Roosevelt wrote a letter to a fellow political insider in Grand Forks expressing his hope to see then-Gov. Smith elected president of the United States. "Roosevelt eventually succeeded Smith as ...

But he could not win a majority. Theodore Roosevelt, elected vice president in 1901, served nearly a full presidential term after William McKinley’s death in 1901. When Roosevelt was elected in ...

the United States saw 164 years of obedience to Washington’s example until Roosevelt was elected to a total of four terms. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1945, just a few months into his ...