Episode 124

The “Bull Moose” Election of 1912

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“Taft ‘A Dead Issue’. Col. Roosevelt so Refers to the President. Opens Campaign in Massachusetts by Making Four Speeches. Mixes Politics and Morals. Says He Wouldn’t Be in Progressive Movement if it Concerned Him Only.” The Sunday Star. (Washington, D.C.) August 18, 1912. Accessed at: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1912-08-18/ed-1/?st=text&r=0.336,-0.06,0.169,0.284,0

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