Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles W. Fairbanks
President Roosevelt congratulates Senator Fairbanks on his speech.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1904-08-05
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President Roosevelt congratulates Senator Fairbanks on his speech.
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1904-08-05
President Roosevelt would like to appoint the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture from New York. If this is not possible, he would like to make the appointment from Indiana. Roosevelt asks Charles W. Fairbanks about Aaron Jones for this position.
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1904-08-01
Theodore Roosevelt believes that Charles W. Fairbanks “having looked into the matter will in itself be a good thing.”
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1904-07-26
President Roosevelt invites Senator Fairbanks to Oyster Bay to go over Roosevelt’s acceptance speech.
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1904-06-28
President Roosevelt congratulates Senator Fairbanks on his nomination and thanks him for accepting the Vice-Presidential candidacy. Roosevelt stresses that Fairbanks was the “man above all others” to assume the role. He elaborates on the importance of the position, as five times the nation has had the Vice-President assume the Presidency.
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1904-06-24
President Roosevelt congratulates Senator Fairbanks on his nomination for Vice-President.
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1904-06-23
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Fairbanks for the letter.
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1904-05-09
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Fairbanks and is pleased the committee took action.
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1904-03-05
President Roosevelt had several matters to discuss with Senator Fairbanks, but Senator Beveridge had been waiting and Roosevelt felt he needed to see him. Roosevelt appreciated the telegram regarding the endorsement from the 12th district convention.
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1904-02-17
Mr. Shoemaker is first-class and President Roosevelt will give him an appointment if possible. However, there are several candidates ahead of Shoemaker on the list that must be considered.
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1904-01-20
There must be an extra session of Congress in order to adopt the Cuban treaty, which will lapse unless the legislation is passed by December 1.
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1903-08-10
President Roosevelt would like to discuss the matter with Charles W. Fairbanks.
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1903-05-19
President Roosevelt is pleased with Senator Fairbanks’s success at passing the legislation to “expedite the trial of cases under the anti-trust law.”
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1903-02-04
President Roosevelt would like Senator Fairbanks to press for Philander C. Knox’s bill in order to expedite the hearings under the Sherman Act.
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1903-01-19
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1898-01-18
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1898-01-11
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf responds to a resolution requiring his department to furnish the Senate with all documents related to his investigation of Japanese students attending public schools in San Francisco. Metcalf states that the investigation was undertaken under the authority and as the representative of President Roosevelt and not in his capacity as Secretary of Commerce and Labor. The documents, therefore, are now under the custody and control of Roosevelt, to whom Metcalf has forwarded a copy of this letter.
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1906-12-06
James Goodrich states the committee passed a resolution endorsing President Roosevelt.
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1904-03-04
Elmer Longard tells Senator Fairbanks, “Instructions were adopted as suggested.”
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1904-02-16