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NCarolinawoman

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8. Proud to say, I had a great uncle who who knew TR in NYC and volunteered for him.

Reply to cali (Reply #5)

Tue Aug 13, 2013, 09:24 PM

Aug 2013

One might say, he was kind of a "Deaniac" for TR.

Interesting thing was that my great uncle (my paternal grandmother's older brother) was also a businessman on Wall Street. Yet he saw all the corruption and shenanigans going on. Grew to hate it and that's how he became a strong Teddy Roosevelt supporter.

Thanks for all this good information.

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