On October 14, 1912, former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt by John Schrank, a former saloonkeeper, while campaigning for the presidency in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Oct 12, 2012 · Even though the attempted assassination unleashed a wave of sympathy for Roosevelt, the Republican split led to an easy victory by Democrat Woodrow Wilson on Election Day.

Feb 9, 2010 · Before a campaign speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt is shot at close range by saloonkeeper John Schrank while greeting the public in front of the...

Apr 4, 2024 · It quickly became perhaps the strangest assassination attempt against an American president in history. He fired at close range and hit Roosevelt in the chest — but Roosevelt …

John Flammang Schrank (born Johann Nepomuk Schrank; March 5, 1876 – September 15, 1943) was a Bavarian-American tavern owner from Bavaria who attempted to assassinate former President Theodore Roosevelt outside of the Gilpatrick Hotel in Milwaukee on October 14, 1912.

Jul 14, 2024 · 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.

Theodore Roosevelt survived an attempted assassination when the bullet was deflected and slowed by a metal eyeglass case and by a folded fifty-page speech. This first page of the address was held aloft for the audience to see the hole caused by the bullet.

Oct 14, 2024 · 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.

WEARING a heavy army overcoat to fend the chill autumn air, Theodore Roose- velt, the Bull Moose party candidate in the 1912 presidential election, moved briskly out of the Gilpatrick Hotel in Milwaukee toward an auto prey had been an elusive target in eight states and such cities as New Orleans, Atlanta, Chat- tanooga, Indianapolis, and ...

Oct 13, 2015 · On Oct. 14, 1912, presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt, center above, arrived in Milwaukee for a campaign event. The day would end with an attempt on his life by would-be assassin John Schrank.