Charles William Anderson (April 28, 1866 – January 28, 1938) was a Republican Party political organizer who served as Collector of Revenue in New York City.[1][2][3] He was appointed by U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt who dined with Booker T. Washington at the White House weeks into his presidency and noted his intention to make a prominent appointment of an African American to an office in his home state.[4]
He was born in Oxford, Ohio. He became a Republican Party political organizer in New York City.[5]
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him in 1905 to the Revenue position in New York City succeeding Charles H. Treat.[6] U.S. President Woodrow Wilson removed him and other African Americans from their posts. Warren G. Harding appointed him to another Revenue post.[5]
In January 1908, Roosevelt wrote him a note thanking him for a favorable speech he gave.[7]
He married Emma Lee Bonaparte.[8] He held various roles in official ceremonies and was a member of several cultural institutions.[8]
He dies January 28, 1938 at his home in Harlem in New York from pneumonia.[9][10]
^"Charles William Anderson (1866-1938) •". November 14, 2011.
^"President Will Name Negro For Office Here; Charles W. Anderson to be Collector of Internal Revenue". The New York Times. March 5, 1905. p. 7.
^"Hon. W. T. Vernon, Register of the United States Treasury; Hon. Henry W. Furniss, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Haiti; Hon. Charles W. Anderson, Collector of Internal Revenue, New York City; Hon. Robert Smalls, Collector of Customs, Beaufort, S. C." NYPL Digital Collections.
^"Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter African American | Raab Collection".
^ ab"CHARLES WILLIAM ANDERSON 1866-1938 - We Africa Preview". CHARLES WILLIAM ANDERSON 1866-1938 - We Africa Preview.
^"TR Center - Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Collier Platt". www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org.
^"TR Center - ImageViewer".
^ abMather, Frank Lincoln (November 14, 1915). "Who's who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent ; Vol. 1" – via Google Books.
^"Obituary for Charles W. Anderson". Chicago Tribune. 29 January 1938. p. 12. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
^"Obituary for CHARLES W. ANDERSON". Daily News. 31 January 1938. p. 127. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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