Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil Andrew Lyon congratulates President Roosevelt on his victory and updates him on the situation in Texas. Although the Republican vote was light in Texas, the typically enormous Democratic majority did not exist. When Lyon visits Washington, D.C., he plans to show Roosevelt what the Republican Party was able to accomplish in Texas. He also wants to know when Roosevelt is planning to visit Texas, how much time he plans to spend hunting, and if he would be willing to address two or three meetings in Texas.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-10

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Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil Andrew Lyon forwards Theodore Roosevelt a clipping from R. W. Marshal regarding George Grey’s death following an encounter with a lion.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-01

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil Andrew Lyon tells Frank Harper that Theodore Roosevelt’s stop in Fort Worth, Texas, will now be omitted, due to the people’s hesitance to have him speak early in the morning. The special train will thus go straight to El Paso without stopping in Fort Worth.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-22

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-18

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Recipient

Harper, Frank, 1882-1971

Language

English

When he returns to Texas, Cecil Andrew Lyon will look into arranging for Theodore Roosevelt to speak before the legislature. However, he is not sure if it will be in session.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-03

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil A. Lyon asks Theodore Roosevelt to notify him if they can meet on Monday to discuss the Texas part of Roosevelt’s trip.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-27

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil Andrew Lyon asks President Roosevelt how to instruct the delegates from Texas at the convention. They can either vote directly for Secretary of War William H. Taft, or, if Roosevelt doubts Taft’s nomination, vote for Roosevelt, thus providing his supporters a state to rally around in the event of Taft’s failure.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-18

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Texas Republican National Committee Chairman Lyon is certain that assistant postmaster Frank H. Hitchcock did not direct any southern state Republican committee members to renominate Roosevelt, as the enclosed newspaper article reports. He would like President Roosevelt to personally confirm the article’s account of Roosevelt’s meeting with Hitchcock and Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer about the rumors. Lyon contacted Secretary of War William H. Taft’s campaign manager, Arthur I. Vorys, to confirm that he did not need to worry about Texas Republicans supporting him, provided Roosevelt still endorses Taft.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-14

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Chairman Lyon of the Republican National Convention strategizes with President Roosevelt regarding African Americans. Lyon does not believe that Roosevelt should spend much time trying to attract African American voters.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-21

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil Andrew Lyon, chairman of the Republican State Executive Committee for Texas, sends President Roosevelt a clipping from the Dallas News that contains the Attorney General’s opinion of E. H. R. Green. Lyon is concerned about the “dearth of republican lawyers” and leaving judicial nominations blank in some districts. Lyon refers to Roosevelt’s letter about the interstate commerce commissioner in the area and asks Roosevelt to speak with William Hawley Atwell, Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, before appointing Mr. Cowan. Lyon plans to write Secretary of State William H. Taft, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, and “some of the more prominent senators” about visiting Texas and giving speeches to rally votes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-30

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil Andrew Lyon, chairman of the Texas Republican Committee, wishes to know if Secretary of War Taft will be able to speak at the State Convention in El Paso on August 14. Lyon would appreciate Taft responding by telegram. He would also appreciate Taft not telling others of the invitation should he decline, as Lyon does not want hurt feelings from a second choice speaker.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-12

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil Andrew Lyon, chairman of the Texas Republican Committee, feels that the department erred with its recent post office appointment at Denison as it dealt the party a very severe blow in the state. Pressing business will keep Lyon from being in Washington, D.C., until the 12th or 15th of June. He asks that if any Texas appointments are to be considered contrary to his recommendations, these appointments be deferred until he has the opportunity to voice his concerns and opinions.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-25

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil Andrew Lyon, chairman of the Texas Republican Committee, informs President Roosevelt that the party may wish to nominate for governor J. W. Ownby, the U.S. Attorney of Texas’s Eastern District. Lyon feels Ownby is a strong candidate due to his prestige, oratorical skill, and unique status as a former Democrat. As the nomination would impact the U.S. attorney’s office, however, Lyon wants Roosevelt’s input. Lyon has followed Roosevelt’s suggestion in asking Secretary of War William H. Taft to speak at the Republican state convention in El Paso on August 14, but should Taft decline, he intends to invite Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-12

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil Andrew Lyon tells President Roosevelt the people of the United States will not be happy if he follows through with the Standard Oil plan and the rebates in Kentucky. Lyon praises Roosevelt’s actions in a number of other incidents and events (such as settling the anthracite coal strike, the Panama canal, the Rough Riders, and the Square Deal). Lyon states something must be done to “curb the growing power of money” if the United States wants to avoid incidents like the French Revolution. He believes that Roosevelt is the man to apply such checks on that growing power.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-04

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil Andrew Lyon asks President Roosevelt to not take any adverse action on the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians matter until he can be heard on the subject. Lyon claims the Native Americans are unsatisfied and the Interior Department failed in its objectives.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-15

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil Andrew Lyon asks that William Loeb forward the enclosed letter to President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-15

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Texas Republican Committee Chairman Lyon forwards to President Roosevelt a letter he thinks Roosevelt will find interesting. Lyon also offers his “advanced congratulations on [Roosevelt’s] re-election, which seems absolutely certain.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-26

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil Andrew Lyon reports on the results of the Texas Republican State Convention.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-24

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil Andrew Lyon discusses Texas Republican politics and the selection of Texas delegates for the Republican National Convention.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-15

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Cecil Andrew Lyon asks that President Roosevelt see the enclosure before meeting with Robert Lloyd Smith, Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Texas.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-15

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916