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2 Mar 2017, 11:23 am
Although Theodore Roosevelt advocated for Puerto Ricans to have U.S. citizenship during his visit to the island in December 1906, and Larrínaga, Muñoz Rivera and others continued to push Congress for these rights, there were no legal changes until the Jones-Shafroth Act. [read post]
3 May 2017, 2:30 am
“The Court’s opinion is a rejection of the common sense of the American people,” he thundered, “who have recognized a need to prevent corporations from undermining self-government since the founding, and who have fought against the distinctive corrupting potential of corporate electioneering since the days of Theodore Roosevelt. [read post]
12 Jan 2017, 12:01 am
In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt nominated Holmes to the Supreme Court, a position for which he was confirmed without objection two days later. [read post]
15 Jul 2020, 2:00 am
“My favorite saying is ‘speak softly, but carry a big stick,’” Wade says, speaking of the West African proverb that was later used by Theodore Roosevelt to describe his foreign policy style. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 2:57 pm
The “new, old” Obama was on display this week in Kansas, invoking the name of another populist president, Theodore Roosevelt: “I’m here in Kansas to reaffirm my deep conviction that we’re greater together than we are on our own. [read post]
28 Oct 2009, 2:14 pm
In 1905 the game was so dangerous, regularly killing participants, that President Theodore Roosevelt summoned the coaches of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton to Washington D.C. for a summit on how to make the game safer and threatened to take action in the absence of significant reform. [read post]
30 May 2019, 10:40 am
But a man who attends college and graduates as a lawyer might steal the whole railroad” — Theodore RooseveltStatesman, president, naturalist, conservationist, soldier, lawyer, even taxidermist — Teddy Roosevelt was very much an American Renaissance man. [read post]
18 Jul 2015, 1:01 am
Arthur When the 1945 death of Franklin Roosevelt propelled Vice President Truman into the presidency, Truman urged placing the Speaker, as an elected representative of his district, as well as the chosen leader of the “elected representatives of the people,” next in line to the vice president. [read post]
18 Mar 2021, 1:01 am
Cleveland still made his views known on political matters and consulted occasionally with President Theodore Roosevelt. [read post]
28 Dec 2006, 6:32 pm
I am related both to Theodore Roosevelt (7th cousins, 3 times removed) and Aaron Burr (3rd cousins, 7 times removed) no jokes please... according to the book Founding Fathers, it's not certain whether he or Alexander Hamilton actually fired first... [read post]
2 Apr 2018, 4:46 am
He was succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, for whom a statue on horseback guards the entry to Oyster Bay, Long Island. [read post]
27 Jan 2017, 9:23 am
President’s seal / Theodor Horydczak,ca. 1920-ca. 1950. [read post]
27 Aug 2024, 3:33 am
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has extended the tour of the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier in the Middle East, the Pentagon said yesterday. [read post]
17 Mar 2008, 6:25 am
[20] It was not until Theodore Roosevelt's second term in office that a sitting president spoke out against the developing campaign finance trend. [read post]
4 Jul 2020, 6:45 am
He put the 4 above everyone else, which is the message of the mountain.Today we pay tribute to the exceptional lives and extraordinary legacies of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt. [read post]
17 May 2020, 9:30 pm
Because of Pinchot’s relentless lobbying and the support of his friend, President Theodore Roosevelt, in 1905 Congress transferred the regulation of the forest reserves from Interior to USDA. [read post]
18 Jan 2007, 4:02 am
He is only the latest in a long line, stretching from McKinley (or the second Harrison) through Theodore Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, and Reagan. [read post]
20 May 2019, 6:30 am
In 1900, then-governor Theodore Roosevelt appointed him the only African American member of a commission overseeing an exposition held in Buffalo. [read post]
30 Jul 2018, 9:30 pm
” President Theodore Roosevelt dispatched investigatory commission that included not just scientists but also social workers and sociologists to document the social and moral condition of the packing house workers.In May 1906, the Progressive Republican Senator Albert Beveridge introduced what became the Meat Inspection Act as an amendment to the appropriations bill for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 11:39 am
The very idea -- that a descendant of Theodore Roosevelt could have anything to do with imperialism!! [read post]
