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Oct. 20, 1904
President Theodore Roosevelt
May 11, 1904
President Theodore Roosevelt
Glacier Point, California - 1904
Republican notification ceremony
Republican leaders officially notify TR that the party has nominated him for president. Speaker Cannon stands beside TR on the left. Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY - Aug. 4, 1904
Pres. Theodore Roosevelt and VP Charles Fairbanks
Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, New York - 1904
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt's home in Oyster Bay, New York - 1904
Stand pat!
Roosevelt campaign material - May 19, 1904
President Theodore Roosevelt
1906
Col. Theodore Roosevelt
1912
Roosevelt and a bull elephant
Meru, Kenya - 1909
Col. Theodore Roosevelt
Campaigning in Hackensack, NJ - 1912
X-ray of Roosevelt's ribs with embedded bullet
Surgeons opted not to remove the bullet, lodged in the fourth rib - Oct. 14, 1912
The speech that saved Roosevelt's life
Fifty pages of thick paper folded in half plus one steel spectacles case slowed the bullet that lodged in Roosevelt's rib - Oct. 14, 1912
Theodore Roosevelt, laughing
Gov. Robert M. La Follette
1904
The Red Gym
The Wisconsin Republican Convention of 1904 was held at the Red Gym at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. In a factional dispute that foreshadowed the national Republican schism of 1912, conservatives bolted the convention to protest the nomination of progressive pioneer, Governor Robert La Follette.
Gov. Robert M. La Follette
Chautauqua assembly in Decatur, IL - 1905
Sen. Robert La Follette
1906
Sen. Robert La Follette
Reading the roll, Los Angeles, CA - 1907
Sen. Robert M. La Follette
1911
Senator Robert La Follette
1909?
Andrew Furuseth, Robert M. La Follette and Lincoln Steffens
1915
Opening of 60th Congress
Dec. 2, 1907
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon
1903
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon
1905
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon
1905-1926?
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon
1905-1926?
Rep. "Uncle Joe" Cannon and Vice Pres. "Sunny Jim" Sherman
1911
Rep. Joseph G. Cannon
1912
Rep. Joseph G. Cannon
On the cover of the first issue of TIME - Mar. 3, 1923
Sen. Nelson W. Aldrich
1902
Sen. Nelson W. Aldrich
1905-1915?
The Big Four
Senators Orville Platt, John Spooner, William Allison, and Nelson Aldrich, meet informally at Aldrich’s Newport, Rhode Island, estate in 1903
1908 Republican National Convention
Chicago Coliseum, June 16, 1908
William H. Taft
Mitchell (S. Dakota?), 1908
The Smile of Prosperity
Taft campaign button - 1908
The Anatomy of a Smile
Allegedly candid photo of Taft receiving congratulations after his 1908 Republican nomination.
Roosevelt and Taft at the White House
Taft's inauguration - Mar. 4, 1909
Taft & Roosevelt driving to Capitol
Taft's inauguration - Mar. 4, 1909
President William H. Taft
Inauguration - Mar. 4, 1909
Will and Nellie Taft
En route to the White House on inauguration day, Mar. 4, 1909
President William H. Taft
Apr. 3, 1909
President William H. Taft with Speaker Joseph G. Cannon
President-Elect William H. Taft
Hot Springs, VA - Dec. 30, 1908
Republican National Convention - June 18-22, 1912
Chicago Coliseum
President Taft and President-Elect Wilson
Wilson's inauguration, March 4, 1913