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President Roosevelt explains to J. H. Richards that he will not attend the convention when he is nominated. No president ever does.
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1904-04-04
President Roosevelt is pleased with Foster Vincent Brown’s comments and Southern support for the Panama Canal. Roosevelt does not want to set a general rule regarding office holders attending the Republican National Convention, but overall he feels that non-office holders should be favored.
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1904-02-25
President Roosevelt had several matters to discuss with Senator Fairbanks, but Senator Beveridge had been waiting and Roosevelt felt he needed to see him. Roosevelt appreciated the telegram regarding the endorsement from the 12th district convention.
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1904-02-17
President Roosevelt asks Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to thank McDougall Hawkes. He has already started correspondence regarding the need to fix a date for the convention. The death of Marcus Alonzo Hanna is a tragedy.
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1904-02-17
President Roosevelt thanks Governor Odell for the speech before the 27th District Club. He asks if the call for the state convention can be issued soon.
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1904-02-12
President Roosevelt suggests that the state convention should be called soon.
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1904-02-12
President Roosevelt will look into the circular matter. He does not feel that all office holders should be prevented from attending the convention but would like to see as few as possible. Roosevelt does not want office holders to neglect their duties and create a scandal.
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1904-01-21
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from James Sullivan Clarkson for Senator Hanna’s attention. Roosevelt suggests that they send people to the conventions in order to influence and report on proceedings.
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1903-07-16
President Roosevelt will discuss the “postal business” with Payne when he returns to Washington, D.C. and asks that no statements be released before then. Roosevelt regrets Senator Hanna’s actions at the Ohio Convention.
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1903-05-23
President Roosevelt asks Isaac Miller Hamilton to express his greetings and best wishes to the convention of the National Republican League.
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1902-10-01
President Roosevelt values Herschel V. Jones’s opinion but cannot always follow one man’s advice. Roosevelt rarely interferes with state conventions and party machinery and did not consult with the Minnesota or Nebraska conventions regarding their reciprocity planks.
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1902-07-09
President Roosevelt thanks Edward Rosewater for his actions at the Nebraska Convention.
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1902-06-20
President Roosevelt asks Robert Bradley Hawley to clarify his statement regarding Robert Lloyd Smith’s opposition to Hawley’s run for Congress. No African American candidate for office has come as highly recommended as Smith or with as much support from the “best elements.”
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1901-10-31
Harry B. Anderson urges Theodore Roosevelt to send letters of encouragement to several delegates to the Republican National Convention to ensure they cast their votes for Roosevelt.
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1916-05-08
A. M. Crosby reports that a truce between the factions of the Progressive Party in Georgia has ended. He believes that a state convention needs to be called in order to elect new leadership. Crosby would like the national party to withhold funding and encouragement until the state machinery has been organized.
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1912-11-12
Representative Norris encloses a copy of a bill regarding presidential primaries and a copy of a statement he gave after introducing the bill. The bill is in response to the “disgraceful events” that occurred in Chicago, most likely referring to the renomination of President Taft at the 1912 Republican National Convention. Norris hopes that Theodore Roosevelt will use his influence to help pass the bill.
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1912-07-06
Medill McCormick and the local committee in charge of the Progressive Convention believe that the convention should be held at the Chicago Coliseum. Illinois progressives have passed resolutions arguing for support of Theodore Roosevelt and calling for county conventions.
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1912-07-16
Victor Rosewater has called the Douglas County Republican convention with only four days notice so that conservative Republicans can appoint people from their own ranks to be the Douglas County delegates to the Nebraska state convention. Representative Norris will write to Robert Beecher Howell, a member of the Republican National Committee, so that a “genuine” convention and selection of state delegates can take place. He requests that Theodore Roosevelt also write to Howell.
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1912-07-19
The Colorado Progressive Party will be holding a state convention and is opposed by some progressive Republicans that have a Republican ticket led by Taft electors. Judge Lindsey requests that Theodore Roosevelt state his preference for a fully Progressive ticket or a compromise Republican ticket.
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1912-07-30
Henry Justin Allen agrees to second Theodore Roosevelt’s presidential nomination at the National Progressive Convention.
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1912-07-31