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A report conducted by Matthew P. Breen detailing the results of the 1900 presidential election, 1898 gubernatorial election, and projecting the power of the newly proposed Democratic organization in next fall’s election. He projects a union ticket will defeat the candidate nominated by Tammany Hall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-03-25
Samuel F. Ewart tells Theodore Roosevelt he is glad that public support is growing for Roosevelt to be the Republican presidential candidate. Ewart believes Roosevelt will win and will continue the good work he began in his last term as president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-20
Columbus Bradford makes the case for Theodore Roosevelt to write a piece in The Outlook about his movement to establish “social and university settlements in the country.” Bradford then encourages Roosevelt to run for president in 1912 and recounts how he has supported Roosevelt since 1904. Bradford believes Roosevelt is the only man suitable for the Republican Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-20
The Notman Photographic Company sends Vice President Roosevelt proof of their photo of the Republican National Executive Committee, including symbolic sketches and crests of every state. The full item costs $3.50, and they hope to receive Roosevelt’s purchase.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-03-11
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Joy W. Dow for the letter and emphasizes that he will not bother about the presidential elections this year or in 1916.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-09
Alexander Pollock Moore tells Theodore Roosevelt that the jury ruled against him in his libel case, but he considers it a victory given the circumstances. Moore says they will send progressive republican delegates and they will support Roosevelt’s policies. Moore sees Roosevelt as the only chance for a Republican victory in the election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-21
Gilson Gardner informs Theodore Roosevelt that he is going to Indiana after Christmas and will see Albert J. Beveridge. Gardner says Beveridge is expecting to be introduced as a “favorite son” presidential candidate, but Gardner is hoping to convince him to support the Progressive candidate instead. Gardner asks Roosevelt for his thoughts on Beveridge.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-21
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Raymond Robins and Margaret Dreier Robins for their support throughout the 1912 presidential campaign. He expresses pride in working to secure social and industrial justice as part of the political platform. Although Roosevelt hopes to not have to “take any position of titular leadership in the fight,” he plans to continue to support the fight however he can.
1912-11-07
Representative William E. Humphrey reiterates that Theodore Roosevelt is not a candidate for presidential nomination. Roosevelt hopes his friends will “prevent any movement toward that end.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-23
This pamphlet is a long list of reasons to reelect President Roosevelt. It outlines Roosevelt’s personal virtues and successful political record, as well as that of the Republican Party.
In his letter to Theodore Roosevelt, John O. Haynie says he printed thousands of this leaflet and distributed them in several states during Roosevelt’s campaign for president. Haynie sends it to Roosevelt in 1911 but it was probably created in 1904.
Bela Tokaji informs Theodore Roosevelt that the people have no confidence in William H. Taft and Robert M. La Follette will be unable to secure enough delegates to be nominated for president. Tokaji does believe Roosevelt would have enough delegates to become the presidential nominee and will win. Tokaji is a “Magyar” by birth and he is determined to agitate for Roosevelt’s nomination, no matter what Roosevelt says.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-25
William H. Taft will receive Theodore Roosevelt’s in the 1912 presidential election. The endorsement was made after the two men met at a function hosted by James Gibbons in Baltimore. Republicans are speculated to disapprove of the endorsement of Taft as there was an existing desire to bring Theodore back for the 1912 election, but the Roosevelt administration stated Roosevelt would not approve of his name being used at the Republican National Convention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-07
President Roosevelt confides to Paul Estournelles de Constant his hope that he will be elected to the presidency, but he does not want to win election if he has to abandon his principles. Roosevelt also asserts that he believes in the arbitration of international disputes, and he feels that he should only act in international affairs when he can achieve something practical.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1903-09-01
President Roosevelt informs his oldest son Theodore Roosevelt that he thinks the Panama Canal treaty will be approved, and he reflects on the upcoming 1904 presidential election. Roosevelt believes that Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna will try and take the Republican nomination away from him, but Roosevelt believes that he will not succeed. Roosevelt thinks that he will be opposed in the general election by elements of labor unions and the very wealthy.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1904-01-29
In a letter to George Otto Trevelyan, President Roosevelt says that Abraham Lincoln has always been his hero, and he takes pride in the fact that in the most recent election in 1904 he drew the support of working class voters just as Lincoln did: “farmers, lumbermen, mechanics, ranchmen, miners.” The vision statement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association appears below the letter.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1905-03-09
In a five paragraph excerpt from his address accepting the Republican party nomination for president, Theodore Roosevelt asserts that the nation is at peace; that his administration strives for equal justice for all; and that the power of the United States will be used to foster peace and good will. In an accompanying piece, John A. Gable, editor of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal, notes that the journal has repeated a picture on its front cover only once since its inception in 1975. A photograph of the front cover of a journal supplements the article.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1904-07-27
A compilation of newsreel clips regarding the 1932 U.S. presidential election. President Herbert Hoover and First Lady Lou Henry Hoover receive Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt at a White House garden party, where a crowd is gathered. Herbert Hoover is seen speaking on a radio program. Governor of New York Franklin D. Roosevelt sits and speaks with Speaker of the House John Nance Garner.
Sherman Grinberg Film Collection
1932-08-01
John A. Gable examines the similarities between the reelection campaigns of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 and President Ronald Reagan in 1984. Gable discusses the foreign policy issues faced by Roosevelt, and he notes the marked policy differences between Roosevelt and Reagan. He closes with a look at how presidents have fared in trying to win a second term. A photograph of Reagan in front of the Roosevelt statue at Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C., comprises the second page of the article.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1984-08-20
Barbara W. Tuchman examines Theodore Roosevelt’s thoughts on, and conduct of, foreign policy during the Spanish-American War and during his presidency. She shows both the belligerent and diplomatic sides of his nature by looking at his handling of the Perdicaris-Raisuli affair in 1904 and his relationship with Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. Tuchman also compares Roosevelt’s views with those of the long-time president of Harvard, Charles W. Eliot.
The invitation to the symposium at Harvard featuring Tuchman is reproduced on the second page of her article.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
John A. Gable examines the life and legacy of former Congressman Leonard W. Hall who served in a variety of capacities over many years in the Theodore Roosevelt Association. Gable looks at Hall’s upbringing, his long and varied public service as a member of the Republican party, and his involvement in civic affairs in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, and Long Island, New York.
Pictures of Hall with his dog “Buffer,” with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and at his seventy-eighth birthday party accompany the article.