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On this date - October 14th 1912

On this date October 14th 1912, Theodore Roosevelt who is running for President under the new "Progressive Party" is shot in the chest by John F. Schrank. The bullet is stopped by TR's glasses and his written speech. He went on to speak for ninety minutes at the rally in Miliwaukee, but he at times managed to speak no more than a whisper. His opening comments to the gathered crowd were, "I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose." From that point on the party was called the "Bull Moose" Party. Afterwards, doctors determined that he was not seriously wounded and that it would be more dangerous to attempt to remove the bullet than to leave it in his chest. Roosevelt carried it with him until the day he died.

Posted @ October 14, 2008 10:20 PM | Current Affairs

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