Elections

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Governor Taft congratulates President Roosevelt on the arbitration of the Anthracite Coal Strike and Republican success in the recent election. Work in the Philippines is progressing slowly and Taft remains in good health. He is happy that a lawyer is joining the commission and he is moving his governmental operations to a cooler climate for the hot months of the year.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-30

Summary of letter from Philip Battell Stewart

Philip Battell Stewart reviews the political situation in Colorado. The Republican Party is in turmoil due to machine politics and the efforts of Edward Oliver Wolcott.

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Creation Date

1902-12-15

To the white voters and the wives and daughters of Richmond

Election pamphlet supporting the Democratic Party and white supremacy. The primary focus of the pamphlet is to repudiate President Roosevelt for having dinner with Booker T. Washington at the White House.

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Creation Date

1902

The Virginia Republican organization

The Republican Party elected Jacob Yost to Congress from Virginia’s Tenth District in 1896. Since then, a faction under S. Brown Allen and R. A. Fulwiler has taken over the Republican Committee in Virginia. The Committee controls all government appointments, and appoints its own members at the expense of the actual election results. Allen proposed to end factionalism with Yost, and Yost reluctantly agreed to accept the nomination with the caveat that a new committee be elected. Allen turned on Yost and R. Lyons received the nomination, losing handily to the Democratic candidate. In a handwritten note, John S. Wise tells President Roosevelt that the pamphlet is “Gospel truth.”

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Creation Date

1902-12-12

Summary of letter from Eugene A. Philbin

Eugene A. Philbin would like President Roosevelt to meet with Monsignor Kennedy, rector of the American College in Rome. He encloses several letters from Reverend Wynne. Philbin agrees with Wynne that Roosevelt’s policies in the Philippines saved Republican votes in New York.

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Creation Date

1902-11-24

Letter from Jeter Connelly Pritchard to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Pritchard would like to speak with President Roosevelt about his efforts to promote the Republican Party in North Carolina. Pritchard believes he has built an effective Republican organization in North Carolina. He points out that some African Americans were denied admittance to the Greensboro Convention because they were not elected by qualified voters and were there to stir up trouble. He says that he is a Roosevelt supporter, but that he will resign from the National Committee if forced to appoint African Americans to prominent positions. Pritchard argues that these appointments would undermine Republican efforts at a time when more white voters supported the Republicans.

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Creation Date

1902-11-21

Letter from Seth Low to Theodore Roosevelt

Mayor Low heard a fine speech from Secretary of War Elihu Root and expects Republicans to perform well in New York during the upcoming election.

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Creation Date

1902-10-31

Letter from J. W. Babcock to Theodore Roosevelt

Representative Babcock, writing on behalf of the National Republican Congressional Committee, believes their campaign has been satisfactory and expects to elect a minimum of 204 Republicans to the House of Representatives.

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Creation Date

1902-11-01

List of congressional nominees

List of congressional nominees, arranged by state, for the November 4, 1902, election.

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Creation Date

1902-10-29

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge would like President Roosevelt to urge the passage of an immigration bill in an upcoming speech. On the eve of the election, Lodge expects the Republicans to win twelve congressional seats and the governorship in Massachusetts.

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1902-11-03

Letter from J. W. Babcock to Theodore Roosevelt

Representative Babcock encloses a list of legislators elected to Congress, of which at least 206 are Republican.

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Creation Date

1902-11-05

Letter from William Russell Grace to Theodore Roosevelt

William Russell Grace is pleased with the election results and believes such success entitles President Roosevelt to be the next Republican presidential candidate.

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Creation Date

1902-11-05

Letter from William Emlen Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

William Emlen Roosevelt is satisfied with the election results and approves of President Roosevelt’s handling of the trusts. However, he would like greater regulation of the “labor trust.”

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1902-11-05

Letter from Francis C. Travers to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt has “saved the day” and influenced the election enough to have Governor Odell reelected.

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Creation Date

1902-11-05

Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt

Joseph Bucklin Bishop sends an enclosure and congratulates President Roosevelt on his “glorious victory.”

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Creation Date

1902-11-06

Addicks’s own story of Delaware fight

John Edward Charles O’Sullivan Addicks discusses Delaware politics and promises to remain a political candidate.

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Creation Date

1902-11-06

Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt

Jacob A. Riis sends President Roosevelt a copy of his new book. Roosevelt won the election fight and Riis asks him to forget about the disappointing result in New York City, because the rest of the country is behind him.

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Creation Date

1902-11-07

Summary of letter from James Harrison Wilson

James Harrison Wilson encloses clippings and a letter from Goldwin Smith regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike. Wilson is pleased with the election results, except for the defeat of Representative L. Heisler Ball due to the efforts of John Edward Addicks.

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Creation Date

1902-11-08

Letter from James Harrison Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt

James Harrison Wilson discusses several political topics, primarily the recent election and the Addicks affair in Delaware that led to the defeat of Representative L. Heisler Ball. Republicans in Delaware have more seats in the legislature than before the Addicks affair. Wilson also encloses a piece on his speech included in the Chicago Tribune and a letter from Goldwin Smith related to the coal strike.

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Creation Date

1902-11-08

Letter from Eugene Hale to Theodore Roosevelt

Hale is pleased with the election results but will not return to Washington, D.C., for a few days as he is not feeling well due to a case of indigestion.

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Creation Date

1902-11-09