Woodrow Wilson to Eugene Reed

Title

Woodrow Wilson to Eugene Reed

Creator

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Identifier

WWP17553

Date

1913 March 7

Description

Woodrow Wilson writes to Eugene Reed encouraging him to support the election of Henry Hollis to the United States Senate.

Source

Wilson Papers, Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia

Subject

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence

Text

My dear Mr. Reed:

I am deeply anxious about the situation in New Hampshire with regard to the election of the United States Senator, and I want to send through you a message to those of my friends in the Legislature who still have doubts as to the wisdom of voting for Mr. Hollis.
I hope that they will not think that I am taking an undue liberty in this matter. I feel to the bottom of my heart my responsibility to the country and to the party, and I know what the difficulties of the party are likely to be if the margin of Democratic votes in the Senate of the United States is too narrow. Any accident might impair or destroy that majority, and even the illness of a man or two might change the complexion of affairs. For this reason I feel it to be the solemn obligation of every Democrat to cast aside personal feeling, and even individual judgment, and stand with the party in an united effort to make the most of its opportunity.
I, therefore, make this earnest appeal to the friends to whom this letter is addressed through you to support Mr. Hollis. I wish that I could make the appeal in person, but in no circumstances could I make it more solemnly or earnestly than I now do. My duty and their duty to the party and to the country is involved.
WOODROW WILSON



HoNH F. Reed
Manchester, NH

Original Format

Letter

To

Reed, Eugene Elliott

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Temp00007.pdf

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Citation

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Eugene Reed,” 1913 March 7, WWP17553, First Year Wilson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.