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Hobson, Richmond Pearson, 1870-1937

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Pearson Hobson

President Roosevelt rebukes Richmond Pearson Hobson and Alabama Representative James Thomas Heflin for their comments that amount to inciting assassination of the president. Roosevelt says Hobson and Heflin should realize such language, which is “equivalent to incitement to assassination,” is “deeply discreditable to the man using it.” A handwritten addition says, “File. Do not send.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richmond Pearson Hobson

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Richmond Pearson Hobson in reaction to Hobson’s request for Roosevelt to speak before the Naval Committee. Roosevelt explains why he is unable to do so.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richmond Pearson Hobson

President Roosevelt remembers a private conversation with Alabama Representative Hobson in which they disagreed whether there would be war with Japan. Regardless of who is right in the matter, Roosevelt finds two things clear: that it is the duty of the nation to be prepared for any conflict; and that making “raw, brutal statements” in the press about the matter is the surest way to make trouble. Roosevelt chastises Hobson for deliberately misquoting him to the press, and will protect himself in the future by having no further private conversations with him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richmond Pearson Hobson

Representative Hobson has been quoted as having said in a speech at Denver that President Roosevelt said war was a probability. Roosevelt is sure that Hobson must have been misquoted, as he has never said such a thing, and has told Hobson several times that building a sufficient navy would make war an impossibility. He cautions Hobson against quoting or seeming to quote private conversations that they have had together.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richmond Pearson Hobson

President Roosevelt thanks Senator Hobson for the book, and says he and his sons will read it with interest.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richmond Pearson Hobson

President Roosevelt tells Representative Hobson that he disagrees with many of Congress’s recent actions, including the decision to favor Subic Bay over Manila as the main point of defense in the event of war. Hobson was mistaken to believe that Roosevelt had not endorsed Admiral George Dewey’s report favoring Manila.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevlt to Richmond Pearson Hobson

President Roosevelt has received newspaper clippings from Representative Hobson, and says that they showed “real peace societies.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-07