Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935

President Roosevelt praises William Dudley Foulke and Lucius B. Swift, and says that he does not have any objection to an investigation of whether he has influenced local civil service appointments, so long as the investigation is conducted honestly. He suggests that whoever does the investigation cooperate with the Department of Justice, as Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte is familiar with the topic. Roosevelt also suggests several departments where it may be profitable to begin such an investigation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-25

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has received the various newspaper clippings and editorials that William Dudley Foulke has sent him. He is not concerned with the editorial from the Evening Post, as it is not an important paper, and thinks that it is disingenuous in its support of Charles Evans Hughes. Many of people who Hughes appoints are involved in politics, as are many of Roosevelt’s. Several other papers are similarly dishonest in how they frame their criticisms, and Roosevelt is reluctant to address these statements, especially since, to his mind, he has addressed the issue several years ago in his orders to the Civil Service Commission.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-12

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells William Dudley Foulke that the statement that he has tried to influence the presidential nomination through appointments to state offices is false and malicious. Roosevelt provides a detailed account of appointments he has made in various states as a rebuttal to this accusation. Because there are so many local offices, Roosevelt frequently relies on input from senators, and tries to put the best people in office. The newspapers that have accused him of showing favoritism have either ignored the facts or chosen to not seek them out. Roosevelt gives a particularly thorough look at the appointments he has made in Ohio, the home state of Secretary of War William H. Taft.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-07

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt comments on a quotation that William Dudley Foulke used, and says that there is no contradiction, as Foulke had suggested. Roosevelt says that he has not appointed anyone for the purpose of promoting Secretary of War William H. Taft’s candidacy, but has appointed people in recognition of sentiment for Taft that already existed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-03

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks William Dudley Foulke for the letter, but apologizes for feeling some amusement over the absurdity of the issues that Foulke told him about, namely a supposed effort by Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou to rehabilitate the Knickerbocker Trust Company, and of Roosevelt trying to use public office holders to nominate Secretary of War William H. Taft for president. Roosevelt dismisses both of these allegations, and says that Foulke should challenge the paper that printed them to produce proof.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-19

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt always expects representatives of bank interests to try to discredit him, especially in times of economic depression. He denies Benjamin B. Johnson’s suggestion that Roosevelt secretly supports New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes’s presidential campaign over Secretary of War William H. Taft’s.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-16

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has begun to read “Paul the Deacon” and is delighted to have such a friend as William Dudley Foulke who published the translation. 

(The book Roosevelt refers to is Historia Langobardum – “History of the Lombards”)

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Creation Date

1907-03-29

President Roosevelt assures William Dudley Foulke that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt “have known all thru how deep and sincere the sympathy of you and Mrs. Foulke was.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-14

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt believes the Richmond Item is in error for attacking Representative James E. Watson for his position on the subsidy bill. He would like to meet with William Dudley Foulke to speak about it and other matters.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-14

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt cannot accept William Dudley Foulke’s offer, but invites him to lunch with Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks and himself aboard their train near Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-11

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt confirms receipt of the letter from William Dudley Foulke, but is not sure why he should look further into the matter of Francis Augustus MacNutt. Secretary of State Elihu Root has given him a memorandum containing everything the records show on the matter, and Roosevelt does not feel that he has any reason to “take up a case that was decided ten years ago and with which I have nothing whatever to do.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-03

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt encloses a letter for William Dudley Foulke introducing him to Ambassador Henry White. Roosevelt does not feel that he can write to white about Francis Augustus MacNutt any more, and would prefer to let the matter rest with the note and memorandum by Secretary of State Elihu Root.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-04

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt appreciated receiving the letter from William Dudley Foulke, and took the liberty of forwarding it to Lyman Abbott of the Outlook. Roosevelt expects to be criticized by papers such as the Evening Post, Times, and others, but believes that the Outlook is working towards the same goals as he is, and was disappointed by the lack of support.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-25

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt apologizes to William Dudley Foulke that he has already made all the appointments for 1907. He will review Fechet’s case but does not expect much.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-31

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt hopes William Dudley Foulke will take on the editorship at the Philadelphia Ledger, which would benefit “every one who is interested in decency.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-14

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt expresses his frustration about the matter pertaining to John Lewis Griffiths joining the consular service. Although another Indiana man, John K. Gowdy, is leaving Paris, that does not mean that Griffiths gets to take his place when there are other men in the consular service waiting for promotions. Roosevelt informs William Dudley Foulke he will find a suitable position for Griffiths and promote him to Consul General later, if possible.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-06

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt invites William Dudley Foulke and Mary T. R. Foulke to lunch when they visit Washington, D.C. The president agrees with Foulke’s opinions about the New York Times and the New York Post and their treatment of Roosevelt. The president wants to be able to consult with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about the proposed statue and will send the khaki if she approves.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-17

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks William Dudley Foulke for his work during the campaign and asks when he plans to visit next.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-11

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt thinks William Dudley Foulke’s pamphlet should be “given the widest possible circulation” and suggests newspapers in which to have it published.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

William Loeb provides Julius M. Meyer’s address so that William Dudley Foulke can communicate with Meyer directly. He also encloses a letter to Senator Nathan Bay Scott that President Roosevelt would like Foulke to deliver.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-07

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937