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President Roosevelt has spoken with many members of the Republican National Committee, and plans to speak with several more. Roosevelt also asks Augustus Peabody Gardner to seek assurances from still other members of the Committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-10
President Roosevelt has received a number of recommendations from important politicians and judges advocating for the appointment of Potter C. Sullivan as District Attorney for the Western District of Washington. Given these recommendations Roosevelt would normally do so without hesitation, but has some reservations about Sullivan’s past alcoholism. Roosevelt has decided to appoint Sullivan to the position, but warns that should Sullivan become addicted to drinking again he will have to request his resignation.
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1906-05-15
President Roosevelt thanks Joseph D. Barnes for the Christmas gift, which he received through Washington Senator Levi Ankeny. Roosevelt remembers visiting Walla Walla, Washington, when the black locust trees were in bloom and wishes he could have stayed longer.
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1904-12-23
In a telephone message, Albert J. Beveridge reported on the positions of several Senators regarding the battleship bill, and provided a list of Senators President Roosevelt should speak to about it.
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1908-04-20
State senator Metcalf discusses senatorial candidates and Washington state politics with President of the University of California Wheeler. At Wheeler’s recommendation, Metcalf has been working to build sentiment for Secretary of War William H. Taft as a presidential candidate.
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1907-08-17
Thomas H. Cavanaugh assures President Roosevelt that the delegates attending the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, from the state of Washington will be pledged to vote for Roosevelt as the Republican nominee.
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1904-05-02
Hal J. Cole acknowledges receipt of a telegram from Senator Foster of Washington but cannot accept the position of supervisor of the forest reserve due to the harm done to his reputation by the false charges of impropriety levied by Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock and opposing candidate William H. Ludden and the admission of guilt such an acceptance would imply. Cole thanks Foster and fellow Washington Senator Levi Ankeny for their support but prefers to give up office rather than continue with a party that would harm him and in which the president and secretary are aware of his innocence but decline to act accordingly.
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1904-02-19
Arthur J. Shaw reviews the political situation and Republican party in Washington, which is generally favorable to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-08