Letter from Powell Clayton to Theodore Roosevelt
Powell Clayton writes to President Roosevelt to discuss the upcoming Republican National Convention.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-18
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Newspaper article on Marcus Alonzo Hanna
Although Senator Hanna opposes the Ohio State Republican Convention’s endorsement of President Roosevelt for the Republican presidential nomination, he is not a candidate for the nomination and does not oppose Roosevelt’s eventual nomination.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-05-23
The Ohio Republicans
There is a debate over the Ohio State Republican Convention endorsing the nomination of President Roosevelt as the Republican presidential candidate. Senator Foraker favors the endorsement and Senator Hanna is opposed. Hanna favors Roosevelt’s nomination but does not believe it is appropriate to introduce the presidential issue until next year. All Ohio Republican leaders support Roosevelt and Hanna’s opposition is only raising questions of his own presidential ambitions.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-05-24
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Newspaper article theorizing on the process of selecting the Republican vice presidential candidate and on Senator Hanna’s goals during the Republican National Convention.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-22
Letter from James Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson reports on the 1903 Iowa Republican Convention. The convention was generally harmonious and the resolutions were generous to President Roosevelt. The West is enthusiastic for Roosevelt and Wilson expects large campaign contributions.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-02
Letter from Lafayette Young to William Loeb
Lafayette Young reports that the Iowa Republican convention has killed the “Iowa idea” on the tariff and encloses multiple newspaper articles about the issue. This will not affect President Roosevelt as Iowa is for Roosevelt “first, last, and all the time.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-02
Hanna speaks out
Senator Hanna does not believe it is appropriate for the 1903 Ohio State Republican Convention to endorse the nomination of President Roosevelt. Any endorsement should wait until the 1904 convention. Hanna reiterated that he is not and will not be a candidate for the presidential nomination.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-05-24
Telegram from Philander C Knox to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Knox conveys the response he will give to General Bingham regarding his participation in the Pennsylvania Convention.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-05-07
Summary of letter from William H. Brawley
William H. Brawley describes William Demos Crum’s “treachery” at the Minneapolis Convention and views any appointment Crum receives as a mistake.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-12
Summary of letter from Jeter Connelly Pritchard
Democratic papers are claiming that President Roosevelt is attempting to punish Senator Pritchard for the policies he pursued in North Carolina. Pritchard has delayed giving a statement until he can clear his comments with Roosevelt. Pritchard claims he has only been attempting to build up the Republican organization in North Carolina and that no one was excluded from the Greenboro convention.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-11-21
Cleveland third-term developments
The writer considers the probability of Grover Cleveland being nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate. They dismiss William Jennings Bryan, and argue that it is unlikely that the Democratic Convention will endorse Cleveland. The writer also makes a comparison between Cleveland’s current position and the situation faced by Ulysses Grant at the 1880 Republic National Convention.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-05-13
Letter from James Sullivan Clarkson to Theodore Roosevelt
James Sullivan Clarkson suggests replacements for former United States Attorney Vaughan who was removed due to his role in excluding African American delegates from the Alabama Republican State Convention.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-27
Letter from Powell Clayton to Theodore Roosevelt
Ambassador Clayton is glad President Roosevelt is well after his accident in Pittsfield and acknowledges his recent stance on capitalism. Clayton proceeds to review Republican politics and factionalism in Arkansas.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-27
Letter from Lucius Nathan Littauer to Theodore Roosevelt
Representative Littauer is relieved that President Roosevelt’s leg injury is responding to treatment. He compliments Roosevelt’s Cincinnati speech and would like to discuss “unpublished incidents” of the Saratoga Convention.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-27
Negro voters are recognized
For the first time, African Americans participated in a Republican conference in Alabama. William F. Aldrich paid tribute to President Roosevelt and called for the state’s delegation to the Republican National Convention to be pledged to Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-05-13
Letter from George Rumsey Sheldon to Theodore Roosevelt
George Rumsey Sheldon expresses relief that President Roosevelt is recovering well from the carriage accident. Sheldon has been working hard at the Saratoga convention but found it necessary to withdraw.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-26
Memorandum regarding presidential primaries bill
Representative Norris summarizes the bill he introduced providing for presidential primaries in all states.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-07-06
Harmony rules Iowa convention
The article reports that the Iowa Republican convention was largely harmonious, with a contentious “shelter to monopoly” plank removed from the platform. Although Governor Albert Baird Cummins did not get all of his supporters onto the resolutions committee, the convention was mostly free from conflict.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-02
Triumph of James Tapp
State Senator Tapp spoke before the Populist convention and named himself a Republican on national matters and a supporter of President Roosevelt. Tapp was applauded by the convention.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-08
Summary of letter from Otto Gresham
Otto Gresham has spoken with Robert Metzger who believes that his delegates can be convinced to support President Roosevelt. However, Metzger refused to provide his opinion on the district judgeship.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-06