# Mike Costello — An Autobiography character guide

> Mike Costello in An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mike Costello, Mike, Costello

**First appearance:** 0008-vi-the-new-york-police

## Snapshot

A rising organization man and racing-trotter owner whose friendship gives Roosevelt an early, human view of machine politics.

## Who they are

Costello is devoted to the organization that gave him his chance, and Roosevelt grows to like him and his cronies during his first winter in politics. Their friendship is tested when Roosevelt backs a nonpartisan method and the first real row in the organization breaks out. Costello matters because he shows that machine politics is made of loyal, likable men, not caricatures, which complicates Roosevelt's reforming instincts.

## In the story

### [Appendix B](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_autobiography_se/chapters/appendix-b)

Not mentioned in this appendix.

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