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 107
... legislation , to both of which there have been the most violent opposition , have now been rather sullenly acquiesced in . " The president overstated the opposition to these proposals , but in his mind the Department of Commerce and ...
... legislation , to both of which there have been the most violent opposition , have now been rather sullenly acquiesced in . " The president overstated the opposition to these proposals , but in his mind the Department of Commerce and ...
Page 163
... legislation went to conference , and both houses agreed to it in June 1906. Who deserved the credit for the enactment of serious railroad legislation ? That question was much discussed during the summer of 1906 , along with the related ...
... legislation went to conference , and both houses agreed to it in June 1906. Who deserved the credit for the enactment of serious railroad legislation ? That question was much discussed during the summer of 1906 , along with the related ...
Page 165
... legislation was not in itself a new issue . In his annual message of December 1905 , Roosevelt had recommended the passage of legislation " to regulate interstate commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods , drinks , and drugs " in ...
... legislation was not in itself a new issue . In his annual message of December 1905 , Roosevelt had recommended the passage of legislation " to regulate interstate commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods , drinks , and drugs " in ...
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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