in which President Roosevelt is pictured on horseback with Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, Secretary of the Interior Ethan Hitchcock and General Henry Clark Corbin standing to the left and right of the horse.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-11-15
A composite image in which President Roosevelt sits on horseback, surrounded by Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock, and General Henry Clark Corbin.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-11-15
The Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union of America have requested several notable figures to write articles for the benefit of the Union. They include a list of the writers and their assigned article topic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-31
Benjamin F. Tracy sends a statement of his position regarding the contract between Lord & Hewlett and Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. Tracy’s clients are reluctant to make any statement about Mr. Crane and his relations with the contract.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-08
Drawings accompanied by text captions describe a number of prominent politicians: President Roosevelt, Secretary of War Elihu Root, Admiral George Dewey, Speaker of the House David Bremner Henderson, Rhode Island Senator George Peabody Wetmore, Secretary of State John Hay, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-14
President Roosevelt opens his cabinet, which features busts of his cabinet members, and tells them, “Come now, all of you must take the stump.” In the foreground is the “Taft campaign stump” and the following cabinet members are depicted as busts: Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus, Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou, Bureau of Corporations James Rudolph Garfield, Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of War Luke E. Wright, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer, Secretary of the Navy Victor Howard Metcalf, and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte.
The cabinet as a cabinet: two factors attest to the appropriate characterization of events pictured by P. B. McCord’s political cartoon during the last week of the 1908 presidential campaign.
President Roosevelt looks out of his office at members of his cabinet standing on stumps: Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus, Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, Secretary of the Navy Victor Howard Metcalf, Secretary of War Luke E. Wright, and Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock. Roosevelt says, “Durn the luck.” Caption: Every member of his cabinet on the stump and he can’t get into the game.
The long-time political cartoonist of the Minneapolis Journal (and remembered as founder of a successful correspondence school of cartooning), Charles Lewis “Bart” Bartholomew pictured a situation that was known to all citizens, and regretted by many, not least President Roosevelt himself. There was a strict precedent and tradition against presidents campaigning in person — with few exceptions for themselves (somehow seen as not dignified), but never for candidates down the ballot lists; and certainly not for candidates in elections where a successor would be chosen.
This photograph includes the entire cabinet: President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus, Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, Secretary of the Navy Victor Howard Metcalf, Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-25
An elephant holds a tennis rule book that reads, “Love 40–The Deuce,” and thinks, “Every evidence of a dangerous game.”
President Andrew Jackson convened his informal “Kitchen Cabinet,” a term used more by political opponents for executive branch meetings apart from the regular confabs after the scandal-rumor events of the Peggy Eaton Affair. Eventually it came to mean presidential informal advisers, separate from cabinet secretaries. Often, such a circle has provided expert, dispassionate, and private counsel.
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.
This political cartoon by Clifford Kennedy Berryman, with its typically awkward depictions of public figures, addresses not the general composition of President Roosevelt’s cabinet, although it was within a week of this cartoon that Oscar S. Strauss succeeded George B. Cortelyou as Secretary of Commerce and Labor, the latter moving to the Treasure portfolio.
It rather has to do with the denouement of a protracted and embarrassing contretemps between Roosevelt and erstwhile friends and political sponsors, Bellamy and Maria Longworth Storer of Cincinnati. The wealthy Storers of Cincinnati, friends of William H. Taft of their city, had a home in Washington, D.C., where they hosted friends like Taft when he was President Benjamin Harrison’s Solicitor General. They attached themselves to Taft’s friend Theodore Roosevelt, too, when he became Civil Service Commissioner in 1889.
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 all march out of the “White House” and to the “keeper of the gags.” There is a large sign that reads, “Notice! By order of the President the members of the cabinet will resume their muzzles on leaving the White House.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-23
“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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-22
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-04
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!
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-18
Charles J. Bonaparte wears a a “Secy of the Navy” ribbon and stands at the front of a battleship. Behind him are President Roosevelt with “the big stick,” Secretary of War William H. Taft, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of State John Hay, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Attorney General William H. Moody.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-03
President Roosevelt holds up two fingers and talks to his cabinet: Secretary of State John Hay, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor H. Metcalf. There is a bear skin with two holes on the wall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-14
The United States Forest Service announces that starting in 1906, a fee will be charged for grazing permits, with certain exceptions. It outlines the conditions for grazing permits and the exceptions for the fees.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-12
As per Attorney General Moody’s suggestion, Acting Attorney General Hoyt takes the matter of Jasper Wilson up directly with President Roosevelt. He clearly states that he does not know anything discrediting Jasper Wilson, and the suggestions to his disadvantage are merely unfounded rumors. However, he finds that Jasper “surrounds his father (Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson) with an anxious degree of surveillance and intervention” beyond that of a concerned son. Hoyt updates Roosevelt on the situation. Morgan H. Beach, special assistant to the Attorney General, will shortly call Secretary Wilson and Jasper Wilson before the Grand Jury, after which they will supposedly tour the forest reserves. It is a delicate matter, and no one wants to do Jasper any personal injustice, but it is best to study the Department of Agriculture situation during his absence. The sudden departure of John Hyde, statistician for the Department of Agriculture, is suspicious, and his escape is frustrating. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture W. M. Hays is ready to take charge if needed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-25