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The article determines to prove Edward J. Sullivan is the “original Roosevelt man,” while also praising his diplomatic career and articles.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-31
President Roosevelt flexes his bicep as he watches several boys leaving “Miss Democracy Select School”: David B. Hill, Alton B. Parker, New York Mayor George B. McClellan, Arthur P. Gorman, Richard Olney, and William Randolph Hearst.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-26
A large “Roosevelt” flower in the “Republican political field” looks over the fence at the “Democratic political field” where a woman is looking at four different flowers that are all labeled “impossibility.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-09
On the left side, D. Cady Herrick is depicted as an angel. Caption: Herrick, the candidate. On the right side, Herrick wears a suit with a number of tags: “a desperate political operator” (The Sun), “an impropriety, a scandal,” (The Times), and “the associate of low and disreputable ward politicians” (The World). A “stuffed ballot box” runs after him and says, “You can’t lose me, D-Cady.” Caption: Herrick, the boss. The Angelic Herrick refuses to shake the hand of the political boss, who asks “What! Have you forgotten ME?”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-03
President Roosevelt responds to Artie O. Swartwood’s letter about the Appeal to Reason, saying that it is full of false information, and that William H. Taft’s work with Catholics and Protestants has been well documented. Roosevelt will send materials on the topic to Swartwood.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-19
Representative Parsons informs President Roosevelt that Senator Thomas Collier Platt intends to resign after the election, complicating succession matters. Parsons discusses his three candidates, Timothy L. Woodruff, Frank Swett Black, and Representative J. Sloat Fassett, to fill the vacancy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-22
The article in the Times notes that although President Roosevelt is not running for office again, he has succeeded in getting the American people to support his ideals and platform so thoroughly that party lines have been “obliterated.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-30
This newspaper article suggests the movement to elect Secretary of War William H. Taft is growing not because Taft is a popular politician but because it is believed that he will help Congressional and state tickets go Republican. The article ends with a discourse about putting faith in God and knowing the right outcome will occur.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-13
An article in the New York Times discusses Senator Thomas Collier Platt’s statements regarding President Roosevelt’s potential to influence the selection of the future Republican presidential candidate. Lucius Nathan Littauer has responded that Governor Charles Evans Hughes will be a serious contender, and that Roosevelt should consider shifting his support from Secretary of War William H. Taft in response. Additionally, Littauer comments that he does not think Benjamin B. Odell will win the Republican support needed to become State Chairman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-03
Theodore Roosevelt assures Secretary of the Navy Meyer that he knew Meyer had not said what the papers reported him to have said. Meyer was right to repeat what Roosevelt said, that he would not be a candidate. Roosevelt enjoyed having Meyer as a guest.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1911-06-10
John Houk apologizes for “anything improper” that he may have said during an intense congressional contest for the Republican nomination in his Tennessee district.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-13
Fearing their loss at the Ohio State Convention, supporters of H. M. Daugherty and Representative Theodore E. Burton request help from Ohio native, Secretary of State William H. Taft. Additionally, many claim that President Roosevelt’s invitation to Senator Charles Dick to view the naval maneuvers indicates a particular fondness towards him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-03
James A. Edgar writes a form letter, announcing an upcoming meeting of the Progressive Party and highlighting the party’s importance and platform on various issues including women’s suffrage and capital punishment.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1915-08-18
James Alexander Edgar invites the Middlesex County Progressive committeemen and their friends to a meeting on Saturday, September 11. Edgar provides details of the Progressive Party’s decision to endorse candidates from other political parties that share progressive ideals. He also refers to the Republican Party “robbing” Theodore Roosevelt of the presidential nomination in 1912.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1915
Theodore Roosevelt considers a presidential nomination for Major Parker to be an impossibility. Parker would not receive one delegate if Roosevelt dedicated all his efforts on Parker’s behalf. The only recent military men who have received political consideration are Generals Leonard Wood and George W. Goethals. Roosevelt does not expect to be nominated but may have influence on the final candidates before the convention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-06-05
Theodore Roosevelt does not believe it would be loyal to the country for him to take the Republican nomination if it meant the reelection of President Wilson. He is not enthusiastic about the candidacy of Charles Evans Hughes, but would feel like a bad American if he helped reelect Wilson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-06-12
Theodore Roosevelt takes no responsibility for the election of President Wilson. The men who were in control and manipulated the 1912 Republican convention are to blame. Roosevelt is not concerned with being nominated but wants the principles laid out in his Chicago speech to become the “living policy” of the country. He would like the Republican candidate to have a reasonable chance of winning and be the “antithesis” of Wilson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-10
Score for a march celebrating the 1900 presidential election. A pen inscription on the top right corner of the front cover states, “Lucy Comstock 1900.”
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1900
The score and lyrics for “Roosevelt, He’s the Man” encourages Theodore Roosevelt to run for president again in 1908. The cover design has a title, bolded and all caps, ornamented with an art nouveau style pen and ink design. A pencil inscription at the top of the page reads “L.E.H. Jain [?] ’08.”
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1908
Governor Roosevelt has accepted the nomination for vice president and reviews the political circumstances under which he changed his mind.
1900-06-25