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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 [Sample ballot card for the 1912 Republican National Convention]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01487 Author/Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Place Written: Columbus, Ohio Type: Printed document signed Date: May 1912 Pagination: 1 card Height: 7 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

Printed by Allied Printing. Inscribed "to little Miss Mabel" and signed by Roosevelt. The pro-Roosevelt campaign document explains how William H. Taft's managers "denied you the right to vote your preference for president" and instructs how to write in their vote for Roosevelt's nomination.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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