Political responses and campaigns for banking reform following the panic (1907–1909)

1. Roosevelt urges emergency currency and oversight

   Dec 3, 1907Labels: Theodore Roosevelt, Emergency currency

   • Miller Center
   • Fed History

2. Democrats frame panic as Wall Street problem

   Feb 1, 1908Labels: Democratic Party, Wall Street

   • Taylor Francis
   • Fed History

3. Congress advances a stopgap emergency currency bill

   Apr 20, 1908Labels: Congress, Stopgap bill

   • Aldrich Vreeland
   • Cato

4. House passes Aldrich–Vreeland bill amid party split

   May 14, 1908Labels: House of, Aldrich Vreeland

   • Aldrich Vreeland

5. Senate approves emergency currency and commission plan

   May 29, 1908Labels: Senate, Emergency currency

   • Aldrich Vreeland
   • Fed History

6. Roosevelt signs Aldrich–Vreeland Act

   May 30, 1908Labels: Theodore Roosevelt, Aldrich Vreeland

   • Fed History
   • Aldrich Vreeland

7. Democratic platform backs deposit guarantee and federal emergency currency

   Jul 7, 1908Labels: Democratic Platform, Deposit guarantee

   • Platform 1908
   • Taylor Francis

8. National Monetary Commission holds first meeting

   Jul 22, 1908Labels: National Monetary, Narragansett Pier

   • Aldrich Papers
   • Cato

9. Roosevelt’s 1908 message highlights commission’s role

   Dec 8, 1908Labels: Theodore Roosevelt, Currency Commission

   • State Dept
   • Fed Beginnings

10. Taft takes office as reform debate continues

    Mar 4, 1909Labels: William Howard, Presidential transition

    • Taft Inauguration
    • Fed Beginnings

11. Commission expands investigations into foreign banking models

    Jun 1, 1909Labels: National Monetary, Foreign banking

    • Fed Jekyll
    • NMC

12. 1907–1909 reform campaigns solidify two rival approaches

    Dec 31, 1909Labels: Reform campaigns, Aldrich Vreeland

    • Taylor Francis
    • Fed History