Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919 Twenty-sixth President of the United States who started the Panama Canal, settled e Russo-Japanese War, broke up Standard Oil and encouraged conservation. Fine content T.L.S T Roosevelt on The Outlook letterhead, 1p. 8vo., New York, May 24, 1912 to Hon. John Allison in Nashville. In part: ...I do not know exactly what happened at the Republican State Convention of Tennessee or just what the inside situation was. I do know, however, that you did your best to help get the delegation instructed for me, and for this I am very grateful. The 1912 Republican Convention was badly split between Taft and Roosevelt. When Taft won the nomination, Roosevelt bolted the party and ran on the Bull Moose ticket, resulting in Woodrow Wilson's landslide victory. Very good.