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Roosevelt agreed to become the nominee and to try not to "make war" with the Republican establishment once in office. Roosevelt defeated Black in the Republican caucus, and faced Democrat Augustus Van Wyck, a well-respected judge, in the general election. [90] Roosevelt campaigned on his war record, winning by just 1%. [91]
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) was the 26th President of the United States (1901–1909) and also served as Governor of New York and Vice President.He is known for becoming a leading spokesman for his version of progressivism after 1890.
Parker was unable to unite the party, and many Democrats supported Roosevelt. [211] Democrats alleged that the Republican campaign extorted large contributions from corporations, but these allegations had little impact on the election. [212]
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). [9]
Republican: Theodore Roosevelt: 60,435 27.52 Prohibition: William T. Wardwell 532 0.24 % Democratic gain from Nonpartisan: 1898 New York gubernatorial election
Democratic: Theodore Roosevelt: Republican: Civil Service Commissioner: 1893–1895‡ Edward S. Bragg: Democratic: Consul General in Havana: 1902 Theodore Roosevelt: Republican: Consul General in Hong Kong: 1903–1906 Luke E. Wright: Democratic: Secretary of War [1] 1908–1909 Francis Cockrell: Democratic: Interstate Commerce Commissioner ...
Theodore Roosevelt was followed several administrations later by his cousin, Franklin Roosevelt, who managed to wrench the Democratic Party from the clutches of the confederacy and moved it toward ...
Theodore Roosevelt won a landslide victory, taking every Northern and Western state. Roosevelt was the first Republican to carry the state of Missouri since Ulysses S. Grant in 1868. In voting Republican, Missouri repositioned itself from being associated with the Solid South to being seen as a bellwether swing state throughout the 20th century.