# Elihu Root — Recollections of Full Years character guide

> Elihu Root in Recollections of Full Years by Helen Herron Taft.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Root, Root, Secretary Root

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-to-the-philippines

## Who they are

U.S. Secretary of War who oversaw Philippine policy.

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