Judges

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Francis Smith

President Roosevelt introduces Vice Governor of the Philippines Smith to Charles Cuthbert Hall, and asks that Smith provide Hall with all the information about the Philippines that he requests. If possible, Roosevelt would like Hall to meet Judge James F. Tracey, currently a Justice on the Supreme Court of the Philippines, and asks Smith to arrange such a meeting if possible.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas M. Mulry

President Roosevelt thanks Thomas M. Mulry for the nice letter, and writes briefly of how he came to know about the good work of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Roosevelt recently appointed the president of the Washington, D.C. society, William H. DeLacy, Judge of the Juvenile Court.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

President Roosevelt forwards Attorney General Moody two letters from William Mercer Owens Dawson, the governor of West Virginia. He asks Moody to keep the letters strictly private, and to look into what Dawson alleges about Circuit Court Judge Reese Blizzard.

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Creation Date

1906-05-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles F. McKenna

President Roosevelt tells Charles F. McKenna that he is not sure who is responsible for some newspaper articles, and that McKenna’s resignation “was tendered and accepted without any charge being made against you.”

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Creation Date

1906-04-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Wiliam J. Robinson

President Roosevelt was glad to hear from Judge William J. Robinson, and is sure that everything was all right.

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Creation Date

1906-04-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kenesaw Mountain Landis

President Roosevelt appreciated receiving the telegram from Judge Landis. He remarks confidentially that he believes it would have been a better thing for the country if Landis had ruled on the beef trust case, rather than Judge J. Otis Humphrey.

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Creation Date

1906-04-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Jefferson Henderson

President Roosevelt sends Thomas Jefferson Henderson, member of the board of managers for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, a message of sympathy following the death of Henderson’s fellow board-member Martin T. McMahon. Roosevelt praises McMahon’s service, and comments that he will be difficult to replace.

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Creation Date

1906-04-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Emory Smith

President Roosevelt asks Charles Emory Smith if the enclosed letter to Attorney General William H. Moody covers Judge Hosea Townsend’s case. Smith should tell his friends that, like in Alice Through the Looking-Glass, “what the President tells them three times is true–and I have said this thirty times three.”

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Creation Date

1906-03-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles B. Landis

President Roosevelt congratulates Representative Charles B. Landis on his brother Kenesaw Mountain Landis’s work as a judge.

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Creation Date

1906-03-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

President Roosevelt tells Attorney General Moody that if Judge Hosea Townsend’s character and career justify it, he should continue as a judge in Indian Territory whether or not it becomes a state. Roosevelt forwards a letter written by former Postmaster Charles Emory Smith to Moody.

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Creation Date

1906-03-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles E. Wolverton

President Roosevelt is confident that Judge Wolverton will handle his office in a way that will make all good citizens proud.

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Creation Date

1906-02-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ariosto A. Wiley

President Roosevelt agrees with everything Representative Wiley said about Judge Thomas Goode Jones, and believes that his critics are “wasting their breath.” Regarding the case of John W. Pace, who was convicted of peonage, Roosevelt believes that he should wait for Jones’s opinion before he acts.

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Creation Date

1906-01-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Solomon Hicks Bethea

President Roosevelt encloses a copy of Assistant Attorney General Charles Henry Robb’s report on the Judge Francis E. Baker case. Roosevelt does not understand what Judge Bethea means when he says that Baker has not violated any laws, as Baker seems undeniably guilty.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert J. Beveridge

Although he still holds Circuit Court Judge Francis E. Baker in high regard, President Roosevelt tells Senator Beveridge that Baker’s conduct did indeed break the law, and an investigation was warranted. While payments were not made directly to Baker, Roosevelt says Baker used his position as a representative of the law to solicit campaign funds from three small clerks.

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Creation Date

1905-11-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Proctor Clarke

President Roosevelt congratulates John Proctor Clarke on his promotion to Associate Justice in the Appellate Division of the NY Supreme Court.

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Creation Date

1905-10-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jeter Connelly Pritchard

President Roosevelt tells Judge Pritchard, “Three cheers! You are not only a judge, but a diplomat.”

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Creation Date

1905-06-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Henry Wigmore

President Roosevelt will bring John Henry Wigmore’s matter up with the Department of Justice. Roosevelt is shocked to hear the allegations against Judge Christian C. Kohlsaat, but knows nothing of the facts in the case.

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Creation Date

1905-03-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin Mac Veagh

President Roosevelt tells Franklin MacVeagh he has head good things about Jesse A. Baldwin, John Maynard Harlan, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, and Solomon Hicks Bethea, prominent lawyers and judges from Illinois.

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Creation Date

1905-03-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Rainey Harper

President Roosevelt informs University of Chicago President William Rainey Harper that he does not know Jesse A. Baldwin, but does know John Maynard Harlan and Solomon Hicks Bethea. He thinks they would be admirable judges.

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Creation Date

1905-02-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Brawley

President Roosevelt tells Judge Brawley he mourns former South Carolina Governor Hugh Smith Thompson just as much as Brawley does. Roosevelt invites Brawley to a judicial reception on January 26, 1905, and would be pleased if he could stay for dinner afterwards.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-24