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After having lunch with Theodore Roosevelt, Frank Knox gives an official statement that Roosevelt is not and will not run for the nomination to become a candidate for president. Many Republicans hope Taft will turn down the nomination so Roosevelt might step up and save Republicans by becoming the Republican presidential candidate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-14
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Edwin Augustus Van Valkenburg to clear up an Associated Press article asserting Roosevelt’s support for President Taft’s second term. Roosevelt states that the writer of the article and Frank B. Noyes are misinformed. He asks that Van Valkenburg send a copy of this letter to Charles Kenny McClatchy, Frank Knox, and Frank B. Noyes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-27
Theodore Roosevelt understands the matter in I. A. Caswell’s letter thoroughly and hopes to meet with him before the convention begins.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-24
The letter’s author laments Cecil Andrew Lyon’s relapse “into bed again,” a fact they heard from Frank Knox. The author asks Lyon to respond with “a line as to the situation in Texas” and explains that they asked E. Mont Reily to aid Lyon’s campaign. The letter is a fragment; its subsequent pages are missing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-29
Governor Hadley correctly interpreted Theodore Roosevelt’s position on an unnamed issue. Roosevelt encloses a statement he made in The Outlook and will attempt to elaborate his position as suggested by Hadley. Roosevelt is considering a speaking campaign but intends to speak very little and only in carefully chosen places. Roosevelt would like Hadley to discuss the matter with Senator Dixon and Frank Knox.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-05
Theodore Roosevelt has met with Frank Knox and suggested that the statement from the governors be addressed to the people. Roosevelt is still weighing the benefits and dangers of making a public statement regarding his views on accepting the Republican presidential nomination. Roosevelt’s letter to Frank Andrew Munsey has been partially leaked and he requests Governor Hadley’s opinion of the letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-02-01
Theodore Roosevelt has been considering the request from Governor Stubbs, and several other governors, to make public his views on potentially accepting the Republican presidential nomination if it were tendered. He agrees that the time is near to make a statement and has been consulting with Frank Knox and J. Franklin Fort.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-20
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
President Roosevelt expresses his pleasure upon hearing that editor Thomas F. Woodlock of the Wall Street Journal likes his letter officially accepting the nomination of the Republican Party for the 1904 presidential election. Roosevelt says that Woodlock’s was the first such letter received, arriving at the same time as that of Frank Knox of the Manchester Leader. Roosevelt asks Woodlock to pass his thanks on to Sereno Stansbury Pratt, another editor at the Wall Street Journal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-12
Judge Lindsey encloses statement from Edward Prentiss Costigan, Frank Knox, and Medill McCormick for Theodore Roosevelt’s attention if he decides to visit California or Colorado.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-04-26
Governor Hadley encourages Theodore Roosevelt to accept the speaking invitation from the Million Population Club of St. Louis, Missouri. He is unsure of Roosevelt’s policy concerning speech-making but describes the club as a “responsible organization.” Hadley is pleased with the campaign’s Executive Committee and requests an autographed photograph of Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-02
Governor Hadley encourages the rapid formation of an executive committee of the National Roosevelt Committee. He would like to see someone on this committee assigned to handle the campaign west of the Mississippi River and suggests Thomas K. Niedringhaus or, preferably, Walter S. Dickey. Hadley provides an update on the campaign in Missouri, which would be helped by a prompt declaration from Theodore Roosevelt of his willingness to accept the Republican presidential nomination.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-02-19
Governor Hadley encloses a letter from Governor Vessey as it is Hadley’s understanding that Vessey has not communicated directly with Theodore Roosevelt. Hadley suggests that Roosevelt’s requests for advice from his friends regarding the Republican presidential nomination are being “indefinitely enlarged” as these correspondents confidentially show their friends and so on. This is creating a semi-authoritative statement of Roosevelt’s position that may be different from Roosevelt’s intentions. The confusion is also allowing letters to circulate from Roosevelt’s former friends that Roosevelt will not accept the nomination even if it were offered.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-02-01
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
The situation is satisfactory in Missouri but Governor Hadley cannot leave at this time. He may be able to travel to New York late next week.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-29
Congressional Charter for the then Roosevelt Memorial Association established in May 1920 that lists the original incorporators and includes some of the key provisions guiding the organization. These include stipulations that the association will be governed by a board of trustees; that its income will go only to further its educational goals; and that it will work to establish memorials to Theodore Roosevelt in Washington, D.C. and Oyster Bay, New York.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2000
As a piece of trivia, the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal informs its readership that the actor Mark Harmon is the grandson of Rough Rider Frank Knox. Further brief notes include a statement of how to pronounce the name “Roosevelt,” and an image of the diploma case for Theodore Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize, which is located at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1987
Speaker Herbert F. Baker, Representative Frank Knox, and members of the Michigan House of Representatives have agreed upon a tentative list of members of the house steering committee. The committee aims to determine which pending legislation should move forward before the session closes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-01
Father’s Day cartoon shows President Franklin D. Roosevelt dreaming that he has received his dearest wishes. Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone, holding a sheaf of Supreme Court decisions, says, “Won’t he be tickled to death with these?” Rival labor leaders William Green and Philip Murray embrace. Federal Petroleum Coordinator Harold L. Ickes holds a sign reading, “Chief, we’ve got oil and gas to burn!” Office of Production Management Chief William S. Knudsen holds an armful of planes, saying, “Oh, boy! Is Adolf anxious.” Senate Majority Leader Alben William Barkley and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn hold “Votes to Do What We Please.” Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson holds a sack labeled “Greatest Army Ever Assembled,” while Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox holds ships labeled “The Navy Theodore Roosevelt Dreamed About.” As the threat of war in Europe loomed, Roosevelt struggled to mount a massive national defense production effort despite adverse court decisions, labor unrest, an unruly Congress, and failure to reach production targets.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1941-06-15
Theodore Roosevelt has to be in Gettysburg on Memorial Day, but is sending Albert J. Beveridge to South Dakota in his place.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-25