Postmasters--Selection and appointment

Telegram from Booker T. Washington to George B. Cortelyou

Booker T. Washington does not want the Thompson appointment held up. He requests that John S. Webb be appointed as postmaster at Tuskegee, Alabama. Washington will provide further advice after his meeting with James Sullivan Clarkson. He also believes the opposition to William Demos Crum is based on color, not character, and that white support would be helpful.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-07

Letter from Joseph Ralph Burton to Mr. Andrews

Senator Burton claims that his enemies have been spreading lies and requests that Mr. Andrews appeal to Senator Quay to speak with President Roosevelt on his behalf. There are three postal appointments in the 3rd district in Kansas that ought to be made before the election. Since Andrews is familiar with Kansas politics he can inform Senator Quay about the situation.

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Creation Date

1902-10-13

Letter from Booker T. Washington to Theodore Roosevelt

Booker T. Washington recommends W. Frank Russell for appointment as postmaster of Tuskegee, Alabama, if Postmaster Thompson is appointed as Alabama’s Internal Revenue Collector.

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Creation Date

1902-10-07

Letter from Charles Harris to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles Harris and the Commercial Club of Emporia, Kansas, object to the appointment of John Wiggam as postmaster.

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Creation Date

1902-06-18

Letter from William Allen White to George B. Cortelyou

William Allen White is sending evidence of Wiggam’s incompetence and unreliability.

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Creation Date

1902-06-19

Letter from William Allen White to Theodore Roosevelt

William Allen White objects to the appointment of Wiggam as postmaster but does not want to embarrass President Roosevelt with his protest against Wiggam. White then reiterates why Wiggam is not qualified.

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Creation Date

1902-06-05

Letter from J. E. Evans to Theodore Roosevelt

J. E. Evans does not support John H. Wiggam’s appointment as postmaster of Emporia, Kansas. He claims the business community also opposes the appointment.

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Creation Date

1902-06-17

Letter from William Allen White to Theodore Roosevelt

William Allen White has been a vocal critic of appointing Mr. Wiggam postmaster at the Emporia, Kansas, post office. He still holds this opinion but wishes to make clear that it is not a matter of life and death. He hopes his attitude has not damaged their friendship. He also points out that if President Roosevelt could get a vote or two for the Cuban Reciprocity proposal, Jesse James would be an acceptable candidate. Congressman Scott of Kansas indicated to White that Roosevelt was embarrassed by his protestations against Wiggam. White argues that he believes Congressman Miller should be able to make the recommendation.

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Creation Date

1902-04-23

Letter from Frederick William Holls to Theodore Roosevelt

Frederick William Holls and Senator Platt support Gustav Schleuter for the position of postmaster in Yonkers, New York, arguing that the incumbent, although a loyal Republican, has run a post office that is dirty and disorderly.

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Creation Date

1902-04-26

Letter from William Allen White to Theodore Roosevelt

William Allen White encloses a letter, requested by President Roosevelt, expressing his opposition to the appointment of Wiggam as postmaster in Emporia, Kansas. He authorizes the president showing the letter to others. He understands the issue is not of national importance and is sorry to bother the president with it.

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Creation Date

1902-04-26

Letter from Frederick William Holls to Theodore Roosevelt

A political battle is unfolding in Yonkers, New York, between various Republican Party factions over the position of postmaster. Frederick William Holls is against the current postmaster, Henry Osterheld, and supports Gustav Schlueter. Holls writes President Roosevelt to point out that the opinion held by Alford Warriner Cooley of Osterheld are erroneous. Holls argues that Osterheld is a party hack who has not handled his job as postmaster effectively over the past four years.

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Creation Date

1902-04-16

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Alford Warriner Cooley objects to Frederick William Holls’s plan to replace Henry Osterheld as postmaster of the Yonkers Post Office. Cooley argues that Osterheld is a fine public servant and is only opposed by a small minority of residents for political reasons.

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Creation Date

1902-04-12

Memorandum pertaining to resignation of E. H. Deming

E. H. Deming would like to resign as postmaster of Farmington, Connecticut, and recommends his brother-in-law F. L. Scott as his replacement. Commander Cowles is in favor of Scott, but Representative E. Stevens Henry does not know Scott, so the outcome is up in the air.

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Creation Date

1902-04-14

Letter from Robert Bridges to Theodore Roosevelt

Robert Bridges thanks President Roosevelt for his kindness towards his brother, whose efforts to gain a political appointment are being frustrated by Senator Penrose and Republican “machine” politics.

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Creation Date

1902-03-28

Letter from George E. Sipe to George B. Cortelyou

George E. Sipe accepts the decision to reappoint the incumbent postmaster of Harrisonburg, Virginia. Sipe offers to communicate President Roosevelt’s final decision concerning the appointment to Mrs. Paul, the candidate he supported for the position.

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Creation Date

1902-03-11

Letter from Francis E. Leupp to George B. Cortelyou

Miss Schofield has heard that M. L. Carson is an applicant for postmaster of Aiken, South Carolina, but she recommends James Powell for the position. Francis E. Leupp would like Schofield’s recommendation forwarded to President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-14

Letter from Henry C. Payne to Theodore Roosevelt

Postmaster General Payne returns papers regarding the postmastership at Wilmerding, Pennsylvania. H. D. Patch has been appointed postmaster on the recommendation of John Dalzell.

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Creation Date

1902-03-15

Letter from Henry C. Payne to Theodore Roosevelt

Postmaster General Payne explains why he reappointed Mr. Funkhouser as postmaster of Harrisonburg, Virginia. Mr. Sipe had been complaining that his recommendation for Mrs. Paul did not receive proper consideration.

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Creation Date

1902-03-17

Letter from John Palmer Gavit to Jacob A. Riis

John Palmer Gavit requests that Jacob A. Riis bring a particularly unpopular postmaster to President Roosevelt’s attention.

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1902-03-05

Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt

Jacob A. Riis requests that President Roosevelt look into a complaint from John Palmer Gavit regarding an unpopular postmaster. Riis’ letter is written on the back of Gavit’s letter to Riis.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-10