Sometimes, the words of politicians save lives. In the case of Teddy Roosevelt, ""Bull Moose"" Party presidential candidate in 1912, that was very literally true.

Having already served as the 26th President of the United States,...

The 31st episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. I hope to have them done by Election Day 2016. In 1908, Teddy Roosevelt anoints William Howard Taft as his successor, but William...

The 42nd Presidential election in American history took place on November 4, 1952. Oh Harry. He had managed to get the country into another war. But now the United States military was acting as the leading force for an organization...

MOT 1952: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SPEECH: VS United States Republican presidential candidate Dwight 'Ike' Eisenhower (1890-1969) speaking about Taft-Hartley Act (aka Labor-Management Relations Act) & labor unions (SOT). Campaign, political...

MOT 1952: ADLAI STEVENSON II SPEECH: VS United States Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson II (1900-1965) speaking about repealing the Taft-Hartley Act (Labor-Management Relations Act), calling for new law (SOT). Campaign,...

In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt's bold creation of a new political party, the Bull Moose Party, challenged rivals Taft and Wilson, forever altering the political landscape of the United States.