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James M. Scovel recommends that President Roosevelt retain the current Collector in New Orleans until the next delegate is elected to the Republican National Convention. Typed copy of original handwritten letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-11
The Louisiana Republican State Central Committee called for a convention to nominate a state ticket but will select delegates to the Republican National Convention at a later date. The committee’s plan appears to be to capture Democratic votes with a “white basis” state convention and then only later offer African American representation to the national convention.
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1904-02-19
Augustus Everett Willson reviews efforts in Kentucky to avoid a struggle over the delegation to the Republican National Convention between William O’Connell Bradley and John Watson Yerkes. Willson believes that united action in support of President Roosevelt is possible if both sides are willing to make concessions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-26
Sam T. Clover updates Paul Morton on the political situation in southern California. Clover expects that the delegates to the Republican National Convention will likely support President Roosevelt’s nomination.
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1904-02-08
Shelby M. Cullom encloses a resolution endorsing Theodore Roosevelt as a presidential nominee, adopted at the Illinois 12th District Republican Convention. He expects a solid delegation at the Republican National Convention.
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1904-02-08
Secretary of War Taft tells President Roosevelt that he hopes to bring about a compromise between Governor Myron T. Herrick and Senator Joseph B. Foraker from Ohio concerning the upcoming Republican National Convention.
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1904-02-08
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
Whitelaw Reid believes that since Joseph Bucklin Bishop and his newspaper can be so helpful during President Roosevelt’s campaign, it is not wise to encourage him to leave his position. Reid notes that there has been a change in political opinion lately, though a few remain discontented about the “coal strike, the Northern Securities, and certain trivialities like negro appointments, etc.”
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1904-02-09
Francis T. Roots, the Indiana delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1904, reports that Indiana is supporting President Roosevelt.
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1904-02-09
Addison Wimbs encloses an article about “one of Mr. Bingham’s henchmen” who is opposing President Roosevelt’s nomination, but Wimbs assures Roosevelt that Alabama’s delegates will support him at the Republican National Convention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-10
The Republican convention for the eighth congressional district has endorsed Roosevelt as Republican nominee for President.
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1904-02-11
George C. Manly seeks help in unifying Republican factions in Colorado in order to help President Roosevelt win the nomination for reelection. The largest division in the Colorado Republican party is between the anti-Wolcott movement and the rest of the Republicans and this has caused political corruption within the state.
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1904-02-02
Benjamin Franklin O’Neal asks if being a United States Marshal disqualifies him from serving as one of the Louisiana delegates to the Republican National Convention.
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1904-02-02
Augustus Everett Willson encloses documents concerning a Kentucky matter.
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1904-02-02
The Governor of Ohio is confident that the State’s delegates will support Roosevelt at the Republican National Convention.
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1904-02-04
Thomas G. Lawler and J. S. Budd enclose a resolution adopted at the Republican Convention of the 12th Congressional District of Illinois, favoring President Roosevelt as Republican presidential nominee.
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1904-02-04
Frank B. Noyes assures President Roosevelt that the Illinois delegates will support him at the Republican National Convention and that Charles Samuel Deneen is doing well in the gubernatorial election.
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1904-02-04
Morris Burke Belknap commits to securing President Roosevelt’s re-election. He supports Roosevelt’s position concerning Leonard Wood’s promotion and hopes to be a delegate from Kentucky at the Republican National Convention.
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1904-02-05
Congressman Bowersock reports “almost unanimous sentiment” for President Roosevelt’s nomination as Republican presidential nominee in Kansas.
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1904-02-05
Tennessee Republicans will be sending a Roosevelt delegation to the Republican National Convention. This raises issue of selecting federal office holders as delegates. Foster V. Brown assures Theodore Roosevelt that Southerners support his Panama policy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-05