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President Roosevelt thanks Commissioner of Corporations Smith for his work in selecting a new judge for the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Connecticut. Roosevelt is leaning towards John K. Beach for the appointment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-30
Charles Hopkins Clark responds to President Roosevelt’s inquiry about the note from Yale University President Arthur Twining Hadley. Clark explains that he knows some of the men involved in the matter and that The Courant is not in any way bound to support Senator Frank B. Brandegee’s suggestion. Senators, as well as lawyers, have widely endorsed Walter C. Noyes for the position of United States Circuit Judge. Clark strongly recommends his appointment and says that if he is turned down, it could lead to trouble in Connecticut.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-04
Henry L. Sprague writes President Roosevelt that if Judge William J. Wallace retires, he would be interested in his position on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Sprague lays out his qualifications and his support for Roosevelt’s antitrust policies.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-08
With a series of excerpts from relevant letters, President Roosevelt strongly refutes allegations from anonymous sources quoted by William Dudley Foulke. These sources allege that Roosevelt had planned to nominate John K. Beach to succeed William K. Townsend on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, but then withdrew his promise to appoint Beach in favor of Walter Chadwick Noyes, in order to secure a delegation favorable to William H. Taft to the Republican National Convention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-06
President Roosevelt, Secretary of War William H. Taft, and others prefer Walter Chadwick Noyes over John K. Beach for the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, but Roosevelt would like to hear Commissioner of Corporations Smith’s thoughts on the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-02
President Roosevelt agrees with the recommendations from Senator Depew and Senator Platt to nominate Henry G. Ward as circuit court judge for the second circuit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-22
President Roosevelt was pleased to promote Alfred C. Coxe, most likely referring to Coxe’s appointment to an appellate position on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1902.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-16
Roosevelt accepts Nathaniel Shipman’s resignation as United States Circuit Judge for the Second Judicial Circuit. Shipman is resigning due to poor health.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-14
Attorney General Moody received Secretary of War Taft’s letter forwarding one from Governor Edward Wallis Hoch regarding the appointment of Judge J. T. Dickerson to the District Court. Moody thinks President Roosevelt will not take this matter up until at or before statehood is consummated. Moody further offers Taft a few considerations regarding the appointment of a judge to the United States Supreme Court to fill Judge Henry Billings Brown’s vacancy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-27