United States President in 1908
1908 was election year in the United States and for many people it had
come too soon. Teddy Roosevelt was coming to the close of his second year, yet
the people of the United States wanted him to serve a third term. The amendment
that would handicap a president from serving a third term was not yet
established at that time. There was nothing keeping Roosevelt from running as
candidate for another term. Roosevelt however declined to run again. He wanted
to keep the tradition that no president had exceeded 2 years in office.
Roosevelt didn’t want to lose all he had worked for and therefore began
establishing a reputation for his good friend William Howard Taft in order to
try to keep a republican in office. He succeeded in his task and Taft was
elected president.
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