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In his acceptance speech as the presidential candidate for the Progressive Party, Theodore Roosevelt describes the need for the party’s break from the Republicans and his campaign platform.
1912-06-22
Through Leslie W. Seylar, Theodore Roosevelt thanks everyone who attended the Roosevelt Club of Fulton County’s special meeting on June 5, 1912, and passed the resolution. He comments that now nothing will prevent his presidential nomination except his opponents’ crookedness and that, because the “plain” have won, they will not rest while the “bosses” steal their victory. Roosevelt hopes that similar resolutions will pass across the United States and that the plain people will become aroused against the actions of Roosevelt’s opponents and “certain” members of the National Committee.
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1912-06-10
In a speech, Theodore Roosevelt attacks President Willliam H. Taft’s “feeble intentions” and his unscrupulous tactics in his New Jersey campaign.
1912
George B. Cortelyou forwards to President Roosevelt an extract of a letter from the Republican National Committeeman in Oregon.
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1904-08-29
Augustus Everett Willson states that the plan failed because “we could not agree on Mr. Yerkes” as chairman of the convention. John Watson Yerkes wished to exclude Governor William O’Connell Bradley from the delegation to the Republican National Convention. Willson encloses a memorandum regarding his letter of February 1 to Richard Wilson Knott. Willson is willing to meet with Yerkes and President Roosevelt.
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1904-02-08
Henry Waldo Coe offers suggestions regarding the officers of the Republican National Committee, including removing Perry S. Heath from his secretarial duties. Coe suggests that J. Hampton Moore would be better suited to the purpose.
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1904-02-11
The men of the Missouri State Republican Committee met and endorsed President Roosevelt for president and Missourian Cyrus Packard Walbridge for vice president, and set the date of the state convention for March 22, in Kansas City.
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1904-01-10
George W. Perkins encourages Theodore Roosevelt to treat the Republican National Committee with consideration.
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1912-06-11
Newspaper article discusses the possible effects the post office scandal will have on the upcoming national campaign.
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1903-06-19
John G. Capers, South Carolina Republican Committeeman, wants Mark Hanna, Republican National Committee Chair, to speak with President Roosevelt about Presidential appointments in South Carolina. The state is dominated by the Democrats and Capers fears that Roosevelt will appoint too many Democrats to official positions after the Democrats talked extensively to the president on a previous visit to South Carolina. Capers believes there are plenty of upstanding South Carolina Republicans to fill every position.
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1902-04-12
Senator Hanna’s conference with President Roosevelt likely included a discussion of the Republican National Committee chairmanship. It is unlikely that Hanna will serve again as chairman due to health concerns. Likely successors include Senator Fairbanks, Senator Lodge, and Postmaster General Payne.
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1903-06-27
Senator Hanna’s protest against the appointment of Judge Wright as judge of the District of Columbia indicates that Hanna’s alliance with George Barnsdale Cox is both offensive and defensive. Hanna will likely leave the Republican National Committee and focus on Ohio politics. The Hanna-Cox alliance will be a force in the realignment of Republican politics in Ohio.
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1903-06-27
Russell B. Harrison reports that many in Indiana, including himself, are staunch supporters of President Roosevelt and look forward to his election in 1904. He advises Roosevelt on several issues, including relations with the Columbia Club of Indianapolis, selecting a new judge, pensions for former first ladies, the detention of Santiago Iglesias Pantin in Puerto Rico, and disagreements with leaders in the Republican National Committee.
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1901-11-26
Character sketch of David Winfield Mulvane, the Republican National Committeeman for Kansas.
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1901
Due to E. A. Webster’s death, Senator Hanna has written to Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage recommending L. W. C. Blalock as collector of internal revenue. District Attorney John G. Capers of South Carolina will take Webster’s position on the Republican National Committee.
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1901-10-05
Daniel H. Reese is concerned about factional struggles among southern Republicans. He calls for the Republican National Committee to take early action and call for unity.
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1901-08-29
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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1896-07-28