... Taft, also trying to continue into his second term. In the last corner of this competition triangle is Woodrow Wilson. Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest president when President William McKinley was assassinated, and Roosevelt (McKinley's Vice President) took over. Eric Foner describes Roosevelt as an "impetuous, energetic individual with a penchant for what he called the "strenuous life" of manly adventure " (705 ... that he wanted to do what he could with the least amount of connection with the press. During his presidency, Taft was more committed to foreign expansion than his pre...

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