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This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898 is re-created. He becomes vice president in March 1901 and assumes the presidency when William McKinley is assassinated six months later. According to the narrator, Roosevelt refused to be beholden to political bosses, doing what he believed to be right for the American people.
Theodore Roosevelt
President William McKinley
John W. Riggs
William Loeb
Big Jim Rafferty
Reporter
Jim Rawlins
Capt. Leonard Wood
Roosevelt's Secretary
Sen. Platt
Mine Owner
Russell Alger, Secretary of War
Elihu Root, Secretary of State
Caretaker Messenger in Adirondacks
Reporter
1st Slum Lord
3rd Slum Lord
Cabinet Member
First Financier