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Theodore Roosevelt

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Republican · 1858–1919

Theodore Roosevelt

President of the United States · Vice President of the United States · Governor of New York

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Previously serving for six months as vice president under William McKinley, Roosevelt became president after McKinley's assassination in 1901. He was 42 years old upon his first inauguration, making him the youngest person to hold the office.

On the Ballot

2 presidential runs
1904Won56.4% of the vote · 336 EV · v. Alton B. Parker

Strongest counties, 1904

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Keweenaw, MI95.8%697
Chisago, MN93.9%2,643
Burnett, WI93.9%1,459
Leslie, KY93.1%1,036
McIntosh, ND92.7%796

Weakest counties, 1904

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Bullock, AL0.0%728
Fairfield, SC0.0%723
Georgetown, SC0.0%728
Hampton, SC0.0%1,079
Greenwood, SC0.1%1,333
1912Lost27.4% of the vote · 88 EV · v. Woodrow Wilson

Strongest counties, 1912

Countythird-party sharevotes
Scott, TN82.8%1,645
Campbell, SD80.4%766
Clearwater, MN77.3%1,095
Avery, NC72.8%1,307
Lincoln, SD71.5%2,521

Weakest counties, 1912

Countythird-party sharevotes
Hampton, SC0.0%631
Marlboro, SC0.0%719
Bamberg, SC0.2%620
Starr, TX0.2%928
Darlington, SC0.2%885

County returns lump all third-party tickets together — these are the counties where the combined third-party vote ran strongest, a proxy for the 1912 insurgency.