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When Teddy Roosevelt Was Shot in 1912, a Speech May Have Saved His Life While on the campaign trail in October 1912, Teddy Roosevelt was shot in the chest from 5 feet away, instead of going to the hospital, he insisted on speaking to the crowd- which he did for nearly an hour and a half  Teddy Roosevelt cheated death numerous times throughout his life, but he perhaps came closest to meeting the grim reaper on October 14, 1912, when he survived an assassination attempt in Milwaukee. Roosevelt was campaigning for a third term as president of the United States under the Bull Moose Party, and he was climbing into his car to head to a campaign speech when John F.  Schrank shot him in the chest from no more than five feet away. Roosevelt reached into his shirt and felt a dime-sized bullet hole in his chest, but he wasn't coughing up blood or having trouble breathing — so he ordered his driver to take him to his speech anyway.⁠ ⁠ It had actually been the 50-page speech that Roosevelt had