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Joseph Bucklin Bishop sends President Roosevelt a report on independents’ voting patterns in the recent presidential election. Bishop is annoyed both with Republican party officials claiming their influence swung New York and with Democrats whom he found “offensive” during the campaign.
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1904-11-14
Theodore Roosevelt is proud of the victory and the voters in California, especially the women supporters.
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1912-06-05
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Ambrose W. Asbury for providing the exact figures of the voting in Greene County, Ohio, and for the work he did on the campaign in helping to bring a victory to Ohio.
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1912-05-29
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to hear from David Steckler and will call on him if there is anything with which he can help. Roosevelt hopes he will take the initiative and become involved with any local movements that give expression to the majority of Republican voters.
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1912-05-28
Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks and appreciation to Frank Foggin for the work he and his friends are doing in their attempts to influence the delegates to vote in accordance with the Republican voters.
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1912-05-27
Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks to Governor Oddie for his telegram and agrees that if the Republican voters of Nevada had the opportunity to vote, they would have followed in the lead of the other Republican states which declared for progressive principles.
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1912-05-27
Theodore Roosevelt is grateful to W. E. Pricer for the work he did in Ohio and to the people of Ironton for coming out in the rain and voting.
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1912-05-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Charles Howard Thompson for the letter confirming the telephone message giving the election figures. Roosevelt hopes for the passage of the direct primary bill for the election of senators.
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1912-05-09
Theodore Roosevelt responds to Max Mitchell’s letter discussing direct primaries. Roosevelt states that he does not want anything from the primaries that the people do not clearly wish to give him.
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1912-05-08
President Roosevelt shares Arthur Hamilton Lee’s laments about the political situation in England, and notes that in the United States, mistakes will not have as far reaching results. However, he is concerned about President William H. Taft’s leadership. He commiserates with the strain that “incessant speaking” was on Lee, and says he is not looking forward to his upcoming trip to San Francisco to see his son Ted, when he will have to give many speeches along the way. He believes that the American system of holding all of its elections on one day is good.
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1911-02-02
Edgar D. Crumpacker writes to President Roosevelt about rumors in the press that Roosevelt, House Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon, and other Republicans plan to take a “stand pat” policy which would mean any policy changes related to tariffs would be off the table. Rank and file Republicans seek revisions to tariff schedules and customs duties and may not vote with the party if no action is taken. Crumpacker feels this decision will likely turn the House democratic.
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1906-07-28
Francis B. Loomis writes to William Loeb regarding political official Richard C. Kerens, who wants to meet with President Roosevelt and leave a good impression on him. Loomis reports that Kerens ran an honest Senate caucus campaign without resorting to bribery to secure votes. Loomis reveals to Loeb a confidential message about Kerens securing a deal that gives him power over a top American newspaper.
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1906-05-13
Isaac H. Frothingham sends William Loeb newspaper clippings, which Frothingham says are “‘political straws,’ denoting which direction the wind is blowing.” He discusses voting in New York, implying that Grover Cleveland’s 182,000 vote lead in the New York gubernatorial election of 1882 was reduced to a mere 1,150 vote lead in New York during the 1884 presidential election as a result of John Y. McKane’s actions. Frothingham states that they can reduce democratic candidate Alton B. Parker’s vote lead even more successfully.
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1904-07-16
Multiple articles from the November 6, 1902, edition of the Commercial Advertiser.
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1902-11-06