Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Dudley Foulke
Subject(s): Cannon, Joseph Gurney, 1836-1926, Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.), Employee selection, Fairbanks, Charles W. (Charles Warren), 1852-1918, Oklahoma, Porter, Grosvenor A., 1888-1948, Presidents--Nomination, Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930, United States. Congress. Senate
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President Roosevelt thanks William Dudley Foulke for the letter and clippings, and appreciated the speech that Foulke made. Roosevelt did his best to have Grosvenor A. Porter, a supporter of Secretary of War William H. Taft, appointed, but the Senate refused to confirm him. The article by the Indianapolis News is ironic, then, because it claims that by rejecting Porter, the Senate allowed Roosevelt to appoint someone who turned over the delegation to Taft. Roosevelt thinks this is funny, because it frames the situation as one in which the supporters of Joseph Gurney Cannon and Charles W. Fairbanks acted against Roosevelt’s wishes to appoint someone in favor of Taft.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-03-12
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935
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 William Dudley Foulke. [March 12, 1908]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o201959. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Dudley Foulke. [12 Mar. 1908]. Multi-image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 2, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o201959.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.: , [1908, March 12]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Dudley Foulke. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o201959.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. 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 Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 2, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
