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Monday, September 24, 2007

From Roosevelt to Roosevelt

In 1912, Woodrow Wilson defeated former President Theodore Roosevelt in a three-man race. Incumbent William Howard Taft ran third.

Wilson suffered an incapacitating stroke, which raised questions about presidential succession.

Calvin Coolidge starred in the first presidential sound film.

Shortly before his inauguration, FDR survived an assassination attempt. See newsreel of the inaugural.
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