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While on vacation, we drove by the historic home in Buffalo, New York, where Theodore Roosevelt was first sworn-in as the President of the United States. Why was he sworn in in Buffalo and not Washington DC? One word. Assassination.
President William McKinley was shot by an anarchist on September 6, 1901, at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt traveled to Buffalo to support him as he recovered. Then a few days later on September 14, McKinley passed away from complications of his injuries.
Vice President Roosevelt took the oath of office at the Wilcox House. Roosevelt completed McKinley’s term and then ran and won the presidency in his own right in 1904. But he longed for another term.
By 1912, Roosevelt was a former president running against his hand-picked successor, President William Howard Taft (Republican), and Woodrow Wilson (Democrat). At this time, Roosevelt represented a new independent party called the Bull Moose party.
Using historical newspapers, I recently wrote an article for Genealogy Bank about the assassination attempt on Former President Theodore Roosevelt’s life when he was running for president in 1912. I want to share this article with you because it goes into details about the role the media may have played in the assassination attempt.
