The Presidency of Theodore RooseveltUniversity Press of Kansas, 1991 - 355 pages Theodore Roosevelt was hearty, frank, freindly, and bold - a president so popular that many Americans believed they knew him personally. Through the force of his personality and excitement of his adventuring, he wove the presidency into the fabric of daily life as no other president had done. Nearly a century later he is remembered as the most colourful chief executive. |
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Page 129
... Hanna's intentions was one that obsessed Roosevelt and fascinated Washing- ton . Hanna informed a friend that " the President is always at him for a pledge to support his nomination in 1904. " The senator's reply that only Roosevelt ...
... Hanna's intentions was one that obsessed Roosevelt and fascinated Washing- ton . Hanna informed a friend that " the President is always at him for a pledge to support his nomination in 1904. " The senator's reply that only Roosevelt ...
Page 130
... Hanna's power within the GOP as formid- able ; he also regarded any opposition to his own plans as more cohesive and conspiratorial than it often was in fact . When the president received gossip and rumor about Hanna's activities , he ...
... Hanna's power within the GOP as formid- able ; he also regarded any opposition to his own plans as more cohesive and conspiratorial than it often was in fact . When the president received gossip and rumor about Hanna's activities , he ...
Page 131
... Hanna talk " in New York and the Middle West . Doubts about Hanna's intentions persisted as the president left on his trip across the West . Roosevelt was planning to attend the wedding of Hanna's daugh- ter in June 1903. Friends of ...
... Hanna talk " in New York and the Middle West . Doubts about Hanna's intentions persisted as the president left on his trip across the West . Roosevelt was planning to attend the wedding of Hanna's daugh- ter in June 1903. Friends of ...
Contents
Keeping the Left Center Together | 225 |
We Were at Absolute Peace | 251 |
There Is No One Like Theodore | 271 |
Copyright | |
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