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Geoffrey Cowan

Geoffrey Cowan is the author of Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary.

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February 1, 2016
Geoffrey Cowan
Teddy Roosevelt Defends the Presidential Primary
In 1912, the popular third-party candidate stressed "the right of the people to rule" in the first election to truly test the primary system.

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