Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson

Title

Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson

Creator

House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938

Identifier

WWP25135

Date

1918 August 24

Description

House thinks that Solicitor General Davis would make a better replacement ambassador than Frank Cobb.

Source

Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
Cobb, Frank Irving, 1869-1923
Ambassadors--United States

Contributor

Danna Faulds

Language

English

Provenance

Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.

Text

The President
The White House, Washington.

Dear Governor:

Now that the expected has happened and Page has actually resigned I would like to make another suggestion other than Frank Cobb-- that is, Solicitor General Davis.

I do not know Davis very well but those that do think very highly of him. He is one of the best friends that Lansing has-- perhaps the best-- which would insure very cordial working relations with the State Department. He has an income, I am told, of $12,000. or $15,000. This would be nearly sufficient during the war, and Cleve Dodge would doubtless be glad to supplement it as he did in the case of Page.

If Davis is what his friends claim, he is more of the ambassadorial type than Cobb. I do not know either Mrs. David or Mrs. Cobb. You probably know them both. Mrs. Cobb has done some translating for the Inquiry in both French and German, therefore, I take it, she is a woman of cultivation.

Affectionately yours,


EM House

Magnolia, Massachusetts.

Original Format

Letter

To

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/WWI1142.pdf

Collection

Citation

House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938, “Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 August 24, WWP25135, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.