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President Roosevelt admires Archbishop John Ireland but warns Ambassador Storer against advocating for Ireland’s cardinalship. In the popular mind it is impossible to separate what Roosevelt says as president from what he says as an individual. As such, he cannot interfere for or against the advancement of any man in any church.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-27
President Roosevelt denies ever recommending anyone for cardinal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-23
President Roosevelt concedes that in the past he may have said he would like to see Archbishop Ireland as a Cardinal but denies even alluding to the subject while President.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-22
Cardinal Merry del Val tells Maria Longworth Storer there will be no new American cardinal selected in the next consistory, which is a formal meeting of the Sacred College of Cardinals.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-23
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw sends a copy of one of his letters rebuking Claudius Buchanan Spencer for inquiring about the veracity of a rumor claiming President Roosevelt asked Pope Leo XIII to make Bishop John Ireland a cardinal. In his defense, Spencer did not believe the rumor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-19