In 1912, a saloonkeeper named John Schrank shot former President Theodore Roosevelt while Roosevelt, as the presidential candidate of the Progressive Party, prepared to give a campaign speech in Milwaukee, Wis.
The force of Schrank’s bullet, aimed directly at Roosevelt’s heart, was slowed by a steel eyeglass case and a copy of his campaign speech stuffed in the breast pocket of his heavy coat.
Having suffered only a flesh wound from the attack, Roosevelt went on to deliver his scheduled speech with the bullet still lodged in his body.
After speaking a few words, the one-time “Rough Rider” pulled a torn and bloodstained manuscript from his breast pocket and declared, “You see, it takes more than one bullet to kill a bull moose.”
Roosevelt went on to deliver an hour long speech before proceeding to a hospital.