June 29, 1905
Mrs. Edna K. Hoyt, who is temporarily employed as clerk in the Department of State, may be permanently appointed, without examination under the civil-service rules, with a salary at the rate of $1,200 per annum.
(NOTE) Done at the request of Secretary Hay, who says she is now the best clerk of her class that he has.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Theodore Roosevelt, Executive Order Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/206623