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Letter from Ralph D. Harbison to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Ralph D. Harbison to Theodore Roosevelt

Ralph D. Harbison assures Theodore Roosevelt that he can win the Republican nomination as a Progressive candidate. Roosevelt can still win and President Taft will be defeated worse than when Horace Greeley ran for President because Roosevelt will certainly receive the vote of every progressive. Harbison’s only advice is that Roosevelt not include the word “reform” in the name of his new party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-08

Creator(s)

Harbison, Ralph D.

Letter from Ralph Harbison to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Ralph Harbison to Theodore Roosevelt

Ralph D. Harbison writes to Theodore Roosevelt confident that if Roosevelt receives the Republican nomination, that he will easily carry Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Arkansas. Harbison travels to those states regularly and talked to many people there who said they would vote for Roosevelt if he earns the nomination. President Taft is clueless as to the sentiment of the people and his friends are not brave enough to tell him. Harbison will write to Roosevelt on March 5, 1913, reminding him of when he predicted his victory.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-02-13

Creator(s)

Harbison, Ralph D.