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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... Root . The secre- tary of war , who was nearing his fifty - seventh birthday , had just com- pleted two full years in governmental service . President McKinley had asked Root to leave his corporate law practice in New York during the ...
... Root . The secre- tary of war , who was nearing his fifty - seventh birthday , had just com- pleted two full years in governmental service . President McKinley had asked Root to leave his corporate law practice in New York during the ...
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... Root before the secretary of war made a move that resolved the strike . On 9 October , Root proposed that he come to see J. P. Morgan with a plan to break the deadlock over the coal walkout . Morgan's banking interests gave him leverage ...
... Root before the secretary of war made a move that resolved the strike . On 9 October , Root proposed that he come to see J. P. Morgan with a plan to break the deadlock over the coal walkout . Morgan's banking interests gave him leverage ...
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... Root , who would , the president predicted , “ make in my judgment at least as good a Secretary of State as we have ever had . " Root was one of the best appointments that Roosevelt made . Sixty years old in 1905 , Root had become a ...
... Root , who would , the president predicted , “ make in my judgment at least as good a Secretary of State as we have ever had . " Root was one of the best appointments that Roosevelt made . Sixty years old in 1905 , Root had become a ...
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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