Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I earnestly hope that Congress will speedily provide for a delegate from Alaska, so that the people of the Territory may have some recognized exponent whose duty it shall be to place their needs before the national legislature.

Context

Remarks at the Alaskan Reception in Seattle, Washington

05/22/1903

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