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Stereograph showing Roosevelt, Governor Benton McMillin, and others standing on a stone platform.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-11-13
Due to the high volume of correspondence, the clippings P. S. Morrison sent to Theodore Roosevelt have been misplaced and cannot be returned. Harper thanks Morrison for offering his services to the campaign but there was not sufficient funds to pay Morrison’s expenses. If Morrison is still interested in supporting the campaign he should contact the managers of the Progressive Party in Tennessee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-02
Theodore Roosevelt has sent telegrams to men named Cliver and Lindsey. Roosevelt is against endorsing Ben W. Hooper and wants to nominate a Progressive candidate to run against him. Roosevelt hopes to carry Tennessee with a straight ticket.
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1912-08-03
Theodore Roosevelt thanks D. Clinton Cole for his letter and recommends that Cole not resign. Roosevelt wants the new party to be kept free of disgruntled office seekers and believes its leadership must include ex-Democrats to be successful in the Southern states.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-30
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Senator Dixon that G. T. Taylor has been asked to represent Tennessee on the provisional committee of the Progressive Party.
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1912-07-03
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Lincoln Campbell Houck for his letter and agrees that had there been a preferential primary in Tennessee the delegation to Chicago would be different. Roosevelt is glad that Houk is actively participating in the campaign.
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1912-06-08
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary acknowledges Abram M. Tillman’s letter to Roosevelt. He informs Tillman that there will be no compromise and that any delegates from Tennessee who wish to be in support of Roosevelt ought to do so on the first ballot.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-29
Former President Roosevelt does not know what happened at the Republican State Convention of Tennessee, but he is grateful for the work Judge Allison did.
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1912-05-24
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William J. Oliver for his letter and expresses the hope that the Tennessee delegation will work with the Roosevelt campaign despite Governor Hooper’s opposition.
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1912-05-14
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks William Jesse Oliver and Mr. Lindsay for the telegram to Roosevelt, and asks Oliver about the situation in Tennessee.
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1912-05-06
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks W. J. Oliver for his letter and asks for more information about the situation in Tennessee.
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1912-05-01
Theodore Roosevelt has enjoyed H. Rider Haggard’s book Rural Denmark. He agrees with Haggard regarding the land and those who live on it. Roosevelt comments on settlement patterns and their relations to agriculture and English speaking, as seen in the United States, Canada, Australia, and England. He compares the seemingly transient English settlers in East Africa with the Boers. While Denmark has done well, Roosevelt was puzzled by a particular “queer social growth” during his visit. He understands Haggard’s discouragement in trying to teach people “what is vital for them to learn and what they refuse to learn,” and advises him to approach the task. Roosevelt apologizes for writing “an unconscionably long letter.”
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1911-08-22
Theodore Roosevelt informs Tennessee state senator John Houk that although he feels warmly toward Tennessee, he cannot accept an invitation to speak.
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1911-02-03
Theodore Roosevelt is concerned with John Allison’s suggestion that he interfere in the matter of appointing Allison to represent Tennessee in the Senate. Roosevelt states “the personal feeling cannot control” his motion as leader of the Progressive Party.
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1912-11-16
President Roosevelt writes Richard Watson Gilder a lengthy refutation of an article in the Evening Post in which William Garrott Brown misconstrues his actions in the Republican Party. Namely, Brown accuses Roosevelt of neglecting Republicans in the South and of doing a poor job of making nominations to local offices and positions. Roosevelt asserts that where the Republican party is not strong in the South, he has had to appoint Democrats who were quality men, rather than incapable men who are Republicans. Where he believes the party has a chance to compete with Democrats, he does all he can to support it. Roosevelt also writes that he did not use his influence on officers to get William H. Taft the nomination, but rather Taft was nominated because Roosevelt’s policies were popular, and Taft is the man who will continue those policies. Roosevelt believes that Brown is either ignorant or willfully ignorant of a number of facts.
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1908-11-16
President Roosevelt was pleased with the news in Charles Phelps Taft’s letter. He now believes they will win all of the states that they won in 1904, except perhaps Missouri and Nevada. They may win Maryland and Tennessee. Roosevelt is attending William H. Taft’s church with him on Sunday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-17
President Roosevelt discusses the election prospects in various states. In particular he discusses the conditions in Ohio and New York, where “underground forces” are working against William H. Taft. However, Roosevelt believes that they will pull through and win the election. He believes that Charles Evans Hughes will win his election in New York as well. Roosevelt is glad that Senator Lodge is going on the stump. Hughes, Lodge, and Senator Albert J. Beveridge are the speakers who are most in demand.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-21
President Roosevelt agrees with John Allison that the Tennessee Republican Party is “a seething hotbed of factionalism.” He asks Allison if he would like to be appointed to the vacancy on the National Park Commission caused by the recent death of Stephen D. Lee.
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1908-05-31
President Roosevelt tells Lieutenant Commander Key that he does not need to thank him for his upcoming promotion because Key is worthy of it. Roosevelt believes that the Navy retirement bill worked well. He encourages Key regarding a visit to the Tennessee mountains.
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1907-07-05
President Roosevelt acknowledges the invitation of the governors of Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin, to make a trip on the Mississippi River with the Inland Waterways Commission. He reflects on the importance of the nation’s rivers as “highways” for products to supply any inadequacy of means of transportation over land. He intends to travel with the Commission down the Mississippi for three or four days in October. A note at the bottom of the letter indicates that it was sent to each of the governors who signed the invitation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-16