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President Roosevelt informs Commissioner of Corporations Smith of his recent visit with Charles F. Brooker, and asks Smith to arrange a meeting to go over the matter of selecting a man for the judgeship in Connecticut.
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1907-08-13
President Roosevelt thanks Commissioner of Corporations Smith for his work in selecting a new judge for the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Connecticut. Roosevelt is leaning towards John K. Beach for the appointment.
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1907-07-30
President Roosevelt asks Commissioner of Corporations Smith if he can “quietly secure some backing” for John K. Beach, who Roosevelt is inclined to appoint to a judgeship in Connecticut.
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1907-07-18
President Roosevelt always hopes to agree with a state’s senators in the appointment of judges, but believes it would be helpful to hear from the bar and bench about the various candidates. He thinks there should be another judicial district in Nebraska, but is unsure if the bill will pass.
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1907-01-08
President Roosevelt tells Governor Sparks that due to distance, he had a difficult time determining who should be appointed as Nevada District Court Judge. However, after consulting with outgoing Attorney General William H. Moody, incoming Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, and incoming Secretary of the Navy Victor Howard Metcalf, he felt that Nevada attorney Edward S. Farrington was the right man for the appointment.
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1906-12-21
President Roosevelt requests Secretary Root send back his letter related to the recalling of Minister Bellamy Storer. Roosevelt thinks that they should support Thomas I. Chatfield for a judge position in Brooklyn largely based on support from members of his cabinet and congress. The president tells Root that he will appoint Chatfield unless the secretary feels “there are very strong reasons to the contrary.”
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1906-12-08
Senator Jonathan Bourne asks who will be selected for the Idaho judgeship before an action is finally taken.
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1907-03-17
Edward Henry Harriman tells President Roosevelt that Arizona Chief Justice Edward Kent would make a good Governor of Arizona, and recommends that the President appoint W. H. Stillwell to replace Kent as Chief Justice.
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1905-01-24
Whitelaw Reid writes to Anna Roosevelt Cowles about his strong recommendation to President Roosevelt of Judge William H. Stilwell for the position of Chief Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court.
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1905-01-12
Jacob McGavock Dickinson forwards two letters on behalf of his friend, Caruthers Ewing, to President Roosevelt in support of Ewing’s candidacy for judge in the Western District of Tennessee.
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1904-12-24
Caruthers Ewing tells Judge Dickinson why he thinks Dickinson is being considered for a Federal Judge appointment.
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1904-12-22
Caruthers Ewing informs Judge Dickinson that Judge Hammond died this morning and that he thinks Sterling Pierson should be Hammond’s replacement.
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1904-12-17
James Albert Gary urges Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to recommend Judge Henry Stockbridge for Chief Justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Gray also writes that Senator Louis E. McComas should not receive consideration for the appointment as he has served the state of Maryland very poorly.
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1904-12-12
Judge George D. Gear is shown giving a toast at the head of a banquet table. Caption: At a banquet given by Chinese a few days ago, Judge Gear proposed the toast: “Success to Crime.” When taken to task by another guest he explained that if it had not been for the increase in crime the bench would not have got a third judge.
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1902-03-22
President Roosevelt has received Senator Platt’s letter, and while he is not yet ready to announce his decision to nominate Charles M. Hough for a judgeship in New York, he disagrees with Platt’s assertion that his preference of J. Addison Young should be enough to tip the scales in Young’s favor. He furthermore does not understand how Platt can say that Roosevelt’s preference for Hough over Young is an “affront,” and rebukes Platt, saying that his duty as the president is to nominate a candidate, and the Senate’s duty is to confirm or not confirm that candidate, with both bodies trying to find the best person for the position. Neither Platt nor Roosevelt himself should let individual preferences affect who they determine to be the best candidate.
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1906-06-17
Theodore Roosevelt regrets that he cannot recommend William Halcombe Thomas to President William Howard Taft because he gets thousands of similar requests. However, he is willing to write Thomas’s praise if asked.
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1911-10-06
Theodore Roosevelt congratulates William H. Thomas for his appointment to the Alabama Supreme Court and suggests that they meet if he is ever in New York. Roosevelt wishes he played golf, but he does not.
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1914-12-12
President Roosevelt does not believe that there is any vacant judgeship in Arizona he will fill before leaving office. He informs Rachel Sherman Thorndike that, contrary to her suggestion, he feels it is inappropriate for the ex-president to do anything but travel directly from the inauguration ceremony to the train station as a private citizen.
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1909-02-02
President Roosevelt is pleased with what Silas McBee writes in The Churchman. Roosevelt sought the advice of Judge William Alexander Hoke on deciding the appointment of a federal judge in North Carolina.
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1909-01-23
President Roosevelt discusses his reasons for changing his mind about appointing Edward W. Timberlake for judgeship. All things considered, his first choice is H. F. Seawell, second is T. T. Hicks, and Timberlake is third.
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1909-01-22