Executive Publicity and Congressional Resistance, 1905-1913

Theodore Roosevelt circumvented Congress and expanded presidential power at the beginning of the 20th century, in part, by using the press to establish executive leadership of public opinion. This article describes how Roosevelt and his chief forester, Gifford Pinchot, launched a crusade in the press for Progressive conservation despite the opposition of congressmen who tried to block the use of publicists by executive agencies. Although Congress forbade the hiring of "publicity experts" in 1913, they were already common in executive agencies

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• Theodore Roosevelt and the Image of Presidential Activism

  David Greenberg•Social research•2011

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• The Letters of Theodore Roosevelt

  Elting E Morison•The Letters of Theodore Roosevelt•1954

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• The Letters of Theodore Roosevelt

  Henry Wilkinson Bragdon, Elting E Morison et al.•The New England Quarterly•1952

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• Gifford Pinchot, Forester-Politician

  Samuel P Hays, M Nelson Mcgeary et al.•The Mississippi Valley Historical…•1961

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• Presidential Leadership of Public Opinion

  Ned V Joy, Elmer E Cornwell•The Western Political Quarterly•1965

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• Presidential Leadership of Public Opinion

  Walter Johnson, Elmer E Cornwell•The Journal of Southern History•1965

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• Progressive Politics and Conservation

  James T Patterson, James Penick et al.•The Journal of Southern History•1968

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