Pin, Theodore Roosevelt
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content: Roosevelt, Theodore
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content: Republican National Party
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content: The Republican Party was first associated with an elephant in the 1870s and the nickname “Grand Old Party” (GOP) in the following decade. Therefore, they were well established popular symbols by the time Theodore Roosevelt appeared on a national Republican ticket. Having been named the vice-presidential running mate on President William McKinley’s re-election campaign in 1900, Roosevelt ascended to the presidency just six months into their term after McKinley was assassinated. When he defeated his Democratic challenger Alton Parker in 1904, Roosevelt became the first person who had assumed the office upon the death of the president to win a term in his own right.
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: ZZ.RSN81703Y22
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content: Button