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President Roosevelt thanks Solicitor General Hoyt for the high quality of his service during Roosevelt’s administration. If there had been a chance to put a judge from New York or Pennsylvania on the Supreme Court during Roosevelt’s tenure, he would have wished to appoint Hoyt.
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1909-01-06
President Roosevelt appoints Solicitor General Hoyt to the Central Committee of the National Red Cross as the representative of the Department of Justice.
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1908-12-03
President Roosevelt appoints Solicitor-General Hoyt as the Justice Department’s representative on the Central Committee on the National Red Cross.
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1908-10-30
President Roosevelt directs Acting Attorney General Hoyt to appoint four deputy marshals as requested by Marshal Eugene Nolte to maintain control along the United States border with Mexico.
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1908-08-05
President Roosevelt is deeply pleased with what Solicitor General Hoyt has said.
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1906-10-05
William Loeb, acting on the direction of President Roosevelt, acknowledges the receipt of papers from Acting Attorney General Hoyt concerning an application for a pardon, and encloses a copy of the letter Roosevelt sent to Puerto Rico Governor Beekman Winthrop transmitting those same papers.
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1906-07-27
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1905-07-26
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
President Roosevelt has read the letter from Henry Martyn Hoyt and knows something of the nature of the Surleys. Roosevelt believes it would be an outrage to pardon them or commute their sentences, and believes they should serve their full term of imprisonment. He declines to pardon them.
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1904-11-05
President Roosevelt has read the report on the charges made by Seymour Wilcox Tulloch from Charles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad. The report should be brought to the attention of Postmaster General Henry C. Payne and Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, who are to provide their views on the report’s conclusions.
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1903-09-15
Judge Robb tells Solicitor General Hoyt that Francis J. Heney’s telegram does not add anything to a letter from William C. Bristol, and Robb is not satisfied with Bristol’s explanations.
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1906-03-16
William C. Bristol assures Henry Martyn Hoyt that his wire has been received. Bristol will respond immediately. This is likely with reference to Bristol’s withdrawn nomination as district attorney, pending a land fraud investigation.
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1906-02-06
Francis J. Heney informs Henry Martyn Hoyt that Thomas B. Neuhausen of the Interior Department investigated William C. Bristol. Neuhausen reports that Bristol’s conduct is not questionable. Additionally, Judge Cotton and attorney Joseph Nathan Teal have given statements exonerating Bristol. Neuhausen will send the report to Hoyt.
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1906-02-07