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3 hours ago · Roosevelt became the youngest person to serve as president at 42 years old when William McKinley was shot and killed in 1901. Roosevelt became known as one of the country’s most impactful and energetic presidents, pushing forward construction of the Panama Canal and expanding protection of national forests.
1 day ago · Tyler’s presidency is largely forgettable, but his path to the job had a major effect on American government. He became president when William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia a month after his ...
3 hours ago · FILE - In this 1904 file photo, Theodore Roosevelt campaigns for the presidency in 1904. Roosevelt became the youngest person to serve as president at 42 years old when William McKinley was shot ...
7 hours ago · The deaths of the four presidents in office - Abraham Lincoln (1865), James Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1901) and John F Kennedy (1963) – had long-term political consequences for the nation.
7 hours ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — Of the 49 vice presidents in U.S. history, nine of them — or nearly 1 in 5 — have risen to the presidency due to death or resignation. The first was John Tyler, who became president after William Henry Harrison died one month into his term. The most recent was Gerald Ford, who took office upon Richard Nixon’s resignation.
3 hours ago · FILE - In this 1904 file photo, Theodore Roosevelt campaigns for the presidency in 1904. Roosevelt became the youngest person to serve as president at 42 years old when William McKinley was shot ...
3 hours ago · Theodore Roosevelt, who assumed the presidency upon President McKinley’s assassination in 1901, was determined to consolidate American access to overseas markets, including in East Asia. Under Roosevelt, the United States initiated the construction of a Trans-Isthmian canal, a decades-old objective.
