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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... Court would agree to hear the case . During their visit to Washington to file the papers with the Supreme Court , the lawyers for Minnesota met with Attorney General Philander C. Knox on 6 January . As Douglas recalled the conversation ...
... Court would agree to hear the case . During their visit to Washington to file the papers with the Supreme Court , the lawyers for Minnesota met with Attorney General Philander C. Knox on 6 January . As Douglas recalled the conversation ...
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... Court . Justice Horace Gray of Massachusetts resigned because of poor health . The president wanted to pick as the successor someone from the same state who shared Roosevelt's views about upholding the policies of the Republi- cans ...
... Court . Justice Horace Gray of Massachusetts resigned because of poor health . The president wanted to pick as the successor someone from the same state who shared Roosevelt's views about upholding the policies of the Republi- cans ...
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... court in April 1903 , and the case had quickly moved on appeal to the Supreme Court because of the Expediting Act . The 5 - to - 4 ruling sus- tained the position of the federal government that the railroad combina- tion violated the ...
... court in April 1903 , and the case had quickly moved on appeal to the Supreme Court because of the Expediting Act . The 5 - to - 4 ruling sus- tained the position of the federal government that the railroad combina- tion violated the ...
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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