Who did Roosevelt work to defeat after their public confrontation?
William Taft
Alfred Beveridge
Joseph B. Foraker
Charles Fairbanks
Answer
Joseph B. Foraker was a prominent Ohio politician who served as governor and later as a U.S. Senator. He was a leader of the Republican Party and a strong supporter of President McKinley. In 1902, Roosevelt, then President, and Foraker had a public confrontation over a patronage dispute, and Roosevelt successfully worked to defeat Foraker in the Republican gubernatorial primary.
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