Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Elections, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century, Biography & Memoir, Political
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Author: Geoffrey Cowan ISBN: 9780393249859
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: January 11, 2016
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Geoffrey Cowan
ISBN: 9780393249859
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: January 11, 2016
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

"The best new discussion of the primary system." —Jill Lepore, author of These Truths

In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt came out of retirement to challenge William Howard Taft for the Republican nomination. TR seized on the campaign theme “Let the People Rule”—a cry echoed in today’s elections—and through the course of his run helped create thirteen new primaries. Though he won most of the primaries, party bosses proved too powerful, and Roosevelt walked out of the convention to create his own Bull Moose Party—only to make the shocking political calculation to ban black delegates from his new coalition. In Let the People Rule, Geoffrey Cowan takes readers inside the dramatic campaign that changed American politics forever.

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"The best new discussion of the primary system." —Jill Lepore, author of These Truths

In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt came out of retirement to challenge William Howard Taft for the Republican nomination. TR seized on the campaign theme “Let the People Rule”—a cry echoed in today’s elections—and through the course of his run helped create thirteen new primaries. Though he won most of the primaries, party bosses proved too powerful, and Roosevelt walked out of the convention to create his own Bull Moose Party—only to make the shocking political calculation to ban black delegates from his new coalition. In Let the People Rule, Geoffrey Cowan takes readers inside the dramatic campaign that changed American politics forever.

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