Republican National Convention, June 21, 1904
Republican National Convention, June 21, 1904, engaged in the opening prayer. A large portrait of the late Senator Mark Hanna, the kingmaker of President Theodore Roosevelts predecessor, William McKinley, hangs in a prominent position. Hanna was on the record as calling Roosevelt a madman and cowboy. The portraits presence was a message of resistance from the Republican Old Guard to the incumbent President Roosevelt
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13125328
Media ID
45374891
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3000px x 2343px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
