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33. TR was hated by the Republican party leaders

Reply to elljay (Reply #15)

Sat Mar 12, 2016, 02:07 AM

Mar 2016

When hearing that President McKinley died and that TR was to become President, Senator Thomas Platt exclaimed, "Oh. God, now that damned cowboy is president of the United States!"

Also, read up on what happened to TR during the 1912 primaries, convention, and election. He became a pariah to the GOP then.

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