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Letter from Thomas Goode Jones to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Thomas Goode Jones to Theodore Roosevelt

Judge Jones writes to President Roosevelt concerning a piece of legislation before the House Judicial Committee that would reapportion judicial districts in Alabama, causing Jones to lose some of the territory over which he currently has jurisdiction. Jones is unable to speak before the Committee in person and has learned of a plot to shorten the time he would have to respond to the bill in writing. Jones asks Roosevelt to ensure there will be enough time to make a reply.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-04

Letter from Herbert S. Hadley to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Herbert S. Hadley to Theodore Roosevelt

Govern Hadley appreciates Theodore Roosevelt’s invitation to visit Oyster Bay, New York and may be able to visit in September when he is attending the Governors’ Conference in New Jersey. Hadley has been assured by several Republican senators that the provision in the Congressional Apportionment Bill preventing the use of the initiative and referendum will be amended. Conditions in Missouri continue to favor the Republican Party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-21

Letter from Herbert S. Hadley to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Herbert S. Hadley to Theodore Roosevelt

The House of Representatives has passed a bill providing for the basis of representation in Congress according to the 1910 census. The Democratic representatives from Missouri inserted a provision into this bill that gave the duty of redistricting to the state legislatures. Governor Hadley believes that this was done to prevent redistricting through the initiative and referendum which was recently added to the Missouri Constitution. In recent elections, the Republicans have been very successful in Missouri but the Democrats maintain undue influence through gerrymandered districts. Hadley requests Theodore Roosevelt’s help to remove the redistricting by state legislatures from the Senate version of the bill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-10

Letter from Herbert Parsons to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Herbert Parsons to Theodore Roosevelt

Herbert Parsons met with Postmaster Cortelyou to go over suggestions forwarded to the Republican gubernatorial candidate in New York, Charles Evans Hughes, most of which had to do with antisemitism in newspapers of Democratic candidate William Randolph Hearst. Parsons was also part of the Judiciary Convention which nominated Otto Rosalasky while taking the rest of the Judiciary Nominator’s ticket. Parsons urges Roosevelt to endorse James L. Wells as a candidate to represent the Bronx.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-11

Reapportionment by governor upheld

Reapportionment by governor upheld

A newspaper article providing the full judicial opinion of Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico Ira A. Abbot. Abbott “sustains the action of Governor Herbert J. Hagerman in making a reapportionment of the territory for legislative representation.” Mayor of Santa Fe Thomas Benton Catron, plaintiff, opposed the reapportionment as it diminished his share of representation. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-16