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President Roosevelt writes Governor Hughes to say he’d heard Hughes was considering Charles Hallam Keep, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, for a position. Roosevelt states that he would be sad to lose Keep, but that he is extremely qualified for the job. The President offers to invite Keep to an upcoming dinner scheduled between Roosevelt and Hughes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-07
Representative Parsons informs President Roosevelt that Charles Evans Hughes is reluctant to accept the Republican nomination for Governor of New York, but that he could be convinced to do so if there was unanimous demand and it was agreed that he was the only candidate who could beat William Randolph Hearst. The incumbent Republican Governor Frank Wayland Higgins has become so unpopular among members of his own party and the press that it seems advisable to replace him, but Higgins still might be able to win if the Democrats nominate William Travers Jerome instead of Hearst, thus making the governorship a three-way race between Hearst, Jerome, and Higgins.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-17