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President Roosevelt tells Senator Clark that if there is opposition to the confirmation of Marshal Reid of Oregon, he would like to provide evidence that shows why he deemed it necessary to disregard the Oregon Senator’s wishes on this matter.
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1905-12-12
President Roosevelt tells Arthur William Merrifield that Senator Thomas Henry Carter has been “just as nice as possible” about the marshalship in Montana and has said that Merrifield will have it, although he will have to wait until the present term expires in December 1906. Roosevelt suggests that Merrifield write Carter a thank-you note.
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1905-11-28
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Carter for his courtesy regarding the marshalship in Montana. Roosevelt would not have spoken on behalf of Arthur William Merrifield if he had not been one of the electors at large, who was sent to Washington to cast the electoral vote on behalf of Montana.
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1905-11-30
President Roosevelt has informed Charles H. Scott that he intends to follow Judge Jones’s recommendation for U.S. Marshal in Alabama. Scott requested that Jones have a conference with himself and Joseph O. Thompson about the matter.
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1905-11-24
President Roosevelt asks Senator Carter to tell him about the current U.S. Marshal in Montana. Roosevelt would like to give his friend Arthur William Merrifield a good position, and would prefer it to be a marshalship.
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1905-11-20
President Roosevelt asks Representative Dixon to tell him about the current U.S. Marshal in Montana. Roosevelt would like to give his friend Arthur William Merrifield a good position, and would prefer it to be the marshalship.
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1905-11-20
President Roosevelt tells Arthur William Merrifield that he has written Congressman Joseph M. Dixon and Senator Thomas Henry Carter and will see if Merrifield can be made a U.S. Marshal.
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1905-11-20
President Roosevelt is so concerned with Charles H. Scott’s letter about the character of newly-reappointed U.S. Marshal Leander J. Bryan that he has forwarded it to Judge Thomas Goode Jones. Scott calls Bryan a “moral leper,” but Roosevelt does not believe that Jones would knowingly recommend such a person.
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1905-11-08
President Roosevelt sends Judge Jones a number of papers about the character of U.S. Marshal Leander J. Bryan. Although Roosevelt wants to appoint a marshal that Jones works well with, he was not aware of the extent of the moral accusations against Bryan and does not feel he should reappoint him. He asks Jones to name another man.
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1905-11-13
President Roosevelt has arranged for Senator Foraker’s man, James, to serve on the Spanish Claims Commission. Roosevelt believes that it would be a benefit to the service for Harry S. Hubbard to replace Edward S. Wilson as U.S. Marshal in Puerto Rico, but he will keep him in Ohio if that is really what Foraker wants.
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1905-03-31
President Roosevelt is sorry that Edward S. Wilson feels that he must resign as a U.S. Marshal in Puerto Rico. Although Roosevelt would like to promote Mr. Hubbard, but is already “committed in other directions.”
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1905-03-28
President Roosevelt was pleased to appoint Bat Masterson as a deputy marshal. While the press’ hostility does not bother him, he instructs Masterson not to do anything to justify the criticism, and to conduct himself as befits a public officer.
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1905-02-08
President Roosevelt would like to appoint a good young man with no official position as marshal of the Northern District. He would prefer a Republican.
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1903-12-29
After consulting the Alabama senators, President Roosevelt has decided to appoint G. B. Deans as Marshal for the Southern District of Alabama.
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1903-12-15
President Roosevelt inquires about the Marshalship in Montana. Governor Hunt favors Lloyd.
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1902-10-02
President Roosevelt would like Henry C. Payne’s conclusions regarding the Tennessee marshalship.
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1902-06-21
President Roosevelt encloses letters recommending the reappointment of Lawson D. Melton as United States Marshal, as an example of how difficult it is to find facts concerning any public man.
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1902-05-13
Philip Battell Stewart has recommended the reappointment of D. C. Bailey as marshal in Colorado and President Roosevelt would like to know if Bailey has any Republican endorsements on file.
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1902-05-12
Captain Tandy protests the appointment of Weinbrenner as Marshal in St. Louis due to previous incidents of racial discrimination. Tandy recommends appointing A. F. Shriner.
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1902-04-05
President Roosevelt acted in the marshals’ case on the advice of others and regrets that General Rosser could not be appointed a United States Marshal.
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1902-03-14