Kibbey, Joseph H. (Joseph Henry), 1853-1924

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-06

Creator(s)

Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

While in Arizona, Lincoln Steffens was impressed by the good things happening in the state and chose to look more into them. He met with Governor Joseph Kibbey and was “really delighted.” Steffens writes to President Roosevelt to learn the truth of the possibility that Roosevelt might remove Kibbey.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-20

Creator(s)

Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936

President Roosevelt introduces an enclosed letter summarizing the conclusions of the recent White House Conference on the Care of Dependent Children, and a program of its attendees. One conclusion was that Roosevelt should send each governor a copy of the proceedings for state governments to reference. While the proceedings are being published, Roosevelt sends these enclosures for immediate use. He hopes that the governors will actively promote the Conference’s cause. The names of the governors who received this letter are then listed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is pleased that Ralph H. Cameron has been elected to represent the Arizona Territory. He tells Territory Chief Justice Kent that he will urge separate statehood for Arizona and New Mexico.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is pleased that Edward Kent, Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, approves of his appointment of Louis A. Coolidge. Roosevelt enjoyed seeing Governor Joseph H. Kibbey.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Responding to a letter from Edward Kent about the territories of New Mexico and Arizona being admitted to statehood separately, President Roosevelt says he does not want to bring the matter to to Congress until there is a change in temperament there.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt informs New Mexico Territorial Governor Curry that he has met with congressional leaders about statehood, but they are at an impasse concerning statehood for New Mexico and Arizona. Congress would like to wait until after the 1910 census and proceed from there based on the population data. Roosevelt has also written to Arizona Territorial Governor Joseph H. Kibbey, and does not see much point in addressing the matter in his upcoming message.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Chief Justice Kent for the letter. He thinks that “the Taft victory in Ohio knocks the Foraker business on the head.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Edward Kent that he is pleased with Arizona territory Governor Joseph H. Kibbey and has no desire of “changing him” and his feelings against the joint statehood bill. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has no intention to remove Joseph H. Kibbey as Governor of the Arizona territory, despite the efforts of Senator Albert J. Beveridge and his supporters. While Roosevelt is disappointed that some public officials make accusations that cannot be backed up by facts, he will protect anyone making serious accusations as long as there is sufficient evidence to support those accusations. The next time he sees Lincon Steffens he would like to review what Steffens has found out about Government officials in the West before anything is made public. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

After receiving a letter from William H. H. Llewellyn, President Roosevelt believes that Arizona Territorial Governor Joseph H. Kibbey and New Mexico Territorial Governor Herbert J. Hagerman may need to replaced. He wishes David M. Goodrich lived in New Mexico so he could be appointed, and asks Commissioner of Corporations Garfield to look into the record of John M. Wilson as a potential candidate, while investigating the current governors’ malpractices.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt received Senator Beveridge’s letter and will see if charges have been made. He cautions that removing Territorial Governor of Arizona Joseph H. Kibbey is the worst action to take, as doing so would harm joint statehood and cause national damage to the Republican party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

On behalf of President Roosevelt, William Loeb sends New Mexico Territory Governor Hagerman a letter Roosevelt sent to Arizona Territory Governor Joseph H. Kibbey. Roosevelt directs both governors to have representatives from both the statehood and anti-statehood parties in attendance to witness the vote count.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-20

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

President Roosevelt tells Acting Secretary of State Bacon that because the position of Governor of the territory of Arizona is an appointed position, Bacon should direct Territorial Governor Joseph H. Kibbey to make sure the practice is stopped immediately, rather than request it of him. United States Marshals and Collectors should also be instructed to use any extra force necessary to stop the practice. Roosevelt asks Bacon to communicate with the Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury to make sure this is done.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Senator Beveridge that he believes that Arizona Territorial Governor Joseph H. Kibbey and the people of Arizona are within their rights to protest Congress by having a special election on statehood. Congress will then act in the best interest of the nation as a whole.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt asks Chief Justice Kent if he would accept the governorship of Arizona, or if he should appoint Joseph H. Kibbey.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Sims Ely informs Theodore Roosevelt the Democratic papers in Arizona misrepresented Roosevelt’s speech in Pueblo, Colorado, as an endorsement of the initiative, referendum, and recall. These issues are part of the Democratic campaign for the Arizona constitution and are opposed by the Republican party, which supports direct primaries and senatorial elections. Ely asks Roosevelt for a statement clarifying these issues.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-08-30

Creator(s)

Ely, Sims

Arizona Territorial Chief Justice Kent thanks President Roosevelt for his stance on separate statehood for Arizona and New Mexico. Kent is hopeful that Roosevelt can persuade Congress to pass statehood legislation in the current session. Kent also believes that Arizona, should it become a state, would likely vote for Roosevelt, Territorial Governor Joseph H. Kibbey, and other Republican legislators, in the upcoming elections.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-26

Creator(s)

Kent, Edward, 1862-1916

Charles E. Arnold informs Charles Phelps Taft that Arizona will not send an instructed delegation favorable to Secretary of War Taft to the Republican National Convention unless President Roosevelt assures them that the upcoming congressional session will not discuss joint statehood with New Mexico. Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, Frank H. Hitchcock, and Arthur I. Vorys, Taft’s campaign manager, have promised to help, and Arnold hopes Charles Phelps Taft can as well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-15

Creator(s)

Arnold, Charles E. (Charles Emerson), 1873-1919

Senator Bourne argues that delegates from Arizona at the Republican National Convention need to be on the side of the president and not “reactionaries.” Bourne believes in order to do this, Roosevelt needs to replace Joseph H. Kibbey, Governor of Arizona. He says his talk with Judge Steele reinforces that idea. Bourne requests a meeting at Oyster Bay towards the end of the month.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-02

Creator(s)

Bourne, Jonathan, 1855-1940