American Boys' Life of Theodore RooseveltLothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1906 - 336 pages |
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... politics , and almost before he knew it he was elected a New York State assemblyman . He served in this capacity for three terms , and many are the stories told of how he fought against corruption first , last , and all the time . The ...
... politics , and almost before he knew it he was elected a New York State assemblyman . He served in this capacity for three terms , and many are the stories told of how he fought against corruption first , last , and all the time . The ...
Page ix
... political parties by his straightforwardness and his sterling honesty . Men might differ with him politically , but they could never accuse him of doing that which he himself did not firmly believe was right . His term as governor had ...
... political parties by his straightforwardness and his sterling honesty . Men might differ with him politically , but they could never accuse him of doing that which he himself did not firmly believe was right . His term as governor had ...
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... politics by taking an active part in a Republican primary . He lived in the twenty - third assembly district of the ... politicians . " He's a clever fellow . " " That may be , " said another . " But I don't know that we can manage him ...
... politics by taking an active part in a Republican primary . He lived in the twenty - third assembly district of the ... politicians . " He's a clever fellow . " " That may be , " said another . " But I don't know that we can manage him ...
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... politicians who had in the past ruled the district with a rod of iron . It was a Republican district , so that the contest for the place was entirely in the primary . " If he is nominated and elected , our power will be gone , " they ...
... politicians who had in the past ruled the district with a rod of iron . It was a Republican district , so that the contest for the place was entirely in the primary . " If he is nominated and elected , our power will be gone , " they ...
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... political arena , and if he felt proud over it , who can blame him ? The State Capitol of New York is , as my young readers must know , at Albany , on the Upper Hudson , and hither the young assemblyman journeyed . The assembly- men ...
... political arena , and if he felt proud over it , who can blame him ? The State Capitol of New York is , as my young readers must know , at Albany , on the Upper Hudson , and hither the young assemblyman journeyed . The assembly- men ...
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