Stoddard, Isaac Taft

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

President Roosevelt sends Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock some communications regarding Arizona Territorial Governor Nathan Oakes Murphy. Roosevelt feels he should be replaced with Alexander O. Brodie. Roosevelt also informs Hitchcock that he has been promised information regarding the unfitness of the man backed to be Secretary (likely Isaac Taft Stoddard), but says that while this is an important matter it does not need to be taken care of at the moment.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Celora E. Martin

President Roosevelt informs Celora E. Martin that, at present, he intends to let the nomination of Isaac Taft Stoddard, Martin’s son-in-law, remain.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1901-09-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander O. Brodie

President Roosevelt may need to appoint another New Yorker, George W. Dunn, to succeed Isaac Taft Stoddard as Secretary of Arizona Territory. Roosevelt will fully discuss the matter with Governor Brodie in person.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Collier Platt

Attorney General Knox will not alter his report and memorandum of February 6. In light of the report, President Roosevelt does not believe he can write a letter that would be desirable to Isaac Taft Stoddard. Knox’s advice is for Stoddard to resign and Roosevelt to accept the resignation without saying anything more.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

President Roosevelt would like a report from the Department of the Interior about how Isaac Taft Stoddard, Secretary of Arizona Territory, construed the departmental permissions to allow himself to set up an outside business and rival former Secretary Charles Henry Akers. Roosevelt will lay the matter before the Attorney General.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Collier Platt

Governor Alexander O. Brodie of Arizona and Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock have recommended Isaac Taft Stoddard’s removal as Secretary of Arizona Territory. President Roosevelt agrees with their assessment and offers to go over the evidence with Senator Platt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander O. Brodie

President Roosevelt does not know anything about the charges against Isaac Taft Stoddard, Secretary of Arizona Territory, and instructs Governor Brodie to conduct a “rigid and thorough investigation.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ben Daniels

Ben Daniels’s appointment as United States Marshal for Arizona has been confirmed. President Roosevelt instructs Daniels to guard against any behavior that could be misconstrued as unprofessional.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

President Roosevelt calls for the appointment of Isaac Taft Stoddard as secretary of Arizona Territory. Roosevelt stresses that Stoddard must be instructed to follow the directions of the Attorney General.

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Creation Date

1901-12-12

Letter from O. D. M. Gaddis to William H. Andrews

O. D. M. Gaddis describes the meeting of the committee considering joint statehood for Arizona and New Mexico. While many are sympathetic to the cause of statehood, some representatives at the meeting felt pressured to oppose statehood. Arizona Governor Joseph H. Kibbey got the mining corporations involved in the statehood issue. Near the end of the meeting another committee of Democrats and Republicans was appointed to consider statehood.

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Creation Date

1906-08-06

Letter from J. Sloat Fassett to Theodore Roosevelt

J. Sloat Fassett asks President Roosevelt to encourage New York Congressman Charles W. Gillet to accept gracefully the people’s choice of Fassett as the Republican nominee for a congressional seat.

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Creation Date

1904-03-22

Letter from Alexander O. Brodie to Theodore Roosevelt

Governor Brodie discusses the possible appointment of George W. Dunn as Secretary of Arizona Territory. Brodie advocates for the appointment to go to an Arizonan instead of to Dunn, who is from New York.

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1904-03-14

Letter from Alexander O. Brodie to Theodore Roosevelt

Alexander O. Brodie discusses the appointment of a secretary for the Arizona Territory. He encloses a copy of a resolution adopted at the Republican convention held in Tucson, Arizona.

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Creation Date

1904-03-12

Letter from Alexander O. Brodie to Theodore Roosevelt

Governor Brodie recommends W. F. Nichols for appointment as secretary of Arizona, rather than Garret Ryan. He recommends Nichols on account of his long public life in the territory. Brodie reports that a resolution passed in the Arizona territorial convention instructs Republican National Convention delegates to vote for President Roosevelt.

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Creation Date

1904-03-09

Letter from Alexander O. Brodie to Theodore Roosevelt

Governor Brodie thanks President Roosevelt for his prompt action in quelling the recent mining strike in Arizona, and he updates Roosevelt on charges against Isaac Taft Stoddard.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-25

Letter from Alexander O. Brodie to William Loeb

Governor Brodie writes to William Loeb regarding an investigation against Isaac Taft Stoddard, Secretary of Arizona Territory, informing him that it is on hold for a while. Figures in New York politics may be put at risk by the serious nature of the charges.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-11

Telegram from H. A. Hughes to Theodore Roosevelt

H. A. Hughes, upon hearing of President Roosevelt’s plan to offer Myron H. McCord an appointment, notifies Roosevelt that McCord has publicly made “vile” remarks about him. He encourages Roosevelt to confirm this by contacting Governor Nathan Oakes Murphy, Isaac Taft Stoddard, or Major James Harvey McClintock.

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Creation Date

1902-02-28

Letter from Celora E. Martin to Theodore Roosevelt

Judge Martin thanks President Roosevelt for the letter regarding his son-in-law’s appointment. He is confident that Isaac Taft Stoddard’s nomination will remain.

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Creation Date

1901-09-26

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