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President Roosevelt hopes Nathan Bijur will accept the nomination to run for Congress to represent the East Side District of New York City.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-01
President Roosevelt encourages Assistant Treasurer Fish in his run for Congress. Although Roosevelt cannot participate in nominating Fish, it seems settled anyway. Roosevelt agrees that Fish does not have to give up his position until February.
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1908-09-25
President Roosevelt responds to Representative William Livsey Jones by assuring him that letters have been sent to Internal Revenue Collector Benjamin D. Crocker and United States Marshal George H. Baker. Roosevelt has informed them that any action against Jones will not stand.
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1908-09-23
President Roosevelt sends Revenue Collector Benjamin David Crocker a copy of a letter from Congressman Wesley Livsey Jones. Jones is the favored candidate for Senator by both the Republican party and the people of Washington, and Roosevelt asks if the claims that have been made to Jones about Crocker’s behavior are legitimate.
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1908-09-23
President Roosevelt sends United States Marshal Baker a copy of a letter from Congressman Wesley Livsey Jones. Jones is the favored candidate for Senator by both the Republican party and the people of Washington, and Roosevelt asks if the claims that have been made to Jones about Baker’s behavior are legitimate.
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1908-09-23
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs F. A. Chapman that it is not in accordance with the law for congressmen to give out the sort of campaign literature mentioned by Chapman, but several have done so anyway in the recent campaign. It is difficult to know what to do in this case, but Ohio did splendidly.
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1912-05-28
President Roosevelt mourns the death of Florida Senator William James Bryan. However, he has faith in Governor Broward’s new appointment, Senator William Hall Milton.
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1908-04-03
Herbert A. Drake supports everything Theodore Roosevelt had done in his presidential campaign except advocating for Senator Henry Cabot Lodge’s re-election. Having read Woodrow Wilson’s Constitutional Government in the United States, Drake was surprised by its “covert radicalism under the guise of conservatism.”
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1911-04-29
President-Elect Taft tells President Roosevelt about the Ohio senatorship, saying that “all’s well that ends well.” Although Taft’s brother, Charles Phelps Taft, will not be the senator, Taft’s main concern was the exclusion of Joseph Benson Foraker, who he believes would greatly interfere with his administration if he were to be in the Senate. Taft is not completely satisfied with the selection of Theodore E. Burton as senator, but accepts the result. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge has visited Taft recently, and has discussed Massachusetts politics. Taft once again reassures Roosevelt that while his wife, Helen Herron Taft, did receive a message from a group of Serbian women, she declined to offer her support and was judicious about her reply.
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1909-01-04
Congressman Parsons updates William Loeb on the status of New York’s electoral districts. Parsons is friendly with the man who has been elected leader, and he will meet with George Cromwell to discuss the situation in the congressional district. Peter G. Ten Eyck’s county commission has decided to oppose Governor Charles Evans Hughes’s resolution.
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1907-12-20
Representative Hale of Tennessee writes to President Roosevelt with information in the interest of building a respectable Republican party in Tennessee. Hale says that Tennessee has been corrupt for 15 years, but under Roosevelt the state organization has been cleaned up. He hopes this will continue under the administration of Secretary of War William H. Taft, Roosevelt’s likely successor. Hale worries about slanderous claims about his nomination and corruption in the Southern faction of the party. He feels he has given up much for the good of the party, and hopes Roosevelt will not believe the charges against him.
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1907-12-17
Francis J. Heney, the recent United States District Attorney for Oregon, informs President Roosevelt that Governor Chamberlain will be appointing John M. Gearin as a United States Senator in Oregon to replace Senator Mitchell, who is deceased. Chamberlain wants permission from Roosevelt to publicly announce that Roosevelt approves of Gearin’s appointment. Heney will wait to hear from Roosevelt about his wishes in the matter.
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1905-12-13
William E. Cadmus writes to President Roosevelt to discuss appointments to the Ohio Legislature.
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1905-09-18
The electoral ticket is complete. Walter H. Johnson has urged the nomination of candidates for Congress in every district where suitable persons can be found who are willing to make the race. Unsuitable candidates must not be nominated. Johnson’s health has continued much the same for two months and his physician suggests that he lay aside some of his work, but that will not hinder Johnson from serving Roosevelt. The certainty of President Roosevelt’s election is fortunate for the country.
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1904-09-03
Russell Benedict reports on the situation within the New York Legislature, which has been having difficulty selecting United States Senators to represent the state. Part of the trouble is the establishment of caucuses within the political parties, which has led to conflict within the Democratic party. Benedict argues both that these caucuses are not binding, and that it is “entirely illegal for a legislator to assume any obligations toward such a caucus.” It is the duty of the legislature, Benedict writes, to elect a Senator to fill the current vacancy, and members of the two parties should get rid of the caucuses which are preventing it and come together to select a suitable candidate.
The other significant item on this page is a report about Brooklyn society.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-18
The writer of the memorandum discusses the current political situation in the state of New York surrounding who will be chosen to succeed the outgoing Senator Thomas Collier Platt. Current Secretary of State Elihu Root is the favored candidate, but several Republican members of the state legislature oppose Root. However, the support is spread between several candidates, and the writer complains that “bosslets” like Timothy L. Woodruff could defeat Root if only they could decide on a single opposition candidate rather than focusing on “petty jealousy” and bickering.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908
An article in the Albany Evening Journal speculates on three potential candidates to replace Thomas Collier Platt as Senator for New York. They are current Secretary of State Elihu Root, chairman of the Republican state committee Timothy L. Woodruff, and former governor Frank Swett Black.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-20
President Roosevelt must prepare to select two Republican senators from Delaware if the Republican Party cannot resolve their differences. The Republican Party is divided into those who support John Edward Addicks and those who oppose him. The state risks the chance of going unrepresented in the Senate for two years if the situation is not resolved.
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1901-10-30
With the death of Senator Hanna, Governor Herrick will take control of the Republican Party in Ohio and Representative Dick will be the next United States senator from Ohio.
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1904-02-22
Representative Dick has been selected as Senator Hanna’s successor in the United States Senate. Governor Herrick, who has ambitions to enter the Senate, remained as governor in order to maintain the Hanna organization.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02