Later, President McKinley appointed Roosevelt as an assistant secretary of the Navy. In 1898 when the Spanish American War began, Roosevelt was nominated again for assistant secretary of the Navy. After the war, Roosevelt then ran for New York
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Governor against a Democratic Nominee, Judge Augustus van Wyck. When Vice President Garret Hobart died in office, Roosevelt then was persuaded by a couple followers to run for vice, leader to lead him to the White House. When Roosevelt ran for Vice with President McKinley as President in 1901, they ran against William Jennings Bryan. The two candidates went all over the country to catch votes for the next presidential election. On 14 September 1901, William McKinley was assassinated. With this having been done, Theodore became President. One of the main topics that was one of the main things done first was the rights of the workers and also wanted to have the United States Government takeover poverty and public health. In his first term, he accomplished protection for lots of acres of land. Many people think it is “notable accomplishment” for the one act, National Reclamation Act of 1902, which was the United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid