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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Edgar Williams for his letter. Roosevelt comments on Williams’ positive report on the campaign in California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-14
Theodore Roosevelt is touched by what California civil servant Edgar Williams tells him about Booker T. Washington. Washington, a friend of Roosevelt’s, died the month prior. Roosevelt suggests that Williams would do well to “follow the lead” of Hiram Johnson, with whom Roosevelt finds himself “in most complete sympathy” regarding Progressivism. In the years following, Roosevelt was no longer a sympathizer of Johnson, his former vice-presidential running mate, who was increasingly an isolationist regarding United States involvement in the World War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-01-19