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Roosevelt sworn in as President after McKinley death
Theodore Roosevelt took the oath at 3 30 p m in the Wilcox library in Buffalo after a perilous north woods journey. Secretaries Root Hitchcock Long Wilson and Postmaster General Smith attended. Judge John R Hazel administered the oath. The scene moved many as the new president pledged to uphold the constitution and laws and pursue the policy of his predecessor outlined in the brief remarks and biographical notes. Roosevelt, born 1858 in New York, had a long public career culminating in the vice presidency and now the presidency, with a family life at Oyster Bay noted as simple and harmonious.
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Smith
John R. Hazel
United States District Court
Washington
A.D
John Hay
John Tyler
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Chester A. Arthur
James A. Garfield
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Harvard College
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