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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt will bring Paul Newmann’s letter to Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long’s attention. However, Roosevelt explains that Long can only nominate individuals from certain districts, and does not know if Newmann’s son qualifies.
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1897-09-17
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt recently spoke to President William McKinley about George P. Dyer’s appointment. However, McKinley did not comment on the matter.
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1897-09-16
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Francis E. Laimbeer for the letter. He believes Gregory will receive the appointment but will look into the matter. Hopefully, Laimbeer will return as an assemblyman to the New York Legislature to sort out the “mess.”
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1897-09-16
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt regretfully informs Paul Joseph Dashiell that Secretary of the Navy Long cannot appoint him to the position as it must go to an astronomer. However, Long will consider Dashiell for the next vacancy.
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1897-04-30
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt updates Richard Olney on the case. He spoke to McCauley, his Colonel, and then Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long, who favors the appointment. However, President William McKinley makes the final decision. McKinley did not give Roosevelt a definite answer but is reviewing the papers.
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1897-05-01
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Charles B. Wilby that he will do what he can for Budd, even though it will not be much. He thinks Frank Moss’s appointment as police commissioner is the best under the circumstances. Roosevelt accomplished all he could in New York.
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1897-05-03
William Loeb suggests to President Roosevelt that he should clarify that his decision to replace the resigning Governor of New Mexico Territory Herbert J. Hagerman with George Curry was his alone and not the result of outside political forces.
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1907
A. Elwood Corning asks Theodore Roosevelt if any precedent or law prohibits a person from becoming a congressional candidate in a state where they cannot vote because of the duration of their residence.
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1911-12-09
Charles B. Hobbs believes his friend, William Bayard Cutting, is an ideal candidate for New Mexican senator. He asks Theodore Roosevelt to help in the matter.
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1911-11-13
J. M. Otterness, the University of South Dakota Sterling Club secretary, informs Theodore Roosevelt of former dean of the University’s College of Law Thomas Sterling’s candidacy for United States senator. He sends a copy of Sterling’s thoroughly progressive platform and asks Roosevelt’s opinion of it.
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1911-11-06
Herbert Parsons addresses the Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s decision not to renominate Robert Ludlow Fowler. He asks Theodore Roosevelt if he knows of the contents of Fowler’s correspondence with the Legal Aid Society regarding his troubles with his domestic servants and if it affects his appointment to a position of prominence.
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1911-10-30
Bernard Shandon Rodey is staying in Alaska for another winter as he needs the money. He recently attended New Mexico’s first state convention and was almost nominated for Congress. Except for a few nominees like George Curry, the Republican ticket is not ideal. Rodey comments on the sugar fraud case and asks if Roosevelt looked at his Puerto Rico Federal Reports volumes.
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1911-10-30
Lillian I. Pearsall has wanted to write Theodore Roosevelt for some time but feared it would be in vain. However, having seen him as she drove past Sagamore Hill, she feels he will kindly grant her request for an interview. She does not want to be reappointed as postmaster but seeks a different influential position and hopes Roosevelt will help.
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1911-08-24
Charles Rufus Skinner thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter, but insists he did not request any references or commendations for a particular position. Skinner explains that, in 1906, Roosevelt appointed him Assistant Appraiser and he has since upheld his pledges in office. To make way for a reorganization, Skinner has been asked to resign and has done so, and he inquires if he has done the right thing.
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1911-05-29
Alice Lee Moqué writes to Theodore Roosevelt requesting assistance in finding employment with the Bureau of Emigration. She has previously worked with the Census Bureau and wishes to apply her credentials to further government work to support her family.
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1911-05-27
Joseph D. Beck invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak at the upcoming meeting of the International Association of Officials of Bureau of Labor. Beck is trying to develop the association into an organization that can benefit the country and believes that Roosevelt’s speaking at the meeting would induce people to come. He believes the organization could lobby governors to appoint qualified men to bureaus of labor.
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1911-07-14
Archibald McCowan believes Theodore Roosevelt has some influence with the Republicans in the New York state legislature. He suggests that the Republicans vote for a “good Democrat” as a United States senator. McCowan speaks against machine and boss politics.
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1911-03-07
Rear Admiral Sperry responds to President Roosevelt’s intent to send an official letter of praise to the Navy Department regarding Sperry’s command of the Great White Fleet. Sperry suggests including additional highlights of his career, such as his contribution to the discussion of maritime law at the second Hague Peace Conference in 1907. Sperry expresses a desire to retire from his commander duties and be appointed to an internal waterways commission.
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1909-02-25
Senator Penrose has received the letter regarding President Roosevelt’s appointment of John Dunbar Pringle, which Senator Philander C. Knox has explained to him. Penrose agrees with Roosevelt’s decision and apologizes for not contacting him sooner.
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1909-01-08
President-Elect Taft agrees with President Roosevelt that he should tell the current cabinet members that he will not be reappointing them himself. Taft is pleased with Roosevelt’s suggestion to appoint William Loeb to the collectorship of the port of New York. He expresses his doubts about Secretary of War Luke E. Wright.
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1909-01-08