In his article “Mr. Roosevelt is Guilty,” Gary Murphy notes the standard analysis of Roosevelt's third presidential run: bored with civilian life and having a need to obtain power, he decided to seek revenge on Taft who had “failed to live up to the mentor's hopes,” (Murphy 441). Andrew Pavord also notes the revenge element of the standard analysis. Pavord references George Mowry's argument that Roosevelt ran for a third term because he was “prompted by his intense anger” at the antitrust suit (Pavord 1). Both Murphy and Pavord differ from the common analysis but provide different reasons for why Roosevelt decided to run for a third term.
Noting that there was a revenge element to the reelection bid, Pavord contends that Roosevelt's true
Noting that there was a revenge element to the reelection bid, Pavord contends that Roosevelt's true