This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898 is re-created. He becomes vice president in March 1901 and assumes the presidency when William McKinley is assassinated six months later. According to the narrator, Roosevelt refused to be beholden to political bosses, doing what he believed to be right for the American people.
as Theodore Roosevelt
as President William McKinley
as John W. Riggs
as William Loeb
as Big Jim Rafferty
as Reporter
as Jim Rawlins
as Capt. Leonard Wood
as Roosevelt's Secretary
as Sen. Platt
as Mine Owner
as Russell Alger, Secretary of War
as Elihu Root, Secretary of State
as Caretaker Messenger in Adirondacks
as Reporter
as 1st Slum Lord
as 3rd Slum Lord
as Cabinet Member
as First Financier
