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Teddy Roosevelt: “But I wish it distinctly understood that the fact of the birthplace of either officer is one which I absolutely refuse…”

On the recordDecember 18, 1906
But I wish it distinctly understood that the fact of the birthplace of either officer is one which I absolutely refuse to consider.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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