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President Roosevelt thanks Thomas D. Knight for the letter, and promises to speak to Congressman Frank O. Lowden about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-17
President Roosevelt has spoken with many members of the Republican National Committee, and plans to speak with several more. Roosevelt also asks Augustus Peabody Gardner to seek assurances from still other members of the Committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-10
President Roosevelt was pleased to see the way in which Frank Lowden made the nomination of Charles Samuel Deneen unanimous and pledged his active support. Roosevelt received criticism for nominating Thomas Nevin Jamieson, and he feels that the heartiness with which Jamieson and William Lorimer support Deneen justifies his decision.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-04
President Roosevelt states that he has no involvement in offering Governor Yates an ambassadorship in favor of Frank O. Lowden. President Roosevelt tells Frank B. Noyes that no one has approached him and he has “in no way or shape taken any part for or against any man in this contest.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-23
President Roosevelt denies that a friend of Frank Lowden suggested that he offer Governor Richard Yates a diplomatic position in exchange for Yates’s support of Lowden to fill the governorship. Roosevelt received such a request in favor of Charles S. Deneen. Roosevelt will not take part for or against any candidate for Governor in Illinois or elsewhere.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-23
President Roosevelt describes a clipping sent by Nicholas Murray Butler and an interview with the editor of the Chicago-Record Herald. The clipping and the editor discussed how federal patronage for ambassador or minister positions could be used for swaying voters in the upcoming governor election.
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1904-05-17
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1911-12-10
O'Laughlin, John Callan, 1873-1949
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
2025-07-31
William H. Taft humbly thanks William Nelson Cromwell for his generous donation to Taft’s election campaign, but cannot accept it. Taft reminds Cromwell that while he has no doubt of Cromwell’s disinterested support, such a large donation would be a liability to the campaign, and would limit the two to only friendly, non-official relations in the future due to the appearance, however unfounded, of impropriety.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-06
Louis A. Coolidge requests information related to an enclosed letter from Frank O. Lowden. Coolidge has been entertaining friends and sight seeing. Coolidge discusses Charles E. Littlefield, the election for governor, and the effect of “Pinkerton issues.”
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1906-07-23
Louis A. Coolidge questions a possible misinterpretation of a quote by President Roosevelt, contained in a confidential letter from Congressional candidate Frank Lowden, and encloses it for Roosevelt’s review.
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1906-07-14
Albert J. Hopkins reports on the results of the Illinois Republican State Convention. Charles S. Deneen has been named as candidate for governor. Hopkins reassures Roosevelt that Illinois will elect the Republican state and electoral ticket.
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1904-06-06
Joseph Gurney Cannon writes about political struggles in Illinois involving Charles S. Deneen, Frank O. Lowden, and Richard Yates.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-24
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N. B. Travis defends Frank O. Lowden against attacks from the anti-Republican press of Chicago, Illinois. Travis states that railway employees support Lowden’s candidacy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-23
With the Illinois Republican State Convention taking a recess, newspaperman Frank B. Noyes writes concerning the support for Illinois politician Frank O. Lowden, whom Noyes describes as “an exceedingly weak candidate.” Noyes asks that President Roosevelt speak with Illinois Senator Shelby M. Cullom about shifting his support from Lowden to Charles Samuel Deneen.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-21
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
Article describes current standings for the upcoming elections and is against the use of patronage to manipulate politics.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-04
Governor Yates lists politicians supported or appointed by President Roosevelt, who have opposed Yates and supported other Republican candidates in the campaign for Governor of Illinois.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-27
John Campbell Greenway expects the Republican State Convention of Arizona and its delegates to be friendly towards General Wood. Greenway asks whether he can have Wood’s assurance, if he is elected, to safeguard American life and property in Mexico.
1920-02-23
John Campbell Greenway has returned to Arizona and is working as a manager for the Calumet & Arizona and New Cornelia Copper Companies. Greenway feels that General Wood can count on the support of the Arizona delegates at the Republican National Convention. Although Governor Lowden is campaigning in the state, Greenway believes Wood has more support, particularly in regard to the cost of living, public expenditures, and the Mexican Revolution.
1919-08-19