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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. [b] (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as Teddy or T. R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.. Roosevelt previously was involved in New York politics, including serving as the state's 33rd governor for two y
According to documents found on Schrank after the attempted assassination, Schrank had written that the ghost of William McKinley came to him in a dream and told Schrank to avenge his death, pointing to a picture of Theodore Roosevelt. Ultimately, on October 14, 1912, while Roosevelt was campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Schrank attempted to ...
John Flammang Schrank (born Johann Nepomuk Schrank; March 5, 1876 – September 15, 1943) was a Bavarian-American tavern owner from Bavaria who attempted to assassinate former President Theodore Roosevelt outside of the Gilpatrick Hotel in Milwaukee on October 14, 1912.
After Hay's death in 1905, Roosevelt convinced Root to return to the Cabinet as Secretary of State, and Root remained in office until the final days of Roosevelt's tenure. [17] In 1907, Roosevelt replaced Shaw with Cortelyou, while James R. Garfield became the new secretary of the interior.
Four presidents died in office of natural causes (William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy), and one resigned (Richard Nixon, facing impeachment and removal from office). [12]
31st president Herbert Hoover (died October 20, 1964) 19 years, 191 days after 32nd president Franklin D. Roosevelt (died April 12, 1945) 333 days after 35th president John F. Kennedy (died November 22, 1963) 33rd president Harry S. Truman (died December 26, 1972) 9 years, 34 days after 35th president John F. Kennedy (died November 22, 1963)
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The 63-year-old Roosevelt died a few hours later, without regaining consciousness. As Allen Drury later said, "so ended an era, and so began another." After Roosevelt's death, an editorial in The New York Times declared, "Men will thank God on their knees a hundred years from now that Franklin D. Roosevelt was in the White House." [67]