Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to T. Jefferson Coolidge
Subject(s): Foraker, Joseph Benson, 1846-1917, Georgia, Lyons, Judson Whitlocke, 1860?-1924, Presidents--Nomination, Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), Southern States, Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
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President Roosevelt comments to T. Jefferson Coolidge on the nomination of William H. Taft as Republican candidate for president. Roosevelt is glad to hear that Coolidge supports Taft’s nomination, but is sorry to say that he believes that the forces who oppose Taft will go to great measures to deny him the nomination. He thinks that the anti-Taft forces will particularly try to control Southern delegates. Joseph Benson Foraker has appealed to Judson Whitlocke Lyons, the National Committeeman from Georgia, using the Brownsville incident. Roosevelt asks Coolidge if he could use his connections to appeal to Lyons’s friends to ask Lyons to stand honorably on the questions.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-08
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Coolidge, T. Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson), 1863-1912
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to T. Jefferson Coolidge. [February 8, 1908]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o201558. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to T. Jefferson Coolidge. [8 Feb. 1908]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 27, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o201558.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1908, February 8]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to T. Jefferson Coolidge.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o201558.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 27, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
