Let the people rule : Theodore Roosevelt and the birth of the presidential primary
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Let the people rule : Theodore Roosevelt and the birth of the presidential primary
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The work Let the people rule : Theodore Roosevelt and the birth of the presidential primary represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- Let the people rule : Theodore Roosevelt and the birth of the presidential primary
- Title remainder
- Theodore Roosevelt and the birth of the presidential primary
- Statement of responsibility
- Geoffrey Cowan
- Subject
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- Political campaigns
- Political campaigns -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Political culture
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Politics and government
- Presidential candidates
- Presidential candidates -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Presidents -- Election
- Presidents -- Nomination
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1912
- Presidents -- United States -- Nomination | History -- 20th century
- Primaries
- Primaries -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History -- 20th century
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Taft, William H., (William Howard), 1857-1930
- Taft, William H., (William Howard), 1857-1930
- USA, President
- United States
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1909-1913
- Vorwahl
- Präsidentenwahl
- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The exhilarating story of the four-month campaign that changed American politics forever. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt came out of retirement to challenge his close friend and handpicked successor, William Howard Taft, for the Republican Party nomination. To overcome the power of the incumbent, TR seized on the idea of presidential primaries, telling bosses everywhere to "Let the People Rule." The cheers and jeers of rowdy supporters and detractors echo from Geoffrey Cowan's pages as he explores TR's fight-to-the-finish battle to win popular support. After sweeping nine out of thirteen primaries, he felt entitled to the nomination. But the party bosses proved too powerful, leading Roosevelt to walk out of the convention and create a new political party of his own. Using a trove of newly discovered documents, Cowan takes readers inside the colorful, dramatic, and often mean-spirited campaign, describing the political machinations and intrigue and painting indelible portraits of its larger-than-life characters. But Cowan also exposes the more unsavory parts of TR's campaign: seamy backroom deals, bribes made in TR's name during the Republican Convention, and then the shocking political calculation that led TR to ban any black delegates from the Deep South from his new "Bull Moose Party."
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 324.973/0904
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E765
- LC item number
- .C69 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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