Lot 29
Roosevelt, Theodore and His Cabinet, Including William H. Taft. Leather autograph album, 4 x 7", containing the signatures of President Theodore Roosevelt and ten members of his Cabinet. Roosevelt signed first, followed by his Cabinet members, who signed with their titles and the date:
Theodore Roosevelt, Dec 18th, 1903; John Hay, Secretary of State, Feb. 9 1904; L. M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury, Dec. 18th 1903; P. M. Knox, Attorney General, Dec. 18th 1903; James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, Dec. 18 1903; Geo. B. Cortelyou, Secretary of Commerce & Labor, Dec. 18 1903; E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior, Dec. 18th 1903; Henry C. Payne, Postmaster General (no date); Elihu Root, Secretary of War, Decr. 1903; W.H. Moody, Secretary of the Navy, Dec. 18th 1903; Wm H Taft, Secretary of War, Feby 9 1904. Fine condition.
Taft became Secretary of War on February 1, 1904, when Elihu Root left to practice law privately. Normally the Vice President would have been part of the Cabinet, but Roosevelt had no Vice President when he signed this book. He had served as Vice President under President William Mckinley and had succeeded to the presidency on September 14, 1901 upon McKinley's assassination. Roosevelt was elected President in his own right in 1904 and served from 1905 to 1909 with Charles W. Fairbanks as his Vice President. Estimate Value $1,000 - UP
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