Record #:

7417

Author(s):

Lawing, Mike

Abstract:

Since Reconstruction days, no Republican presidential candidate had carried a Southern state. President Theodore Roosevelt, one of the nation's most popular presidents, was invited to make an address in Raleigh on October 19, 1905. Roosevelt thought his personal popularity and the fact that his mother was from Georgia might help in future elections. Lawing recounts the events of Roosevelt's visit to Raleigh and Durham.

Source:

Metro Magazine (NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 6 Issue 10, Oct 2005, p20-22, il

Subject(s):

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Raleigh--History