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President Roosevelt wishes he could appoint Lucy C. Whitridge’s husband, Frederick W. Whitridge, to the position she has inquired about, but the amount of vacancies are very few, and Roosevelt prefers to promote men who served in the military.
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1906-11-27
President Roosevelt appoints George W. Littlehales to the U. S. Geographic Board as a representative of the Navy Department.
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1906-11-07
President Roosevelt wishes to appoint Alford Warriner Cooley as Assistant Attorney General at once.
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1906-11-07
President Roosevelt appoints Charles C. Rogers to the U. S. Geographic Board as a representative of the Navy Department.
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1906-11-07
President Roosevelt remarks that he has been able to get the Cabinet appointments he has wanted. He now has to give another appointment in Ohio of James Rudolph Garfield. He did not write Senator Dick earlier because the announcement was made earlier than expected. He is not sure whether he is more pleased by the gubernatorial election of Frank Robert Gooding in Idaho or Charles Evans Hughes in New York.
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1906-11-08
President Roosevelt remarks that he has been able to get the Cabinet appointments he has wanted. He now has to give another appointment in Ohio of James Rudolph Garfield. He did not write Senator Foraker earlier because the announcement was made earlier than expected. He is not sure whether he is more pleased by the gubernatorial election of Frank Robert Gooding in Idaho or Charles Evans Hughes in New York.
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1906-11-08
President Roosevelt asks John Avery McIlhenny if he got the letter asking him to become Civil Service Commissioner of the State Department. Roosevelt hopes McIlhenny will take the position.
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1906-11-08
President Roosevelt appoints Colonel Potts to the U. S. Geographic Board as a representative of the War Department.
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1906-11-08
President Roosevelt assures Lyman Metcalfe Bass that he will see him when he gets back to Washington and will appoint him unless the Department of Justice is critical of Bass.
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1906-11-05
President Roosevelt asks Justice Brewer if V. Mott Porter is a Republican as he would like a Republican on the committee. Roosevelt has offered the position to a “Louisiana friend” but does not know if he will accept.
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1906-11-05
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Root to make William Barret Ridgely “some ministership.” Roosevelt will explain his reasons later.
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1906-11-05
President Roosevelt believes Robert S. Cooper should be instated to Chief of the Weather Bureau. Willis L. Moore should be severely reprimanded and warned to change his conduct or else be removed.
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1906-11-06
President Roosevelt reveled in the letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp. Roosevelt believes that “beloved friend” William Dudley Foulke should not be appointed to the office, which he would likely not want.
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1906-10-10
President Roosevelt tells Attorney General Moody that he would like to appoint J. Ellen Foster to the position of her late husband, Elijah Caleb Foster, assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice. Roosevelt believes that Mrs. Foster’s experience with child labor will be useful to “make a preliminary investigation along the lines of my last message.”
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1906-10-05
President Roosevelt encloses information about “young Gates” and advises United States District Attorney Stimson to speak to Representative Herbert Parsons about Gates’s possible appointment.
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1906-10-05
President Roosevelt explains to Horace G. Knowles the need for a Spanish-speaking minister to Panama and details to the various roles of the governor, ministership, and commission there. Roosevelt hopes to announce Knowles appointment before the election.
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1906-10-08
President Roosevelt informs Vanderlynn Stow he will gladly do what he can for Hall. He asks if Hall has the “indispensable” endorsement of a senator.
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1906-09-25
President Roosevelt informs T. Coleman Du Pont he will not interfere in Delaware and thinks he can arrange Horace G. Knowles’s appointment after the election.
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1906-09-27
President Roosevelt is not responsible for appointments in the Philippines and suggests Christopher Minot Weld contact Commissioner of Commerce and Police in the Philippines W. Cameron Forbes.
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1906-09-13
President Roosevelt will carefully consider John N. Speel as suggested by Senator Nelson. He does not recall much about Speel but remembers one of the candidates feigned illness at the start of the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt knows Nelson will approve of finding the best man for the position.
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1906-08-30