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Letter from William H. Taft to William H. Moody

Letter from William H. Taft to William H. Moody

Secretary of War Taft tells Attorney General Moody that he believes Judge Horace H. Lurton is the best man for the vacancy on the Supreme Court and would ensure greatest public approval. Taft also believes Supreme Court Justice Harlan is going to retire, creating another vacancy. (Moody would actually be appointed for the first vacancy in late 1906, and Lurton would be appointed to the Court in 1909 by Taft who was then President.)

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-30

Letter from William H. Moody to William H. Taft

Letter from William H. Moody to William H. Taft

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-27

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft agrees with President Roosevelt’s decision to appoint John Marshall Harlan. Taft then analyzes the political considerations in making the appointment of the Supreme Court justice who will succeed Henry Billings Brown. Taft also expresses concern about Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal John F. Stevens’s inability to answer the charges of Poultney Bigelow’s article in The Cosmopolitan, even if the charges have no foundation. In addition, Taft notifies Roosevelt that he tried to get Major George W. Goethals, an army engineer, to be Secretary of the Board to live on the Isthmus of Panama, but the presence of Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission Joseph Bucklin Bishop prevents it. Taft recognizes that Congressman Julius C. Burrows is “indignant” about Taft’s involvement in the appointment of District Judge in the Western District of Michigan, but Taft does not think Burrows is justified.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-21