Amidon, Charles Fremont, 1856-1937

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-02-16

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Amidon, Charles Fremont, 1856-1937

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Judge Amidon for his comments about Alexander McKenzie and the Constitution. Roosevelt states that he will probably use Amidon’s letter as the basis of a speech

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-13

Theodore Roosevelt writes to say how pleased he was to receive Charles Fremont Amidon’s telegram.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-26

Theodore Roosevelt says that Judge Amidon’s articles in The Outlook, along with a book by Mr. Alger, were some of the chief things that drew his attention to defects in the American judicial system.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-18

Theodore Roosevelt writes about the polar extremes in politics using Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, and others as examples.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-12-30

Theodore Roosevelt wishes a judge of Judge Amidon’s “breadth of view” had presided over his libel suit. More evidence would have been admitted against William Barnes and the jury would probably have been unanimous. Regarding the Lusitania, Roosevelt believes that President Wilson has failed in “performing national and international duty in a world crisis.” Wilson should have acted earlier and the time for thought and words has passed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-05-29

President Roosevelt says he will send Judge Amidon the volume containing the speeches once it comes out. He is also interested in some of the suggestions Amidon has made about the railways.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-13

President Roosevelt asks Judge Amidon for his opinion of John C. Pollock’s suitability for a position in Washington, to which Senator Henry Clay Hansbrough would like to appoint him. Roosevelt wants someone who will work to disrupt, not avoid, wrongdoing.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-13

President Roosevelt tells Judge Amidon that he believes Amidon’s recent article in the Outlook was vitally needed, and that Amidon has “rendered a striking public service.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-17

Theodore Roosevelt thinks that a man should be allowed to be President as many times as the people will elect him, but only if there are Presidential primaries and acts against corrupt practices and against office holders doing any more than voting. Additionally, Roosevelt thinks that the principle of the recall should be applied to the Presidency.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-30