Political clubs

Petition for The Great Unpledged Republican Club

Petition to join The Great Unpledged Republican Club which will be composed of citizens of Nebraska who support Theodore Roosevelt to lead the Republican Party but who are not opposed to William H. Taft being renominated if it becomes impossible to induce Roosevelt to accept the nomination. A banquet will be arranged in cities of Nebraska for the opening meeting of the club.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911

Creator(s)

Yeiser, John O. (John Otho), 1866-1928

Letter from John O. Yeiser

John O. Yeiser is sending a petition along with this letter hoping the recipient will talk with a few trusted friends and begin to obtain membership to the club, though Yeiser does not want it getting out yet in order to reduce rival efforts. The effort is being started in prominent cities of Nebraska to bring good men together to choose who they will vote for. If Theodore Roosevelt will not be nominated, they need to decide who they will choose, even if it is William H. Taft.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-23

Creator(s)

Yeiser, John O. (John Otho), 1866-1928

Republican clubs aid Roosevelt greatly

Two Republican clubs, the Austro-Hungarian Republican League and the Colored Republican Club, will be factors in the coming campaign, in support of President Roosevelt’s re-election.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-04

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Wilson L. Gill

President Roosevelt informs Wilson L. Gill of the American Patriotic League that not only is he unable to sign such a report as Gill sent, but in light of the request he must ask Gill to remove him from the League’s advisory board. Roosevelt is in sympathy with the purposes of the league, but cannot exercise any personal supervision of the league’s activities.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for his letter and believes Colonel George W. Goethals is glad that Bishop has come to the Isthmus. Roosevelt concurs with Bishop’s letter and states he will “back up the Colonel on all points.” The president also informs Bishop of some political business in New York State and asks Bishop to send “a not too long rough draft” about the Panama Canal that Roosevelt could include in his annual message.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur C. Blagden

President Roosevelt approves of Arthur C. Blagden’s plan to have J. D. White introduce him on the platform where he will deliver his speech to the Harvard Union. He also plans to share his thoughts on the meaning of the Harvard Political Club and what it should aim to accomplish.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Curtis Guild

President Roosevelt cannot promise to visit the Republican Club of Massachusetts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Ernest J. Euphrat to Theodore Roosevelt

Ernest J. Euphrat invites Theodore Roosevelt to the housewarming luncheon of the Hungarian Republican Club in New York City, of which Roosevelt is an honorary member.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-05

Creator(s)

Euphrat, Ernest J.

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes his father, President Roosevelt, with suggestions regarding an upcoming speech to be made at Harvard University. The younger Roosevelt explains that many college men are also on the staffs of newspapers and so it will be impossible for Roosevelt to keep his speech from the papers. The younger Roosevelt also recommends avoiding dealing with Harvard University President Charles William Elliot too harshly and giving the speech under the auspices of the Political Club. He also recommends not replying to this letter until Arthur C. Blagden and Robert Low Bacon have written the elder Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944

Telegram from Winfield Scott Holt to Theodore Roosevelt

Winfield Scott Holt notifies President Roosevelt that the Arkansas Democrat has been suspended from the Associated Press for publishing Roosevelt’s speech to Congress before it was released. Holt states that publication was a blunder and vouches for decency and accuracy of the Democrat. A waiver from the President is required to reinstate the Democrat to Associated Press service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-14

Creator(s)

Holt, Winfield Scott, 1864-1930

Letter from the Arrangement Committee of the Bushwick Republican Club to Theodore Roosevelt

The Bushwick Republican Club invites Vice President Roosevelt to their sixth annual outing.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901

Creator(s)

Arrangement Committee of the Bushwick Republican Club

Only $25 to join a new club

Newspaper article discussing the invitations of membership sent out by the Constitution Club to well-known men, including President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-10

Creator(s)

Unknown

Seminole Club membership application

The Seminole Club of Butte, Montana application for membership. Henry Maury sent the card to President Roosevelt to finalize his honorary membership.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-17

Creator(s)

Unknown

Grand banquet given to President Roosevelt at the auditorium by the Iroquois Democratic Club of Chicago, May 10, 1905

Men at a banquet in an auditorium

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-05-29

Creator(s)

H.C. White Co.

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Michael Fitzgerald

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Michael Fitzgerald for sending the resolution passed by the Democrats of Brewster. Roosevelt was pleased with the expressions in the resolution and hopes that the Brewster Democrats can eventually find “salvation” in the Progressive Party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-11-08

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to the National Progressive Club of Harvard University

Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to hear of the “enthusiastic meeting” held by the National Progressive Club of Harvard University. He appreciates the work of the Progressives of Harvard.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-10-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John F. Duncan

Theodore Roosevelt remembers John F. Duncan and still has the paperweight Duncan gave him. Roosevelt has forwarded Duncan’s letter to Oscar K. Davis, requesting that Davis help Duncan organize a Progressive club.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Assistant Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Alfred A. Lacazette

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Alfred A. Lacazette that Theodore Roosevelt is away, but he will bring Lacazette’s letter regarding the Roosevelt Club he formed to Roosevelt’s attention when he returns.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-18

Creator(s)

Assistant Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Frank Harper to Edward H. Walker

Frank Harper will see that Edward H. Walker’s suggestion gets into the proper hands, and Theodore Roosevelt hopes to carry Southern states at the Progressive Party’s convention in Chicago.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-03

Creator(s)

Harper, Frank, 1882-1971

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Spencer W. Greene

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Spencer W. Greene and the other gentlemen of the Roosevelt Launch Club for their telegram. Ohio was a great victory and Roosevelt was touched by the confidence people expressed in him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919