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Allison, John, 1845-1920

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Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

John Allison has been receiving treatment for an abscess in his ear, but is beginning to do better. He praises Theodore Roosevelt’s open letter to Chairman Clapp. Allison looks forward to seeing Roosevelt when he travels to Tennessee in the near future, and suggests State Senator John Houk as a candidate to introduce Roosevelt at Knoxville, Tennessee, noting that he “has been a ‘wheelhorse’ for Roosevelt in Tennessee.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-09-05

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

John Allison describes his military career to President Roosevelt and concludes that he cannot accept the Vicksburg Park Commission, as he did not serve there. However, he would like to be appointed to a commission he can legally accept. Allison also offers his view on how Secretary of War William H. Taft might unite the Tennessee Republican Party after he secures the nomination for president.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-05

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

John Allison warns President Roosevelt of some “clouds … in the political skies.” Allison predicts that several states will send delegates to the Republican Convention for Roosevelt rather than the currently existing field, and he thinks that there are many districts that William H. Taft will not be able to carry. He recognizes Roosevelt’s delicate position, and thinks that no matter what happens to Roosevelt in the election he is a winner. Allison advises Roosevelt to not speak any more on potential delegates, as it is a State’s rights question. He also comments on the state of the Republican Party in Tennessee, and advises Roosevelt to not put anyone from Tennessee on the ticket for Vice President. He hopes Alice Roosevelt Longworth recovers from her operation quickly.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-12

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

John Allison thanks President Roosevelt for his letter to his daughter, Emma V. Allison, who is ill. The letter brightened her mood considerably. Allison hopes, if Roosevelt is nominated for president in 1908, that not only is he elected, but that he receives the electoral vote of Tennessee. Allison provides a report on the Republican Party of Tennessee, calling it a “seething bed of factionalism” which has lost much of its power. Someone high up in the party should discipline the leaders in Tennessee. Allison explains how he would go about that if he were the one to do it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-25

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

Judge Allison remarks that President Roosevelt impresses everyone, including children. His daughter, Emma V. Allison, met Roosevelt on a previous occasion. Recently, while recovering from appendix surgery, she asked if Allison informed Roosevelt of her illness. Upon hearing he had not, she replied, “Well I want you to, for I know he would be sorry for me.” Emma is doing well. Allison knows the country will thank Roosevelt for his response to the current money situation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-18

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

John Allison is interested in filling the recent vacancy in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, or an opening in the Court of Claims. He is qualified for the position and views it as a promotion from his current job, which does not pay sufficiently. Even though he is a Southern Democrat, Allison will not act against President Roosevelt’s plans.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-13

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

John Allison encloses a letter to the editor from the Nashville Banner for President Roosevelt to read. Allison tells Roosevelt that this communication verifies what he wrote in a letter to William Loeb. Allison believes that racial traits define how African Americans act when they protect other members of their race from what Allison describes as “lawful” punishment. He says that an African American clergyman, J.A. Jones, admitted this. Allison cannot remember a time when an African American denounced or condemned the criminal acts of another African American. He says while mob violence is sometimes “winked” at by the community and (police) officers, “it is condemned by the White pulpit in the South, almost all of the newspapers of influence, and by public meetings of the White population.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-24