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 132
... wanted , a per- sonal endorsement from Senator Hanna . 13 When the two men met in June at the wedding , Roosevelt thought that a promise to do exactly that had been made . He wanted Hanna to agree that he would again serve as the ...
... wanted , a per- sonal endorsement from Senator Hanna . 13 When the two men met in June at the wedding , Roosevelt thought that a promise to do exactly that had been made . He wanted Hanna to agree that he would again serve as the ...
Page 134
... wanted to reaffirm the existing tariff policy while leaving open the possibility of future action to revise duties . The docu- ment , he maintained , should praise what the administration had ac- complished and should say relatively ...
... wanted to reaffirm the existing tariff policy while leaving open the possibility of future action to revise duties . The docu- ment , he maintained , should praise what the administration had ac- complished and should say relatively ...
Page 253
... wanted no more expansive imperialism for the United States ; he wanted only the orderly management and eventual liquidation of the tutelary duties the nation had assumed a decade earlier . Relations with the major European powers ...
... wanted no more expansive imperialism for the United States ; he wanted only the orderly management and eventual liquidation of the tutelary duties the nation had assumed a decade earlier . Relations with the major European powers ...
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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