Name: Theodore Roosevelt Joins Bull Moose Party
Duration: 129
Description: Despite thinking he had more to accomplish, Teddy Roosevelt was determined to keep his promise not to run for reelection. Instead, he joined the Bull Moose party to protect his policies in preparation for his departure.

Despite thinking he had more to accomplish, Teddy Roosevelt was determined to keep his promise not to run for reelection. Instead, he joined the Bull Moose party to protect his policies in preparation for his departure.

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Theodore Roosevelt Joins Bull Moose Party

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Cowboy. Soldier. Statesman. Conservationist. Adventurer. Reformer. Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest president in American history—and arguably one of the most fascinating. Deeply ambitious and endlessly resilient—he once delivered an 84-minute speech bleeding from a gunshot wound to the chest—Roosevelt helped propel the nation into the 20th century with his progressive domestic reforms and his expansive, “big stick” foreign policy.

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