Theodore Roosevelt Administrations - Roosevelt's Advisers
Roosevelt's Advisers
Because of Roosevelt's commanding personality and ego, presidential advisers had less influence than they have had on weaker presidents or presidents with less political experience. This is not to say that Roosevelt's cabinet was singularly undistinguished, but as an experienced public servant Roosevelt knew how things operated and what he wanted to do. Thus he recruited advisers with an eye towards those who could carry out his Square Deal reform program.
Both John Hay, an Abraham Lincoln biographer, and Elihu Root served as secretary of state. Hay formulated much of the Open Door policy in China, insisting that China be open to commercial and railroad development by all nations, without carving up its territory. Most major nations reluctantly accepted this position. He negotiated the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, an agreement by which the British gave the United States the exclusive right to construct what...
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