[Dinner invitation] Vice President [Curtis] and Mrs. Gann, [1930] : to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
1930
MSS L1241.51
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Title
[Dinner invitation] Vice President [Curtis] and Mrs. Gann, [1930] : to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
Published
[Washington, D.C.] [1930]
Language
English
Description
[1] p. ; 12 cm x 14 cm
Call Number
MSS L1241.51
Note
Dinner invitation from Vice President [Curtis] and Mr. and Mrs. Gann to the Andersons for a dinner to be held Saturday evening, January 4th, [1930].
"Regretted" is written in pencil on the upper left corner of the invitation.
Dolly Gann was the sister of Vice President Charles Curtis. The Vice President lived with Mr. and Mrs. Gann in a suite in the Mayflower Hotel and as he was a widower, Gann acted as official hostess for her brother. However, a major Washington social scandal begin when Curtis and the Ganns insisted the Mrs. Gann be given the official precedence at state events that would have belonged to the wife of the Vice President. This broke with Washington society protocol which stated that an official hostess could only be the wife of an official. In particular, some officials in the State department felt that Mrs. Gann should be rank below the members of the foreign service and their wives.
Subsequently a supposed fued began between the Ganns and Alice Roosevelt Longworth who many believed should have precedent over Mrs. Gann at official events as Longworth was the wife of Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth. The scandal was widely covered in local and national newspapers and seriously weakened the credibility of the Vice President. Many members of Washington society snubbed the Ganns and seperate events were held in many cases to avoid inviting both the Ganns and the Longworths to a single event.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth was the daughter of Teddy Roosevelt and wife of Nicholas Longworth, Larz Anderson's second cousin. The Andersons hosted a dinner in April 1929 to which Mrs. Gann was invited but as there were no wives of ambassadors or ministers invited, the event avoided the question of the proper etiquette for precedence.
Alexander Ferguson Anderson collection.
"Regretted" is written in pencil on the upper left corner of the invitation.
Dolly Gann was the sister of Vice President Charles Curtis. The Vice President lived with Mr. and Mrs. Gann in a suite in the Mayflower Hotel and as he was a widower, Gann acted as official hostess for her brother. However, a major Washington social scandal begin when Curtis and the Ganns insisted the Mrs. Gann be given the official precedence at state events that would have belonged to the wife of the Vice President. This broke with Washington society protocol which stated that an official hostess could only be the wife of an official. In particular, some officials in the State department felt that Mrs. Gann should be rank below the members of the foreign service and their wives.
Subsequently a supposed fued began between the Ganns and Alice Roosevelt Longworth who many believed should have precedent over Mrs. Gann at official events as Longworth was the wife of Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth. The scandal was widely covered in local and national newspapers and seriously weakened the credibility of the Vice President. Many members of Washington society snubbed the Ganns and seperate events were held in many cases to avoid inviting both the Ganns and the Longworths to a single event.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth was the daughter of Teddy Roosevelt and wife of Nicholas Longworth, Larz Anderson's second cousin. The Andersons hosted a dinner in April 1929 to which Mrs. Gann was invited but as there were no wives of ambassadors or ministers invited, the event avoided the question of the proper etiquette for precedence.
Alexander Ferguson Anderson collection.
Indexed In
Mark O. Hatfield, with the Senate Historical Office, Vice Presidents of the United States, 1789-1993 (Washington: U.S. Govt. Printing Office, 1997).
"Gann, Edward Everett." Who's who in America (Chicago: A.N. Marquis Company, 1943).
"Gann, Edward Everett." Who's who in America (Chicago: A.N. Marquis Company, 1943).
Source of Acquisition
L1241.51
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