Political participation

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles says the news about Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker validates President Roosevelt’s feelings, and Justice William H. Moody thinks the situation will help William H. Taft. Ambassador to Brazil Edwin V. Morgan has commented on the recent political involvement of the wealthy. Cowles thinks Seth Low Pierrepont is qualified to enter the diplomatic service and she hopes Roosevelt will speak to him. Joe Alsop’s senate nomination and hard work have pleased Cowles. Mabel Boardman, who Cowles is visiting, is going to Washington for the tuberculosis congress in her usual hardworking spirit. She invites Ted Roosevelt to visit Farmington, though he might find it boring.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-19

Letter from William Austin Wadsworth to Theodore Roosevelt

William Austin Wadsworth asks President Roosevelt if they can have the dinner on December 12th. He will write to Secretary of State Elihu Root endorsing Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon for the Boone & Crockett Club. National politics look better than state politics to Wadsworth, and he worries that there is silent support for Lieutenant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler. To combat talk of Roosevelt’s intent to stay on as a figurehead instead of going to Africa, Wadsworth thinks someone should outright say he could have had another term if he had wanted it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-30

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

William H. Taft writes to President Roosevelt that he is glad Governor Charles Evans Hughes will be nominated, and to even out the ticket he suggests Job Hedges for Attorney General. Taft agrees to “take the stump” as it will enliven the Republican party. William Jennings Bryan will gain momentum while traveling the East, but Taft believes this will only alarm and mobilize Republicans to action. He recently had a lovely dinner with Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Nicholas Longworth, who will soon go on to stump with Representative J. S. Sherman.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-11

Letter from Silas McBee to Theodore Roosevelt

Silas McBee wishes president Roosevelt a happy New Year and compliments him on his ability to inspire his countrymen to action and to encourage his fellow nations to reject self-aggrandizement. He feels that Secretary of War William H. Taft has done good work and must continue to speak out for the cause without delay.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-31

Letter from Timothy L. Woodruff to William Loeb

To resolve confusion and upset resulting from other reporters’ misquotations of his recent statements, Timothy L. Woodruff sends an article from the New-York Tribune, which correctly quotes his thoughts on the actions of New York Republicans during the next election year. He affirms the reason for his upcoming visit to Washington, D.C., on November 14 is primarily for business. Woodruff notifies William Loeb that he received Roosevelt’s congratulatory letter and directs Loeb to make a note of his recent change in address.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-08

Letter from Herbert Parsons to Theodore Roosevelt

Herbert Parsons has discussed President Roosevelt’s involvement in the New York campaign with Timothy L. Woodruff and Ward. Barnes and Ward report that many of Roosevelt’s supporters are “Hearst men” but Parsons is not convinced. Parsons has spoken with Representative Bennet about bringing in the radical Professor Charles Sprague Smith.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-22

Letter from John F. Lacey to Theodore Roosevelt

Political affairs are very unpleasant in Iowa, but they all “stand pat” on President Roosevelt. Congressman Lacey has just returned from a hurried trip to the Roswell New Mexican Irrigation Field and the Wichita Game Refuge. The one problem with introducing a buffalo herd in the Wichita Game Refuge is the danger of Texas ticks. Lacey believes that Madison Grant and William T. Hornaday should consult with President Roosevelt before the animals are sent in.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-26

Letter from William H. Andrews to William J. Loeb

William H. Andrews writes to William Loeb from Albuquerque about the campaign for joint statehood of Arizona and New Mexico. He is concerned that the Republican Territorial Committee of Arizona and the Democratic Central Committee will both declare against joint statehood when they meet in August. Andrews discusses his strategy for getting support for joint statehood. He is “quite sure that both the Republican and Democratic Conventions will declare for joint statehood when they meet about the first of September.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-21

Letter from B. R. Fillmore to C. F. Pearson

B. R. Fillmore writes to C. F. Pearson regarding the current state of political affairs including the Republican Party.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-30

Letter from Frank Wayland Higgins to Theodore Roosevelt

Governor Higgins writes to President Roosevelt regarding Charles Rufus Skinner. Higgins empathizes with Skinner’s situation and would offer him a position if he had one available. He also thanks Roosevelt for advice concerning opposition to his administration. Higgins uses John Milton’s Paradise Lost as a metaphor for his political experiences.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-11

Letter from Alfred Spring to Theodore Roosevelt

Alfred Spring, Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, writes to President Roosevelt regarding various political strategies. Spring mentions James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.’s nomination for Speaker of the Assembly, divisions within the Democratic party, and encourages the President to aid Governor Higgins.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-23

Letter from George W. Dunn to Theodore Roosevelt

Colonel Dunn writes to President Roosevelt discussing various political issues and elections.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-21

Letter from Frank Wayland Higgins to Theodore Roosevelt

Governor Higgins writes to President Roosevelt, thanking him for a congratulatory letter. Higgins states that he is fight for “civic righteousness” which Roosevelt has supported. He also sends holiday greetings to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-21

Letter from Lucius Nathan Littauer to Theodore Roosevelt

Congressman Littauer writes to President Roosevelt regarding James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.’s candidacy and the state of the Republican Party in New York. Littauer states that he is “pleased” that “clean, able men … unschooled in the Platt and Odell system of political management” are dealing with the Republican crisis.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-21

Letter from Frank Wayland Higgins to Theodore Roosevelt

Governor Higgins writes to President Roosevelt regarding Representative James Wolcott Wadsworth’s canvass for speakership. Higgins encloses a list of names of those who can be relied upon to support Wadsworth.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-22

Letter from John Watson Yerkes to William Loeb

Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes writes to William Loeb regarding Collector Phillips Lee Goldsborough and the rule that collectors cannot serve on local political committees. Yerkes requests an exception to this rule for Goldsborough.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-22

Letter from John Lowndes McLaurin to Jeter Connelly Pritchard

John Lowndes McLaurin writes to Judge Pritchard regarding various political strategies and the public opinion of President Roosevelt. McLaurin mentions his hope that the President would form a white party. McLaurin also dismisses the idea of his running as an independent in South Carolina.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-23

Letter from Campbell Slemp to Theodore Roosevelt

Representative Slemp reports to President Roosevelt on the upcoming elections in Virginia. Slemp feels confident that Lunsford L. Lewis can win the gubernatorial race if more funds are provided for the campaign. Slemp asks Roosevelt to help him secure assistance from George B. Cortelyou and Cornelius Newton Bliss, both leaders in the Republican National Committee, to raise “the small sum of $25,0000.00” for the campaign.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-09

Announcement for the appointment of Stevenson A. Williams

Stevenson A. Williams is appointed to the Republican National Committee for Maryland.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-11

Letter from Maurice Francis Egan to John J. O’Rourke

Maurice Francis Egan explains to John J. O’Rourke how the committee has been abandoned, but President Roosevelt is very happy that O’Rourke is involved.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-12