PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT - NAVAL APPOINTMENT SIGNED 01/07/1907 CO-SIGNED BY: VICTOR H. METCALF - HFSID 84721
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT, CO-SIGNED BY: VICTOR HOWARD METCALF
In 1907, Roosevelt signed this appointment with his Secretary of the
Navy Victor Metcalf making a Navy man a boatswain
Naval appointment signed "V. H. Metcalf" in black ink as
Secretary of the Navy and "Theodore Roosevelt" in brown ink. 1 page,
13½x15¾, with blue 2½-inch United States Navy Department seal affixed.
Washington, 1907 January 7. Appointment of Charlie Schoenborg as a
Boatswain in the United States Navy. ROOSEVELT (1858-1919) is one of
America's most well-known and flamboyant presidents. Roosevelt's heroism in the
Spanish-American War, where he earned the Medal of Honor for leading his
volunteer "Rough Riders" in a charge up San Juan Hill (1898), helped
him win the governorship of New York the next year. Elected Vice President in
1900, Roosevelt assumed the presidency upon President William McKinley's
assassination (1901), becoming America's youngest president. He was
re-elected in 1904. Roosevelt was the first American to win a Nobel Prize for
Peace, receiving the 1906 award for mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese
War. Known for his "Speak softly and carry a big stick" foreign policy,
Roosevelt settled the Canadian-Alaskan boundary dispute in 1903 and initiated
construction of the Panama Canal in 1904. He converted more than 125 million
acres of land into national forests and was a staunch advocate of antitrust
legislation. After failing to secure the Republican nomination, he run as the
Progressive ("Bull Moose") candidate in the famous presidential contest of 1912.
He lost to Democrat Woodrow Wilson but securing more votes than incumbent
William Howard Taft, becoming the most successful third-party candidate in
recent United States history as of this biography. METCALF (1853-1936)
was Secretary of Commerce and Labor (1904-1906) and Secretary of the
Navy (1906-1908) under Roosevelt. A former attorney, Metcalf had
represented California in the U.S. House of Representatives (1899-1904),
where he served on the House Committee on Naval Affairs and advocated the
building of a large battleship navy. During his tenure as Roosevelt's
Secretary of the Navy, "The Great White Fleet" was launched. Lightly toned,
spotted and creased. Left, right and top edges are irregular. Small tears on all
four edges (do not touch signatures). Otherwise in fine
condition.
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