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American Experience: Episode 31

American ExperienceSeason 91996-10-07

Tóm tắt

TR opposes his old friend Taft for the 1912 Republican nomination. When Taft wins, TR runs for president with his own Progressive Party. Despite enormous popular support, he loses to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. TR, now 55, retreats to the jungles of Brazil for two years for what becomes the most harrowing expedition of his life. His four sons join the World War I effort; shatters TR. Nearly six months later, he dies in his sleep at Sagamore Hill.

Chi tiết

Phim bộ: American Experience
Mùa: Mùa 9
Tập: Tập 31
Ngày phát sóng: 1996-10-07
Thời lượng: 55 min

Thông tin tập

Episode 31 là tập 31 trong Season 9 của American Experience. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1996-10-07. Thời lượng là 55 min.

Tập trước / tập sau

Tập 30 1996-10-07 | 55 min TR is just 46 years old when he is inaugurated as president. He builds the Panama Canal, wins the Nobel Prize for Peace, and combatively introduces widesweeping social reforms. As his presidency draws to a close, TR names his best friend, Secretary of War William Howard Taft, as his successor. Taft wins the 1908 election.

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