Theodore Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt during a campaign stop in Milwaukee on Oct. 14, 1912. He then delivered an 84-minute speech after he was shot in the chest.

President Theodore Roosevelt, seen in 1906, survived an assassination attempt during his presidential campaign of 1912, four years after he left the White House.

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In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt cautioned his chosen successor and GOP candidate, 300-pound William Howard Taft, against riding horses because it would be “dangerous to you and cruelty to ...

More than a century ago, Theodore Roosevelt was shot just before he was scheduled to go onstage at a campaign event — and went ahead to give his speech anyway with a bullet in his chest.