Mayors--Election

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Seth Low

President Roosevelt will be staying with his aunt, Elizabeth Norris Emlen Roosevelt, the Monday before the election and asks Seth Low to call on him. Governor Odell is keen to assist with the campaign and Roosevelt thinks it would be a good idea for Low to meet with him. Senator Platt is doing all he can and has kept away from Low as it seemed the wisest course of action.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from T. Flaherty to Theodore Roosevelt

T. Flaherty writes to Theodore Roosevelt following the mayoral election in San Francisco, California. The Union Labor Party had a “brief hour of local triumph,” but the election was won by the Republican candidate, James Rolph.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-28

Creator(s)

Flaherty, T.

Letter from Myron T. Herrick to Theodore Roosevelt

Myron T. Herrick believes Representative Theodore E. Burton can defeat Cleveland Mayor Thomas L. Johnson, and that this victory will assist Secretary of War Taft. Herrick will be in New York and would like to tell President Roosevelt in person how he influenced his friends on the court to vote in favor of the state endorsing Taft.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-01

Creator(s)

Herrick, Myron T. (Myron Timothy), 1854-1929

Letter from Theodore E. Burton to William Loeb

Representative Burton faces “overwhelming pressure” to run for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, and wants William Loeb and President Roosevelt’s opinion on the matter. He lists the arguments favoring the decision.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-28

Creator(s)

Burton, Theodore E. (Theodore Elijah), 1851-1929

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Ben B. Lindsey

Theodore Roosevelt would like to meet with Judge Lindsey but can only do so at Oyster Bay, New York. After some consideration, Roosevelt was favorable to Lindsey running as an independent for mayor of Denver, Colorado.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-18

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Max C. Meyer

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to Max C. Meyer that Roosevelt ran for mayor of New York City on the Republican ticket in 1886. Abram S. Hewitt and Henry George were his opponents.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-15

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John C. Shaffer

Theodore Roosevelt congratulates John C. Shaffer on the success of the course he followed and notes the importance of electing William Hale Thompson as Mayor of Chicago, in part because of the “emphatic rebuke it gave to the German-Americans.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-04-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Harwood E.O. Fish

Theodore Roosevelt congratulates Harwood E.O. Fish on becoming the first Progressive Party mayor elected in the country. Roosevelt also thanks Fish for his promise to conduct his job in line with the principles of the party by being a trustworthy and good faith actor. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-12-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hugh Gordon Miller

Theodore Roosevelt informs Hugh Gordon Miller that he is correct that Roosevelt is not running for mayor. Roosevelt is also pleased with Miller’s statement about the “Wickersham – New York, New Haven and Hartford” matter. Roosevelt had given the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad “permission” to buy a line of steamships to prevent Charlie Morse from having a monopoly. This in no way affects the actions of President William H. Taft.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-12-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Owen Wister

Until President Roosevelt received Owen Wister’s letter, he was unaware of the anniversary celebration, and does not believe he will accept an invitation. Roosevelt felt that he had to keep quiet about the election of John E. Reyburn as mayor of Philadelphia, as the alternative would have been to take part in every municipal election. Roosevelt thinks, however, that Reyburn is “a rather unusually well-developed type of prize hog.” He also comments on his attendance of the Harrisburg celebration, which he attended with Philander C. Knox, and tells Wister that if he declined to visit state capitals if he did not like the governors or legislatures, he would have a tall order.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Fred A. Busse

President Roosevelt thanks Fred A. Busse for his letter and congratulates him on his election as Mayor of Chicago.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Morton C. Hartzell

President Roosevelt replies to Reverend Hartzell’s letter about Fred A. Busse. Roosevelt cannot speak to Busse’s personal life which his opposition has been attacking. However, Roosevelt can speak to his service as postmaster and believes that he has excelled in his duties.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank B. Noyes

President Roosevelt has not, and will not, publicly endorse a candidate in the upcoming Chicago mayoral election, but privately tells Frank B. Noyes that he has been impressed by Fred A. Busse’s performance as Postmaster in that city. Roosevelt is unsure if Busse is running, or if he would be allowed to while holding a federal civil service position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Julius M. Mayer

Representative Herbert Parsons has spoken with President Roosevelt about the House measure that New York Attorney General Mayer wrote about, and Roosevelt thinks it is “a great deal better than nothing.” He advises Mayer to handle the matter of the New York City mayoral election by writing William Randolph Hearst to tell him that he will allow a quo warranto proceeding.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Julius M. Mayer

President Roosevelt asks what New York State Attorney General Julius M. Mayer decided to do about allegations of fraud or corruption in the New York City mayoral election. Regardless of his personal feelings about William Randolph Hearst, Roosevelt believes that if he is entitled to the seat, he should have it. If the state legislature allows a recount, that would be good, but Roosevelt believes that if Mayer’s department took action it would provide a safer precedent.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Louis Adams Frothingham

President Roosevelt commends Republican Louis Adams Frothingham for putting up a fight in the Boston mayoral election despite his loss.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Nicholas Murray Butler

President Roosevelt expresses to Columbia University President Butler his conflicted feelings taking personal action in the New York mayoral election. He does not think it wise to attend a dinner in support of William Travers Jerome, because he does not trust Austen G. Fox. He is also hesitant to write anything in support of Jerome, because he fears Jerome may use it “in some totally different contingency.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Wallace Springer

President Roosevelt would like to see John Wallace Springer. When he received Springer’s telegram, Roosevelt did not know what the facts were.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Campbell

It would be inappropriate and disastrous for President Roosevelt to interfere in the Denver, Colorado, mayoral race. He is surprised to hear that there is a lack of support for John Wallace Springer among Republicans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Collier Platt

President Roosevelt requests a meeting with Senator Platt. He does not believe that the Republicans should nominate a candidate to replace Mayor McClellan in Congress as the contest would be hopeless.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919