On October 14, 1912, former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt by John Schrank, a former saloonkeeper, while campaigning for the presidency in …

Oct 12, 2012 · Clearly, Roosevelt had buried the lede. The horrified audience in the Milwaukee Auditorium on October 14, 1912, gasped as the former president unbuttoned his vest to reveal …

Jul 14, 2024 · A former Republican president making a bid to return to the White House is shot while campaigning — and survives. But that assassination attempt happened in Milwaukee in …

Feb 9, 2010 · Before a campaign speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt is shot at close range by saloonkeeper John Schrank while greeting the …

Apr 4, 2024 · On October 14, 1912, John Schrank shot Teddy Roosevelt in the chest, but the former president carried right on with the speech he was preparing to give as if nothing …

Jul 14, 2024 · More than a century ago, Theodore Roosevelt was shot just before he was scheduled to go onstage at a campaign event — and went ahead to give his speech anyway …

Oct 13, 2015 · The perfect shot seemed to appear as Roosevelt left Milwaukee’s Hotel Gilpatrick for an event at the Milwaukee Auditorium. Schrank fired his .38 and hit Roosevelt in the right …

Theodore Roosevelt survived an attempted assassination when the bullet was deflected and slowed by a metal eyeglass case and by a folded fifty-page speech. This first page of the …

On the evening of October 14 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, John Schrank shot Teddy Roosevelt in the chest to prevent him from becoming a third-term president. The steel eyeglass case and …

Oct 14, 2024 · Theodore Roosevelt, almost four years removed from the White House and running for a third term as president, survived a gunshot wound to the chest during an …