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ALS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 7.75, November 9, 1912. Handwritten letter to "Doctor Mitchell," in part: "Thank you for your note. I am not cast down in this hour of defeat for we did succeed in keeping our country from the real peril of Rooseveltianism. I leave the White House with the hope that I have done somethings which may prove useful to the country and the people. There is no other real satisfaction in holding office." He adds a postscript: "Do not fail 'to place me at the feet of your lady' as the Spanish say." In fine condition.
President Theodore Roosevelt had mentored and groomed his vice president and political protégé, William Howard Taft, to be his successor in the White House, persuading him to run in the 1908 presidential election. However, Taft's administration took on a more business-centric and limited-government form of Republicanism—directly conflicting with Roosevelt’s progressive vision. Unhappy with Taft's approach, Roosevelt decided to oppose him in the 1912 election—splitting the Republican vote and handing the election to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. In this remarkable letter, President Taft reflects on the election and his presidency as a whole.
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