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HIRAM JOHNSON: THE BULL MOOSE RUNNING MATE Hiram Johnson started as a progressive politican, and was Teddy Roosevelt's running mate on the Bull Moose ticket. He is also credited with defeating Charles Evans Hughes in 1916, and guaranteeing Woodrow Wilson's re-election. An staunch isolationist, he worked hard to prevent first the League of Nations and then the United Nations. johnson • roosevelt • progressive • progressive party • democratic
SHORT, FAT AND THIN: PRESIDENTS ARE HUMAN, TOO! (PART 2) In the final part of his article, William Reynolds, the official village historian of Ossining, New York, finishes his talk on the shortest, thinnest and heaviest presidents. president • republican • progressive • bull moose • democratic
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