A Rare Recording of Theodore Roosevelt

A Rare Recording of Theodore Roosevelt

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Read by: Theodore Roosevelt

Language: English

Length: 17 minutes

Publisher: Listen & Live Audio

Release date: 2023-04-19

When running as the third-party Progressive (Bull Moose) candidate for president of the United States in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt recorded a number of campaign speeches. Represented here are all of the cylinder recordings he made for the Edison Company in August of 1912, including "The Progressive Covenant with the People," "The Right of the People to Rule," "The Farmer and the Businessman," and "Social and Industrial Justice."