Weird History

President Theodore Roosevelt Delivered A Speech Moments After Being Shot (2017x3)

: 14, 2017

There are many Teddy Roosevelt facts out there, but perhaps, none as interesting as President Roosevelt delivering a speech moments after being shot! President Roosevelt was shot in the chest on his way to a speech. This is the story of the October of 1912 assassination attempt by John Schrank on President Theodore Roosevelt and the speech he gave right afterwards. In October of 1912, President Theodore Roosevelt was shot in the chest on his way to give a speech in Milwaukee. Instead of going to the hospital, Roosevelt went to give his speech anyway. He was saved by his heavy overcoat and two items in his breast pocket: his eye glass case and his 50-page speech. They slowed the bullet and prevented it from hitting his heart. Roosevelt still had a bullet hole in his chest, but he insisted that his driver take him to his speech, not the hospital. When he arrived, Roosevelt told the crowd he had just been shot, showed them the blood on his shirt, and said his speech would have to be