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Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Richard Randolph McMahon’s letter and is glad McMahon wrote Governor William E. Glasscock.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-05
Former President Roosevelt thanks Michael Gallagher for the telegram and Gallagher’s support. Roosevelt is glad West Virginia has stood by Governor Glasscock.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-23
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Michael H. King for the letter and notes that he has been in communication with Governor William E. Glasscock. He hopes to see King the next time he is in New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-22
Theodore Roosevelt believes that he will need to shortly announce whether he would accept the Republican presidential nomination if nominated. He has received requests from several state governors and has been reviewing the situation with Frank Knox and J. Franklin Fort. Knox will be contacting Governor Hadley regarding the state in which Roosevelt should make his announcement. In a postscript, Roosevelt suggests that he make his views on the nomination public by answering letters from Hadley, Governor Glasscock, Governor Stubbs, Governor Osborn, and Governor Bass. Roosevelt does not intend to seek the nomination but would feel honor-bound to respond to a call from the public.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-20
Theodore Roosevelt tells Chase S. Osborn that he feels the time is coming when he can no longer be silent when it comes to the prospect of his nomination for president as he has received several more letters from governors echoing the same points as Osborn. Roosevelt tells Osborn he has written back to each of them stating that while he does not seek the nomination, if it comes from a ground swell of public support he would feel honor bound to accept. Roosevelt asks Osborn to write to Hiram Johnson in California if he likes what Roosevelt has written.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-18
Theodore Roosevelt has received letters from Governors Stubbs, Hadley, Glasscock, Bass, and Osborn encouraging him to make public his views on accepting the Republican presidential nomination. He has decided to make a public statement to the effect that he does not want the nomination but would consider honor bound to accept if his candidacy was a sincere public desire.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-18
Governor Hadley met with Frank Knox regarding whether Theodore Roosevelt should make a public statement on his willingness to accept the Republican presidential nomination if offered. In Missouri, a statement is not necessary as the party has inferred that Hadley’s support for Roosevelt means that Roosevelt will accept the nomination. Hadley and Knox have concluded that the ambiguity of Roosevelt’s position is out of place with the frank way he has dealt with political questions in the past. They also believe that a lack of direction is preventing potential leaders of the Roosevelt campaign from acting. Hadley suggests that a letter signed by several supportive governors would be a “dignified and proper method” of announcing Roosevelt’s position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-29
Grosvenor Dawe informs Theodore Roosevelt that six other governors are heading representative committees at the Southern Commercial Congress, with more expected. The Congress “typifies a new union of the South along the constructive lines of commerce and business” compared to the unity of fifty years ago during the Civil War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-16