Elections--Public opinion

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Walter H. Foster for the letter and is sure Foster will understand that it is better for him not to comment on “the Massachusetts situation.” Roosevelt also asserts that the Progressives must give up the idea of running him for the presidency again. The most important thing is to get a “thoroughly good man upon whom the anti-Democratic sentiment can unite” as President Woodrow Wilson is, in Roosevelt’s eyes, “one of the worst Presidents we have ever had.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1915-10-25

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt informs Walter H. Foster that Charles Sumner Bird will not consider running for office. Roosevelt accepts this decision as final and thus will not publicly comment on it. Roosevelt feels it best that he stay out of the political arena, remarking that the only state in which the Progressives won in the last year was California where Roosevelt did not enter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1915-07-08

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed Eric Fisher Wood’s book on military preparedness. He also is concerned about the present election and believes that Republicans are making the nation believe that they have to choose between Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan. Roosevelt writes that Bryan is “too silly” to be the “real danger to us,” but Wilson is the real danger.

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1916-02-04

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt agrees with Edward J. Sullivan that the “contest in New York is far more important than any merely partisan contest” and sends his letter to Representative Herbert Parsons.

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1906-10-16

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is glad to hear William Emlen Roosevelt “feels encouraged by the New York campaign,” but shares the worries felt by President of Columbia University Nicholas Murray Butler who believes defeat is likely unless “a great deal more interest than at present is taken in the matter.” Roosevelt has also told the Whitakers they can use his name. 

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1906-10-16

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt informs Lieutenant Governor of New York and New York Republican State Committee Chairman Woodruff that he has sent a letter to former New York Attorney General John Clay Davies. Roosevelt does not know New York businessman John Warne Gates, and wishing to stay out of controversies asks if someone else can approach him. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1906-10-06

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt wants the opinion of Chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee Sherman about whether Secretary of State Elihu Root would be useful in helping with the campaign of Republican candidate for Governor of New York Charles Evans Hughes. Roosevelt shares his hopes and worries for the upcoming state and congressional elections.

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1906-10-03

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt sends Robert J. Collier copies of two letters that he received from the correspondent of the Kansas City Star from Missouri. Roosevelt’s letters to Collier are being used by Samuel Hopkins Adams to try to harm Roosevelt during the final moments of the campaign. Roosevelt states that he is in favor of the Republican ticket in Missouri, as he is in every state, but never made a comparison between the Republican candidate Joseph Wingate Folk and his opponent Cyrus Packard Walbridge. He asks that Collier keep the matter to himself, as someone, whether Adams or someone else, apparently hopes to influence the election in Missouri, as well as the presidential election itself.

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1904-10-29

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt read in the papers that Charles William Eliot was supporting him in the election and hopes that it is true. Senator Winthrop Murray Crane also told Roosevelt that Eliot plans to support him. Roosevelt invites Eliot to spend the night in the White House and wants to introduce him to William H. Taft so that they can talk about the Philippines.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1904-10-19

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

John Callan O’Laughlin provides President Roosevelt with an update on how he believes things stand regarding the Republican candidates for president for the 1908 election. He believes that Secretary of War William H. Taft is the choice of eastern Republicans–buoyed largely because of Roosevelt’s support–but provides a state-by-state breakdown of popular and governmental sentiment. O’Laughlin will cover the Midwest and the South soon.

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1908-02-17

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O'Laughlin, John Callan, 1873-1949

An impression has been circulating through newspapers and among the people that implies that Theodore Roosevelt and William Randolph Hearst are “practically on the same platform.” Riis is very upset that this idea seems to be gaining traction, and implores Roosevelt to speak to the people and show them that they “are being misled to their own and the country’s hurt.”

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1906-10-26

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Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914

William W. Cocks informs William Loeb of the outcome of the Republican State Committee elections in New York. Cocks remarks that Timothy L. Woodruff “went altogether too far” in suggesting that President Roosevelt demanded Townsend Scudder’s nomination for the New York State Supreme Court. As the Scudder affair may “cost us some votes in Nassau County” and even impact the electability of Charles Evans Hughes for governor, Cocks thinks that Roosevelt should clarify his position on the matter to the Republicans of the state.

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1906-10-19

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Cocks, William W., 1861-1932

Senator Lodge feels that President Roosevelt’s denunciations of demagogues and agitators are often subsumed by his denunciations of trusts, and urges Roosevelt to pay attention to both in the upcoming elections. The question is how to defeat them without making the public feel they are just as dangerous as the demagogues. As an example, Lodge mentions General Stephen Minot Weld, who is the kind of man they depend on for support and who they do not want to frighten into thinking, rightly or wrongly, that they are as extreme as the Hearsts and Morans are.

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1906-10-13

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Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Father McLoughlin praises President Roosevelt and says that he will vote for him in the upcoming election, although he is a Democrat. McLoughlin also encourages his parishioners to vote for him and feels that there is strong support for Roosevelt among Catholics.

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1904-08-27

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McLoughlin, Thomas P. (Thomas Patrick), 1860-1913

John A. McCall writes President Roosevelt praising his career and administration and promising to vote for him in the upcoming elections.

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1904-08-25

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McCall, John A. (John Augustine), 1849-1906

The writer discusses a recent gathering of Michigan republicans in Grand Rapids. At the luncheon, speakers discussed the dangers of re-nominating President William Howard Taft and praised the political methods of Theodore Roosevelt.

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1911-10-07

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Unknown

The article states that Truman H. Newsberry will likely be a delegate from Michigan in this next republican national convention because voters want him to swing the state for Theodore Roosevelt. The Michigan public believe that William H. Taft is a weak leader.

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Creation Date

1911-10-07

Charles J. Bonaparte comments on how Maryland will vote in the upcoming presidential election between President Roosevelt and judge Alton B. Parker. Bonaparte believes the race will come down to the success of the Democratic managers in manipulating the vote totals and the attitudes of independent Democrats. Bonaparte himself believes that Maryland should vote for Roosevelt, as Parker’s campaign is working with Senator Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland and former New York Governor David B. Hill, and will be beholden to them as his “twin sponsors.” There has been much more natural support for Roosevelt from independent factions than there has been for Parker.

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1904-09-28

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Unknown

Charles Fletcher Lummis begins by discussing his opinion on Prohibition and then continues on to discuss his problem with President Roosevelt interfering in Spanish-American countries.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-15

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Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

Abram M. Tillman requests permission from President Roosevelt to let Tennessee office holders know who among them Roosevelt wishes to have appointed as delegates to the Republican National Convention.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1903-12-19

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Tillman, Abram M. (Abram Martin), 1863-1943