Teddy Roosevelt: “I can, in a sense, claim to be, by blood, at least, a typical…”

On the recordApril 4, 1905

I can, in a sense, claim to be, by blood, at least, a typical President, for I am half Southerner, half Northerner.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks in Dallas, Texas

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Teddy Roosevelt: “I can, in a sense, claim to be, by blood, at least, a typical President, for I am half Southerner, half Northerner.”