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Frank S. Roberts has been appointed district judge of the twenty-second judicial district of Texas. Roberts is a native Texan who joined Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders and then attended law school in Indiana. He returned to Texas to practice law and was quickly elected country attorney. Roberts has impressively risen from janitor to lawyer to district judge in seven years.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-04
C. P. Connolly expresses his desire to be employed as President Roosevelt’s private secretary and asks William Allen White for his opinion. Connolly states his qualifications as a stenographer, court reporter, general secretary, and lawyer, and details his extensive professional experience and previous employment in New York and Montana. He knows men of prominence and is confident he can get letters of recommendation from them. Hoping there is a chance that Roosevelt will consider his application, Connolly is grateful for any assistance that White can offer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-08