Two more pre-presidential Theodore Roosevelt medalets
BillJones
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Last month I posted a brief biography of Theodore Roosevelt here together with some TR collectables in honor of his birthday which is in late October. Here are couple more pieces I recently acquired that mark the meteoric rise of TR to the top of politics.
The first piece marks TR's time as New York City police commissioner from 1895 to 1897. Roosevelt was famous for going out a street patrols with his men. You might notice that a picture of Theodore Roosevelt is shown on the set of "Blue Bloods" in commissioner Tom Selleck's office.
In 1897 Theodore Roosevelt was narrowly elected governor of New York with the support of Republican Party boss, Tom Platt. Roosevelt had achieved fame for his charge up San Juan Hill with the Rough Riders, and he would appear in uniform on many of his campaign pieces for the rest of his political career. This piece marked Roosevelt's inauguration as governor. Given his image on this piece, perhaps he took the Oath of Office in uniform.
Roosevelt was too much of a reformer for Boss Platt who had looked forward to "doing business as usual" with the New York State government. That prompted Platt to help "kick Roosevelt upstairs" to the vice presidential nomination in 1900. No one thought that William McKinley would die during his second term, although McKinley fundraiser, Mark Hanna, warned people that that was a real possibility. ("Do you realize that there is only one heartbeat between the presidency and that mad man?" Hanna reportedly asked. An assassin's bullet would prove Platt and company wrong.
The first piece marks TR's time as New York City police commissioner from 1895 to 1897. Roosevelt was famous for going out a street patrols with his men. You might notice that a picture of Theodore Roosevelt is shown on the set of "Blue Bloods" in commissioner Tom Selleck's office.
In 1897 Theodore Roosevelt was narrowly elected governor of New York with the support of Republican Party boss, Tom Platt. Roosevelt had achieved fame for his charge up San Juan Hill with the Rough Riders, and he would appear in uniform on many of his campaign pieces for the rest of his political career. This piece marked Roosevelt's inauguration as governor. Given his image on this piece, perhaps he took the Oath of Office in uniform.
Roosevelt was too much of a reformer for Boss Platt who had looked forward to "doing business as usual" with the New York State government. That prompted Platt to help "kick Roosevelt upstairs" to the vice presidential nomination in 1900. No one thought that William McKinley would die during his second term, although McKinley fundraiser, Mark Hanna, warned people that that was a real possibility. ("Do you realize that there is only one heartbeat between the presidency and that mad man?" Hanna reportedly asked. An assassin's bullet would prove Platt and company wrong.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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Teddy is my favorite Prez as well, theres a reason why he's up on that mountain!!
Steve