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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... Taft during 1910/11 . Despite the closeness of Taft and Roosevelt in 1906 and despite the encouragement that the president gave his colleague , there was not an explicit presidential endorsement of Taft's candidacy . Roosevelt spoke ...
... Taft during 1910/11 . Despite the closeness of Taft and Roosevelt in 1906 and despite the encouragement that the president gave his colleague , there was not an explicit presidential endorsement of Taft's candidacy . Roosevelt spoke ...
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... Taft's own presidency . The selec- tion of Taft supporters for federal patronage positions restricted the extent of the new president's power in that area in 1909. Roosevelt also oversold Taft as a friend of progressive reform and ...
... Taft's own presidency . The selec- tion of Taft supporters for federal patronage positions restricted the extent of the new president's power in that area in 1909. Roosevelt also oversold Taft as a friend of progressive reform and ...
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... Taft , 3 Mar. 1909 , ibid . , pp . 1513 , 1517 , 1520 , 1543 . 41. Autobiography , p . 544 . CHAPTER 12 " THERE IS NO ONE LIKE THEODORE " 1. TR to Frederic Harrison , 18 Dec. 1907 , Letters , 6 : 866 . 2. William Howard Taft to C. M. ...
... Taft , 3 Mar. 1909 , ibid . , pp . 1513 , 1517 , 1520 , 1543 . 41. Autobiography , p . 544 . CHAPTER 12 " THERE IS NO ONE LIKE THEODORE " 1. TR to Frederic Harrison , 18 Dec. 1907 , Letters , 6 : 866 . 2. William Howard Taft to C. M. ...
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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