What former US president was shot in the chest while giving a speech, yet continued to speak for over an hour before seeking medical treatment?

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Theodore Roosevelt Three weeks before the election (1912), Roosevelt was shot in the chest while delivering a speech in Milwaukee. The bullet was slowed and deflected by a folded 50-page speech and a metal glasses case that were in Roosevelt’s coat pocket. He did not realize that he had been shot until he touched his chest and saw blood on his hand. Despite the protests of his hosts, he insisted on completing his talk before being taken to the hospital. It was discovered that the bullet had lodged in his chest, but presented no threat to his health and was never removed. Roosevelt remained under observation for a week and did not resume campaigning. The attempted assassin, a deranged saloonkeeper, was later committed to a mental institution. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h959.html Oct 09 01, 12:08 PM

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