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'''Theodore Roosevelt''', considered by many to be one of the greatest American Presidents, was the 26th [[President of the United States]].  He was born on October 27, 1858 at 28 East 20th Street in New York city. Although he had asthma he managed to work over it and become strong.  He worked in both the Police Department and the Navy Department.  When the [[Spanish-American War]] started he became a rough rider.  Because of his well known assault on San Juan Hill and other patriotic acts he was nominated for Vice-President with incumbent William McKinley.  When President McKinley was shot by a [[polish]] [[anarchist]], Roosevelt automatically became President.  Because of his success in the presidency he was renominated by the Republican party to run for President.  He successfully beat Democratic candidate Alton B. Parker in the election of 1904.  When his term was up he supported Republican candidate and then Vice President [[William H. Taft]], but later he expressed disapproval of Taft's handling of the presidency and ran against him.  He lost the Republican nomination to Taft but ran as an independent on the Bull Moose Progressive party.  Both he and Taft lost to Democrat [[Woodrow Wilson]] in the election of 1912. He never ran for President again.  He died age, 60 4 o'clock AM January 6, 1919.<ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt]] By Zachary Kent, Chicago Press </ref>
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'''Theodore Roosevelt''' (1858-1919) was the 26th [[President of the United States]].  He suffered from asthma as a boy but was able to work through it with the assistance of exercise.  He worked in both the Police Department and the Navy Department.   
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When the [[Spanish-American War]] started he became a rough rider.  Because of his well known assault on San Juan Hill and other patriotic acts he was nominated for Vice-President with incumbent William McKinley.  When President McKinley was shot by an [[anarchist]], Roosevelt automatically became President, and was reelected against a challenge by the Democratic candidate Alton B. Parker in 1904.   
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When Roosevelt's term was up he supported Republican candidate and then Vice President [[William H. Taft]], but later he expressed disapproval of Taft's handling of the presidency and ran against him.  He lost the Republican nomination to Taft but ran as an independent on the Bull Moose Progressive party.  Both he and Taft lost to Democrat [[Woodrow Wilson]] in the election of 1912.<ref><ref>[[Encyclopedia of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt]] By Zachary Kent, Chicago Press</ref>
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Roosevelt once declared:<ref>Theodore Roosevelt, "The Children of the Crucible," 14 Annals of America 1916-1928, 129, at 130 (1968).</ref>
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:We must have but one flag. We must also have but one language. That must be the language of the Declaration of Independence, of Washington’s Farewell address, of Lincoln’s Gettysburg speech and second inaugural. We cannot tolerate any attempt to oppose or supplant the language and culture that has come down to us from the builders of this Republic.
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== Sources ==
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