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Document 26406

ELIHU ROOT
Theodore Roosevelt's Secretary of State who, like his boss, won the Nobel Peace Prize.
TLS: "Elihu Root", 1p, 7½x10. New York, 1917 May 3. Form letter to Andrew Ten Eyck, Albany, New York. In full: "I have to acknowledge your letter regarding the proposed Special Mission to Russia. All of the appointments for service in connection with that Mission will be made by the Secretary of State, and I do not expect to take any part in making the selections. I shall take pleasure in bringing your letter to the attention of the Secretary." The Russian Revolution was taking place at the time. Food shortages and strikes provoked riots and mutiny March 8-10, 1917. A provisional government under Prince Lvov was set up, and Czar Nicholas II abdicated on March 15th. Alexander Kerensky became Minister of Justice and in May was appointed Minister of War and Minister of the Navy. In July, Prince Lvov resigned and Kerensky became Prime Minister. The Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, overthrew the Kerensky government on November 6, 1917 (October 24th in the old Russian calendar). Root had served as Secretary of War under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (1899-1904) and as Roosevelt's Secretary of State (1905-1909) before becoming U.S. Senator from New York (1909-1915). From 1910-1925, Root was also President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. While Root was Secretary of State, the Immigration Act of 1907 was signed by President Roosevelt. Under its provisions, Roosevelt, by Executive Order, excluded Japanese laborers from immigrating to the continental United States. In 1908, the Japanese government agreed not to issue any more passports to Japanese laborers for immigration to the United States. Through Root's work in the Senate, the problem seemed to have been solved, and, in 1912, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for settling the problem of Japanese immigration to California and organizing the Central American Peace Conference. Folds, 1 vertical touches the second "o", else fine.

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