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President Roosevelt is pleased with the letters from Representative Longworth and his wife, Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Roosevelt tells Longworth he feels positive about the “Taft business,” but friction with the Japanese, and the outcome of the Big Bill Haywood trial, are causing him anxiety.
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1907-07-31
President Roosevelt shares his thoughts regarding the upcoming presidential election and the land fraud case against Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah with William Allen White. Roosevelt outlines his personal reasons for supporting Secretary of War William H. Taft for president as well as the political considerations necessary to secure his nomination. In the case of Borah, Roosevelt would like White to come to Oyster Bay to discuss the matter with him and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte; Roosevelt thinks it would look bad for Borah to come himself, and asks White to bring Borah’s lawyers on August 9.
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1907-07-30
Moses A. Gunst emphasizes his loyalty to Theodore Roosevelt. In Gunst’s opinion, William H. Taft will be nominated for U.S. President but will not win the election. Gunst summarizes recent San Francisco and wider California election results, and says he hopes to see Roosevelt in San Francisco soon.
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1911-10-13
Frank W. Stetson sends a request that Theodore Roosevelt run for president again. It is clear Roosevelt will win, while Stetson does not believe William H. Taft or Robert M. La Follette will be able to win. Stetson shares reasons why Roosevelt is the best choice and why Roosevelt owe’s it to the country to run.
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1911-10-02
Henry M. Hutchinson writes to Theodore Roosevelt to express his concerns about the upcoming election. Hutchinson is confident that President William H. Taft will lose the next election, so the Republican Party must select another candidate. He believes Roosevelt should run again to save the party from defeat.
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1911-09-26
Joseph Bucklin Bishop sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of a speech given by George W. Goethals to Congress. Goethals is extremely grateful to Roosevelt, and Bishop suggests Roosevelt send him a line of acknowledgment. Goethals is pleased with the progress on the canal project. Bishop has just seen news of Canada’s rejection of reciprocity, which will worsen William Howard Taft’s prospects. Bishop believes Taft’s weak character has been revealed and both he and Woodrow Wilson will likely be replaced at the convention.
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1911-09-23
George A. Nowland offers to resign his government position and work for Theodore Roosevelt if he decides to run for presidency in 1912.
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1911-09-16
Ambassador Reid sends President Roosevelt an article from a British newspaper discussing the American presidential campaign that, unlike most others, “shows a more intelligent knowledge of the situation.” Reid shares that Liberian President Arthur Barclay is in London concerning foreign interests and Liberia, a matter which Reid previously reported on to Secretary of State Elihu Root.
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1907-08-30
Surveyor James Sullivan Clarkson tells William Loeb about a secret movement in Tammany Hall to put General Ulysses S. Grant’s son, Jesse Root Grant, on the democratic ticket for 1908. All the states involved in organizing the movement so far are in the West and Northwest, and the idea is to “head off” William Jennings Bryan and William Randolph Hearst. Clarkson thinks it is “a pretty smart game” and emphasizes how important it is to keep it from going public.
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1907-01-24
Senator Dixon introduces J. F. Byrnes who is setting up a series of films of the presidential candidates. Dixon would like Theodore Roosevelt to “submit to the ordeal” as the film could reach several million voters.
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1912-03-23
On May 27, 1916, groups of men, the 7th Regiment Band, and several children march on the road from the Oyster Bay railroad station to Sagamore Hill to demonstrate their support of Theodore Roosevelt for the 1916 Presidential nomination. Views of Roosevelt addressing the large crowd assembled on the lawn of Sagamore Hill. The rally was organized by the Roosevelt Non-Partisan League of New York City.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1916
According to Frank Campbell, state Democratic party chairman for New York, Judge Alton B. Parker will not be a candidate for president if David B. Hill decides to run. Parker and Hill are longtime political allies.
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1903-02
In this letter to the editor of The Globe and Commercial Advertiser, the writer compares the personal characteristics of President Roosevelt, including “quickness of perception and reflection” as well as “firmness and combativeness,” with those of Judge Alton B. Parker. The writer believes Roosevelt demonstrates, while Parker lacks, the qualities necessary for the presidency.
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1904-06
The article discusses why the English press favors the Democratic ticket. Other topics discussed on this page include “Navy Plank Struck Out,” “‘Artful’ Judge Parker,” “Judge Parker Against Palmer and Buckner,” “Democratic Lightning Change Artists,” “The Irish World on Protection,” and “Chairman Cortelyou’s Alleged Prophecy.”
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1904-08-11
A number of pins in the shape of various presidential candidates are in the “1904” pincushion: David B. Hill; Arthur P. Gorman; Chicago mayor Carter H. Harrison; Cleveland, Ohio, mayor Tom Loftin Johnson; and President Roosevelt.
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1902-04-10
Typed transcript of an article from the Bismarck Tribune. Theodore Roosevelt, while passing through Bismarck, denied supporting General Logan and James Gillespie Blaine for the 1888 presidential election. He refused to express an opinion on political questions.
1886-08-12
Frank Harper tells Matthias Radin that Theodore Roosevelt is not likely to be able to grant Radin’s request for a few words of greeting due to the demands of the campaign.
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1912-09-12
A representative of The Outlook declines to publish an article suggested by Gordon Russell regarding Woodrow Wilson. The writer points out that the magazine has already covered the criticism of Wilson’s interactions with his colleagues, as well as the controversy at Princeton. An article along the lines Russell suggests, which would assail Wilson’s character, is not appropriate for The Outlook.
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1912-08-16
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to Frederick P. Bagley of the Cleveland Leader concerning a letter written by Roosevelt to Thomas Lathan on the topic of presidential electors. He contends that this letter should not be published prior to the Republican National Convention in Chicago because it would leak important information to their political contenders.
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1912-07-24
Theodore Roosevelt contends that support for Woodrow Wilson as the presidential candidate in order to defeat William Barnes and Charles Francis Murphy will not work. Rather, Roosevelt asserts the need for a Progressive ticket.
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1912-07-17