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 ...

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 ...

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 ...