Butler, Edward Hubert, 1850-1914

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1899-02-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Butler, Edward Hubert, 1850-1914

President Roosevelt remembers the Williams, now Butler, House in Buffalo, and hopes to visit again with Edward Hubert Butler as host. He thanks Butler for sending the telegram about the Erie County election results.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-03

President Roosevelt thanks Edward Hubert Butler for the telegram.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-19

William Loeb sends Edward Hubert Butler the letter of introduction that he requested, and hopes that he has a pleasant trip.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-31

President Roosevelt thanks Edward Hubert Butler for the telegram. He says since they won so many seats in the House of Representatives, they “need not feel badly over shortcomings in the vote here and there.” He believes the few Republican leaders who did not support New York Governor-elect Charles Evans Hughes did so because of Hughes’s honesty and courage.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-07

President Roosevelt is concerned by what Edward Hubert Butler tells him. He tells Butler that there is another matter he is looking into about Lyman Metcalfe Bass. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-20

President Roosevelt asks Edward Hubert Butler, editor of the Buffalo Evening News, if he received his letter about Lyman Metcalfe Bass and if he plans to write Senator Thomas Collier Platt. Roosevelt believes that Charles Evans Hughes will be successful in the race for Governor of New York. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-11

President Roosevelt asks Edward Hubert Butler, editor of the Buffalo Evening News, when the resignation of Attorney for the Western District of New York Charles H. Brown ought to happen. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-13

President Roosevelt asks Edward Hubert Butler, editor of the Buffalo Evening News, if he has written Senator Thomas Collier Platt about Buffalo lawyer, Lyman Metcalfe Bass. Roosevelt plans to appoint Bass as United States District Attorney for the Western District of New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-08

President Roosevelt tells Edward Hubert Butler that it is impossible for him to schedule any engagements this year, both because he is already overbooked, and if he accepted any invitations he would be obliged to accept all of them. Roosevelt comments that if the consensus in new York is to appoint Timothy L. Woodruff as Republican State Committee Chairman in New York, that that is satisfactory to him, but he feels that he cannot take part in the decision.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-07

Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Edward Hubert Butler’s letter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-12

President Roosevelt believes that, as long as all of the Republican nominees at every level are “of the highest type,” they will be victorious. Roosevelt anticipates renewed Democratic activity and pretensions, but Alton B. Parker will not be enough for a Democratic revival.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-08

President Roosevelt thanks Edward Hubert Butler for his telegram and “unvarying kindness.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-24

President Roosevelt appreciated Edward Hubert Butler’s editorial on the accomplishments of his administration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-07

President Roosevelt thanks Edward Hubert Butler for the first-class editorial.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-28

Since Edward Hubert Butler will be in town for the editor meeting, President Roosevelt invites him to the Congressional reception followed by dinner.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-09