ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Typed letter signed ("Theodore Roosevelt") to Judge John Allison of Nashville, Tenn.; Oyster Bay, N.Y., 2 June 1916. 1 page, large 8vo. In very fine condition.
ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Typed letter signed ("Theodore Roosevelt") to Judge John Allison of Nashville, Tenn.; Oyster Bay, N.Y., 2 June 1916. 1 page, large 8vo. In very fine condition. TEDDY'S LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: "I INTEND TO GO DOWN OR UP...UNDER THE STANDARD OF AMERICANISM" Six days after this letter, Roosevelt was nominated for President by the Progressive Party (under whose standard the 1912 election had been handed to Woodrow Wilson). On the same day the Republican Party nominated Charles Evans Hughes for President. Here, the veteran campaigner is philosophical about his chances: "My Dear Judge, That's a mighty nice letter of yours! But whether the politicians will nominate me at Chicago is more than doubtful. I am making this fight on straight national lines. On Memorial Day I made a particular request that I speak at the invitation not only of the G.A.R., but also of the Confederate Veterans, for I intend to go down or up, just as fate may decide, under the standard of Americanism...." Mindful that his 1912 run under the Bull Moose standard had virtually handed Wilson the election, Roosevelt had not actively sought the 1916 nomination, fearing a similar result. Roosevelt declined the Progressive Party's nomination and announced he would support Hughes: "It was not that Roosevelt liked Hughes, but that he disliked Wilson" (H.F. Pringle, Theodore Roosevelt , p.410). Roosevelt's overwhelming goal in 1916 was the defeat of Wilson, whose failure to assert American rights as a neutral he continued to deplore. But Hughes proved a lack-luster candidate and although the election was a close one, in the end Wilson won a second term.
ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Typed letter signed ("Theodore Roosevelt") to Judge John Allison of Nashville, Tenn.; Oyster Bay, N.Y., 2 June 1916. 1 page, large 8vo. In very fine condition.
ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Typed letter signed ("Theodore Roosevelt") to Judge John Allison of Nashville, Tenn.; Oyster Bay, N.Y., 2 June 1916. 1 page, large 8vo. In very fine condition. TEDDY'S LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: "I INTEND TO GO DOWN OR UP...UNDER THE STANDARD OF AMERICANISM" Six days after this letter, Roosevelt was nominated for President by the Progressive Party (under whose standard the 1912 election had been handed to Woodrow Wilson). On the same day the Republican Party nominated Charles Evans Hughes for President. Here, the veteran campaigner is philosophical about his chances: "My Dear Judge, That's a mighty nice letter of yours! But whether the politicians will nominate me at Chicago is more than doubtful. I am making this fight on straight national lines. On Memorial Day I made a particular request that I speak at the invitation not only of the G.A.R., but also of the Confederate Veterans, for I intend to go down or up, just as fate may decide, under the standard of Americanism...." Mindful that his 1912 run under the Bull Moose standard had virtually handed Wilson the election, Roosevelt had not actively sought the 1916 nomination, fearing a similar result. Roosevelt declined the Progressive Party's nomination and announced he would support Hughes: "It was not that Roosevelt liked Hughes, but that he disliked Wilson" (H.F. Pringle, Theodore Roosevelt , p.410). Roosevelt's overwhelming goal in 1916 was the defeat of Wilson, whose failure to assert American rights as a neutral he continued to deplore. But Hughes proved a lack-luster candidate and although the election was a close one, in the end Wilson won a second term.
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