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 65
... issues should be handled.42 An event that occurred on the same day as the conference rein- forced the apprehension that Roosevelt and his guests felt about the tariff issue . Speaker of the House David B. Henderson declined to accept ...
... issues should be handled.42 An event that occurred on the same day as the conference rein- forced the apprehension that Roosevelt and his guests felt about the tariff issue . Speaker of the House David B. Henderson declined to accept ...
Page 156
... issue . 24 The shifting political atmosphere after 1905 had its greatest impact on the Republicans as the party in power . Factional alignments rose to the surface after eight years of relative calm . Across the country , from ...
... issue . 24 The shifting political atmosphere after 1905 had its greatest impact on the Republicans as the party in power . Factional alignments rose to the surface after eight years of relative calm . Across the country , from ...
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... issues emerged , at the end of the session , into the spotlight of public attention - pure - food - and - drug legislation and the issue of the quality and cleanliness of the meat that Americans con- sumed . These two related problems ...
... issues emerged , at the end of the session , into the spotlight of public attention - pure - food - and - drug legislation and the issue of the quality and cleanliness of the meat that Americans con- sumed . These two related problems ...
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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