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Roosevelt Endorsed Insurgents Plot in 1909 Caucus
A hitherto unpublished 1909 report shows Theodore Roosevelt sympathetic to the progressive insurgents led by Nelson Gardiner Madison. The document records Roosevelt urging Taft to support insurgent efforts to curb Speaker Cannon and reform the House rules, and details Roosevelt’s hesitation about a public endorsement.
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