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Teddy Roosevelt did make mistakes during his time as president. His biggest mistake was challenging Taft for the 1912 Republican nomination.
William howard Taft had discarded much of roosevelts policies
Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft .
Taft was not similar to Roosevelt in most ways. Taft was not a progressive, but he did also not put up a fight toward Roosevelt's programs. The country saw little change or growth during Taft's administration.
* President Theodore Roosevelt * President Woodrow Wilson * President William Taft Were all Presidents during the Progressive Era.
Teddy Roosevelt heard from his friends about Taft's weak leadership. The tipping point was that Taft fired Gifford Pinchot, the head of the National Park Service under Teddy's administration because he said the Secretary of the Interior was corrupted by the oil industry. It seems Taft didn't care about the environment. Despite this, Taft continued much of Teddy's agenda including having the 16th and 17th Amendments get ratified in his administration. But Teddy was mad enough that he ran in 1916 against Taft, splitting the vote and resulting in Wilson's victory, a victory for a man that was a bit conservative in some views even though he was a progressive as well.
Theodore Roosevelt selected William Howard Taft to succeed him as a presidential candidate. Taft won the election, and served as the 27th U.S. President.