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Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Redfield Proctor

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Redfield Proctor

President Roosevelt tells Senator Proctor that he could not ask General James Franklin Bell to waive his claim yet again, and the War Department felt like Brigadier General Stephen Perry Jocelyn’s promotion a few months ago was adequate. Roosevelt apologizes but notes that General William Spencer McCaskey and Bell would each have to be considered for a promotion before Jocelyn.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Redfield Proctor

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Redfield Proctor

President Roosevelt informs Vermont Senator Proctor that while he believes James A. Smith is “a man of excellent standing,” he should not have had his cousin, J. Pierpont Morgan, intervene on his behalf for a promotion. Further, Roosevelt chides Proctor for claiming Smith was not from Vermont, noting that letters between Morgan and Proctor and to Secretary of State Elihu Root clearly state he is from Vermont.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Redfield Proctor

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Redfield Proctor

President Roosevelt explains to Senator Proctor that Vermont has a disproportionately high representation in the State Department. Roosevelt emphasizes that he, Secretary of State Elihu Root, and Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon consider many men in order to find the right person for a recently filled Consul General position in Boma.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Redfield Proctor

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Redfield Proctor

President Roosevelt was astounded by Senator Proctor’s assertion that Vermont has had few patronage appointments in his administration. Roosevelt argues that, on the contrary, Vermont has many times her proper proportion of appointments. If he were to make any geographic distinction when considering the circuit judgeship, he would give the appointment to Connecticut.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Redfield Proctor

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Redfield Proctor

President Roosevelt was interested to hear about Senator Proctor’s grandson’s hunting. He was somewhat concerned by Proctor’s news of the political attacks on his son, Fletcher D. Proctor, who is running for governor of Vermont. Roosevelt did not think he would face much opposition, and feels that “it will indeed be a bad business if anything should go wrong in Vermont.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Redfield Proctor

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Redfield Proctor

President Roosevelt comments to Senator Proctor that he has not felt as strongly about the point that Proctor mentioned as the people championing the other side of the argument, and says that his “object is to be sure that the inspection is complete.” He presents several options for providing funding of governmental inspection of meat packinghouses, and believes that any of the methods would work. He does not want to keep seeming to interfere with Congress, and has been trying to keep out of its business.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919