Newspaper articles from Commercial Advertiser
Multiple articles from the November 6, 1902, edition of the Commercial Advertiser.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-11-06
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Presidents--Elections
Vote of the negroes
A newspaper article discusses the consistency of the Negro vote for the Republican party, while the Democratic party continues to try and sway them. The article breaks down the percentage of Negro voters and their impact on elections. Included is a table showing the percentage of Negro votes by numbers in all of the northern Republican states. The article questions if the elimination of these votes would impact the presidential elections.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-25
Letter from James M. Scovel to Theodore Roosevelt
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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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-03-18
Letter from James M. Scovel to Theodore Roosevelt
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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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-03-17
Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph Bucklin Bishop has been assured by prominent individuals that President Roosevelt will have no problems with the Republican Party in Colorado. He compliments Roosevelt’s recent successes.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-11-24
Letter from Murat Halstead to Theodore Roosevelt
Murat Halstead is writing a biography of President Roosevelt and asks for his assistance in obtaining information. He requests additional insight about Roosevelt’s time in the New York legislature and about publishing a story concerning his parents from his boyhood. Halstead would like to include maps of Roosevelt’s journeys during the 1900 campaign and asks his opinion of the title, The Strenuous Life of Theodore Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-11-19
Letter from Ervin Wardman to Theodore Roosevelt
Ervin Wardman believes New Jersey and Connecticut will vote for President Roosevelt in the upcoming election. He is less certain about New York, but believes Roosevelt may win the state.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-20
Letter from Thomas Grindell to Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Grindell delayed his trip to California, where he was going to begin the 1904 Roosevelt presidential campaign, after the attempted assassination of President McKinley. He encloses a clipping that involves Isaac Taft Stoddard, Secretary of Arizona Territory, and reports that U.S. Marshal Myron H. McCord said some “unkind things” when it appeared that Roosevelt would succeed to the presidency.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-11
Newspaper article on Theodore Roosevelt in Alabama
Newspaper article suggesting that Vice President Roosevelt is visiting Alabama to “make acquaintances that may be useful in 1904.” A “National Negro Leader” will guide Roosevelt during the trip.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901
Letter from Herman Henry Kohlsaat to Theodore Roosevelt
Herman Henry Kohlsaat advises Governor Roosevelt not to accept an invitation from two clubs because his acceptance could be construed as a bid for the presidency in 1904.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1899-08-09
“They want Roosevelt”
This article describes President Roosevelt as the “overwhelming choice” of state legislators in South Dakota and Nebraska, as illustrated by the results of a poll.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-02
The man we must meet!
An editorial on the upcoming 1908 United States presidential election describes the contest as “a battle of giants.” It confidently declares President Theodore Roosevelt as the Republican Party candidate. Roosevelt has built a strong “personal following.” The Democratic Party must be prepared.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-10
Letter from Thomas B. Reed to Theodore Roosevelt
Speaker of the House Reed believes it was his duty to “go in again” and that his refusal to stand for reelection would make things unsatisfactory in his state given present conditions. Reed expresses distaste for Chairman of the Republican National Committee Marcus Hanna’s “coarse ways,” but it will not deter Reed from doing what “ought to be done.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1896-07-28