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14/10/1912 Theodore Roosevelt is shot in Milwaukee

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Theodore Roosevelt shot

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Teddy Roosevelt speech

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President Theodore Roosevelt Delivered A Speech Moments After Being Shot

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Theodore Roosevelt: Writer, Solider and President of the United States of America | Mini Bio | BIO

While Theodore Roosevelt was campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, John Schrank attempted to assassinate him. Schrank shot Roosevelt but the bullet hit both his steel eyeglass case and a 50-page copy of his speech he was carrying. Roosevelt delivered his scheduled speech and he spoke for ninety minutes.
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