Premise: President of the United States . However , nine vice presidents have assumed the presidency without having been elected to the office , by virtue of a president 's intra-term death or resignation.The nine vice presidents who succeeded to the presidency upon their predecessor 's death or resignation and finished-out that unexpired term are : John Tyler ( 1841 ) ; Millard Fillmore ( 1850 ) ; Andrew Johnson ( 1865 ) ; Chester A. Arthur ( 1881 ) ; Theodore Roosevelt ( 1901 ) ; Calvin Coolidge ( 1923 ) ; Harry S. Truman ( 1945 ) ; Lyndon B. Johnson ( 1963 ) ; and Gerald Ford ( 1974 ) , Ford had also not been elected vice president . Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( [ ˈroʊzəvɛlt ] ; October 27 , 1858 -- January 6 , 1919 ) was an American statesman , author , explorer , soldier , naturalist , and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 . In polls of historians and political scientists , Roosevelt is generally ranked as one of the five best presidents .
Hypothesis: Theodore Roosevelt refused to ever be President of the United States.
Label: CONTRADICTION