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Address given by Theodore Roosevelt before the convention of the National Progressive Party held in Chicago during August, 1912.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1912-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about his concern for sister Corinne Robinson’s health. Jacob Riis visited as well as C. Grant La Farge and Bob. The children enjoyed a belated Fourth of July celebration and Roosevelt offers predictions on the upcoming presidential election.
1896-07-19
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about the importance of the upcoming presidential election between Democrat William Jennings Bryan and Republican William McKinley. He feels Bryan’s election would be “a great calamity.” Roosevelt also describes a recent dinner.
1896-07-26
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about a recent family picnic and Ted learning to shoot a rifle. Bellamy Storer is visiting and Roosevelt thinks if William McKinley is elected he may put Storer in the cabinet. He talks of the Republicans chances in the next election and his feelings on William Jennings Bryan.
1896-08-02
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles that silver has become the main issue of the presidential political campaign. He criticizes Democratic Presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan and says his appeal is based on class hatred.
1896-09-27
There is a growing movement for Senator Hanna to run for the Republican nomination for President in 1904.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-16
James M. Scovel has written to Senator Hanna that he will be supporting President Roosevelt as the Republican presidential nominee in 1904 and that if Hanna waits until 1908 he will likely have overwhelming support.
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1902-03-17
Senator Scott is the primary supporter of the project promoting Senator Hanna for President in 1904. Hanna denies having an interest in the nomination but he would be a formidable candidate for the Republican nomination and general election.
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1902-03-17
James M. Scovel muses over newspaper reports concerning Senator Hanna’s plans to run for President in 1904. He conjectures that President Roosevelt’s nomination should be assured with solid support from New York, Pennsylvania, and a share of the South.
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1902-03-18
The writer discusses the current political situation in California. He believes the state of California will largely vote Republican for the Congressional races.
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1904-09-02
President Roosevelt tells writer Edward Sandford Martin he is happy with the way the election turned out and happy to end his public life. He truly enjoyed the presidency and if he conscientiously thought he should keep on, he would have as he likes having his hands “on the levers of the great machine.” He looks forward to his private life at Sagamore Hill.
1908-11-06
Judge Grant thanks President Roosevelt for reading his novel in serialized form and promises to send him a copy in book form when it is released. Grant invites President Roosevelt to come visit him in Boston in the autumn. He also assures the President that he will be voting for him in the upcoming elections.
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1904-08-30
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss his candidacy for president and comments on President William H. Taft’s supporters.
1912-03-18
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss President William H. Taft, President-elect Woodrow Wilson, and the Democratic Party’s attempt to amend the Constitution to limit presidential terms.
1913-02-10
A Progressive Party charter membership certificate given as a receipt for contributing $1 to their campaign fund. It features Theodore Roosevelt’s picture as candidate for president, Hiram W. Johnson’s as candidate for vice president, treasurer Elon Huntington Hooker’s signature, and the party slogan, “Pass Prosperity Around.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912
The headline from the New York American the day after the 1912 presidential election. It also says the Republicans lost Congress and the Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt beat Republican President William H. Taft.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-11-06
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to say he is glad to hear Bishop’s son will be lecturing at the University Club and that work on the Panama Canal is going well. Roosevelt also discusses the upcoming Presidential election, saying he believes President William H. Taft is unfit to be President, and weighs the pros and cons of running for President himself.
1911-12-29
B. Frank Mebane writes some suggestions of action for the upcoming election. He suggests making Reverend W. S. Rainsford a more vocal advocate for President Roosevelt’s re-election campaign.
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1904-02-09
D. H. Pinney does not plan to write President Roosevelt about affairs in Arizona, but he will speak for President Roosevelt at the upcoming convention and elsewhere. He greatly admires Roosevelt’s work for the common man and trusts that his administration will be endorsed at the polls.
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1904-02-03
Arthur von Briesen outlines the steps he has taken to prepare for Theodore Roosevelt’s presidential campaign: steps toward the purchase of a German newspaper, Staats Zeitung; the establishment of a committee to select persons of German descent from the northeast to meet at a conference with those of German descent from western states; and the establishment of a committee to begin work on the actual presidential campaign.
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1904-02-04