Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ntuliaka mba Amerịka nke afọ 1902 mere ka a họpụta onyeisiala mba Amerịka nke iri ise na asatọ, ma mee n'etiti oge onyeisiala mba ahụ bụ onye Republican bụ Theodore Roosevelt nọ n'ọchịchị, n'oge ọchịchị nke anọ. Roosevelt abụrụla onyeisiala n'abalị iri na anọ nke ọnwa Septemba, n'afọ 1901, mgbe
igbu onye bu ya ụzọ, William McKinley. Ndị Republican nọgidere na-enwe ọnụ ọgụgụ ka ukwuu n'ụlọ abụọ nke Congress, ebe ndị otu Populist Party na Silver Republican Party kwụsịrị na Congress.