Rough Cuts: T.R. praised as the “greatest of accidental presidents”

Rough Cuts: T.R. praised as the “greatest of accidental presidents”

DICKINSON — After President William McKinley’s assassination, Theodore Roosevelt assumed the presidency in September 1901. A column from the Minneapolis Journal appeared in the October 5, 1901 issue of the Dickinson Press, analyzing Roosevelt’s first month against other vice-presidents who rose to the role of chief executive following a presidential death. October 5, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt is the fifth of the accidental presidents of the United…