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John M. Leach asks Theodore Roosevelt to confirm that if William H. Taft is nominated, he will lose the presidency to the democrats. Leach does not understand why Taft would not step aside, and urges Roosevelt to take up the leadership of the Republican party and run for president.
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1911-12-14
John L. Davis informs Theodore Roosevelt the people want him to be the next president because he is able to meet with kings and emperors as well as farmers. Davis believes the voters will pick Roosevelt, if they have the chance.
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1911-12-12
President Roosevelt drops his son Ted a line to tell him that they are thinking of him as he starts out life in the “big world.” He reports that Ethel took his horse Roswell over the high hurdle twice before he made her promise not to do it again. Roosevelt’s leg has bothered him, but he thinks it is recovering now. He is being very careful with it so that he will start out well on his African safari. Ted’s registration in Oyster Bay has been worked out, and Roosevelt encourages him to make it down to vote.
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1908-10-10
Anna Howard Shaw has heard about Theodore Roosevelt’s upcoming speech at Carnegie Hall on “The Conservation of Womanhood and Childhood” and hopes he discusses the women’s suffrage movement in light of the growing list of states where women have gained the right to vote.
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1911-10-14
State Representative Peter A. Porter informs voters that an organization is trying to elect a county committee that will be hostile to him. Porter believes that no one can be completely loyal to President Roosevelt and support people who are trying to reinstate James Wolcott Wadsworth in power. Porter encourages voters to cast a vote at the next Republican caucus for a committeeman who will support him.
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1907-09-14
President Roosevelt carrying a big stick stands beside a man labeled “Senate” casting a vote into the “Dominican Ballot.” To their left stands a woman blindfolded, holding scales in her right hand and an enormous sword “justice” in her left.
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1907-02-26
An “independent voter” pats President Roosevelt on the shoulder as Alton B. Parker looks on. In the background is an elephant, a donkey, and a barn with a sign that reads, “Wanted: a manager for this farm—four years—10 salary—independent voter.” Caption: Independent voter selects a manager for Uncle Sam’s farm for the next four years.
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1904-11-12
The author argues that Charles Francis Murphy and Senator Patrick Henry McCarren are not “fit for decent political society” and that they are machine organizers. The author believes that Judge Alton B. Parker needs to secure the independent vote to be elected.
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1904-08-19
On the left a man labeled “Tariff Coddled Manufacturer” votes with one hand and receives a bribe in the other, in the form of a “High-Protection Schedule,” from a large hand labeled “Rep. Congress” extending above the U.S. Capitol. On the right a diminutive man votes with one hand and receives money with the other from a man leaning out of a saloon. Caption: It’s only a question of size.
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1906-09-05
Puck stands on a ballot box between President Roosevelt, who has one foot on the “Constitution,” is waving a sword labeled “Militarism” in a threatening manner above his head, and is holding regal robes and a crown with his left arm, and Alton B. Parker, who has one foot on a sword labeled “Militarism” and is holding aloft the “Constitution.”
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1904-10-12
A man labeled “Candidate for Senate,” holding wads of cash, stands in front of a sign that states “Sale of seats to the United States Senate has been prohibited.” Nearby the “Senatorial Box Office” has been boarded up and locked with a sign indicating “Closed.” Uncle Sam, as a police officer with a night stick labeled “Public Opinion,” is directing the man to the new entrance to the Senate, which is marked by the presence of a “Ballot Box” and a man labeled “Voter” standing next to the box. Caption: Uncle Sam — This way, Sir.
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1902-08-06
A German American man stands in front of a banner showing bust portraits of President William McKinley and Governor Theodore Roosevelt. As he casts his vote, he uses his left hand, holding papers labeled “Naturalization,” to brush aside the German Emperor, William II, and Carl Schurz. Caption: He does his own thinking, and will do his own voting.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1900-10-31
Richard Croker, dressed in formal wear and wearing a sash labeled “Tammany,” proclaims that he/Tammany supports William Jennings Bryan for president while, behind his back, he slips a vote for William McKinley into the pot labeled “Nov. Election.”
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1900-07-25
An elderly German American man, with one hand pointing to his head and the other pointing to a coin bank labeled “Savings Bank” on a table, winks to reinforce that he thinks his investments in the “U.S. Bonds” protruding from his vest and his savings are wise decisions. On the left is a poster showing a bust portrait of President William McKinley labeled “Expansion” and captioned “Gold Standard and Sound Money,” and on the right is a poster showing a bust portrait of William Jennings Bryan labeled “Anti-Expansion” and captioned “Repudiation and 16 to 1.”
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1900-08-15
Members of the Democratic Party labeled “Sound Money Democrats” cast votes for President William McKinley and show their support for the “Sound Money” platform of the Republican Party. On the left is a little man representing a faction of the Populist Party, flying a banner with a portrait of William Jennings Bryan; and in the background is the deserted Democratic Party Platform, flying a banner labeled “Democrat No Nomination.”
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1900-09-12
President Roosevelt rides up on a horse to the homestead of Miss West. Item is regarding the Western vote in 1904. Caption: But This Young Lochinvar Came Out of the East.
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1903-04-01
President Roosevelt kneels on one knee and sings to an African American woman whose skirt is labeled “Negro Vote.” In the background, two dancers labeled “Payne” and “Crumpacker” assist in the performance; at Crumpacker’s waist is a sword entitled “For the South.” Item regards Roosevelt’s efforts to court African American voters.
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1902-11-30
This cartoon depicts President Roosevelt as having secured the support of the Western states in the form of “bagging” a bear (the Western States).
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1903-04-07
President Roosevelt points Rodman Paul Snelling’s attention to an open letter that was published and defends his appointment policy, particularly appointing people of color.
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1903-10-12
George B. Cortelyou assures S. Claude Burr that his letter has been brought to the attention of President Roosevelt, who confirms Fred Herrig’s account of the voting incident. The account of the duel incident is not entirely accurate and Roosevelt would prefer that it not be published.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-11