While Roosevelt was hospitalized after the Republican mid-term victory in 1918, he learned that Leonard Wood, his compatriot from the Rough Riders, was possibly entering the next presidential campaign. He was also deeply critical of President Wilson and his last magazine articles appeared to be presenting a campaign platform after the Democrats lost their congressional majority. In his time outside of the White House, Roosevelt had urged American intervention in World War I and he continued to promote the Progressive agenda.
“Democratic leaders … continued to regard him as their probable opponent for the presidency.” Roosevelt’s death could not prevent being drawn into discussions about the possible effect on the present political situation, which everyone agrees will be tremendous,” said the Bismarck Tribune. “Even leaders who were most distressed to hear of Col.
Newspapers reported that Roosevelt’s passing would have a deep effect on the Republicans. (Wilson survived a close re-election bid against Charles Evans Hughes in 1916.)īut with Wilson not expected to test the third-term precedent, all eyes in the Republican Party were on Roosevelt, especially since the rift between Roosevelt and Taft had narrowed. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt’s bitter split with President William Howard Taft, his hand-picked successor, led to the Democrats and Woodrow Wilson taking over the White House for eight years. Warren Harding, the eventual winner, wasn’t in the mind of most Republicans almost two years earlier, when former President Roosevelt was expected to test the presidential third-term tradition for a second time.Įventually, Franklin Roosevelt’s four terms in office led to the 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, which limited presidential terms in office to two four-year terms after having won election, or a total of no more than 10 years in the White House (if for example, a sitting Vice President became president mid-way through a term due to president’s death or resignation, and then subsequently won election to two additional four-year terms.). Roosevelt, appeared on the losing 1920 Democratic ballot as the vice-presidential candidate. Overlooked now is the fact that the former President was expected to run again for a third term the following year. On January 6, 1919, Theodore Roosevelt died suddenly in his sleep at the age of 60.
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