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Theodore Roosevelt became nationally prominent for his exploits in the Spanish American War and was elected Vice President in the 1900 election. When William McKinley was shot and later died in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as President. TR was elected of his own accord in 1904 but chose not to run in 1908. TR ran as a third-party candidate (the party was known as the Progressive Party and later the Bull Moose Party) in 1912 but lost.

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