A stack of folded-up speech notes — and intervention from a medical team in Chicago — helped save President Theodore Roosevelt’s life, but not his effort to win a third term, 114 years ago.
The 26th president was wounded in the attack but the thick manuscript in his breast pocket helped save his life ...
On this day, Oct. 14, in 1912, while campaigning in Milwaukee, former President Theodore Roosevelt is shot by saloonkeeper John Schrank. With the bullet still in his chest, Roosevelt delivered his ...
Theodore Roosevelt campaigns for the presidency in 1904. Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for negotiating peace in the 1904-1905 war between Russia and Japan. (AP) An old Theodore ...
In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was shot in the chest before a campaign speech in Milwaukee. Instead of stopping, he spoke for 90 minutes with the bullet still lodged inside him. This documentary revisits ...
Who was the physically toughest U.S. President? There are many contenders for the title. In addition to his combat experience in the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson fought numerous duels. Ulysses S. Grant ...