Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858 - 1919)

Born 27 Oct 1858 in New York County, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt — married 27 Oct 1880 in Brookline, Massachusetts

Husband of Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt — married 2 Dec 1886 in London, England

Descendants

Died 6 Jan 1919 at age 60 in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, United States

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Preceded by 25th President William McKinley Preceded by 24th Vice President Garret Hobart Preceded by 32nd Governor Frank S. Black

Theodore Roosevelt 26th President of the United States 1901—1909 25th Vice President of the United States 1901 33rd Governor of New York 1899—1900

Succeeded by 27th President William Howard Taft Succeeded by 26th Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks Succeeded by 34th Governor Benjamin Barker Odell Jr.

Biography

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is Notable.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was awarded the Medal of Honor.

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error and short-comings, who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat." ...Theodore Roosevelt 26th U.S. President. Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910.[1]

Personal

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr was born in 1858 to Theodore "Thee" Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Bulloch. Teddy had 2 sisters and 1 brother. Their names were Anna, Corinne and Elliott. Anna and Teddy were extremely close and Teddy called her "Bamie". Theodore or "Teedie" as he was known by family, hated the nickname Teddy, grew up in New York City. He was mostly home-schooled due to his Asthma and other illnesses. He went to school at Harvard where he developed an interest in naval affairs.

Theodore Roosevelt married his first wife Alice on 27th October 1880. He was very excited about the birth of their first child also named Alice in February 1884. He lost his wife and mother on the same day, two days after the baby's birth. He left baby Alice in the care of his sister Bamie, (Anna's nickname) while he grieved over his losses in the West.

His second marriage to Edith Kermit Carow produced 5 children. Theodore knew Edith for most of their lives and had actually dated and were engaged before he met his first wife Alice.

Theodore's hobbies included reading, hunting and protecting the environment. He also liked to box to build his physique. He especially loved to read science, nature, and hunting books because he found them very amusing and interesting.

He was considered a true American hero, the example that people should live by.

Career

Theodore Roosevelt graduated from Harvard in 1880 and went on to Columbia Law School it was there where he dropped out to enter politics.

He published his first historical book in 1882 called The Naval War of 1812.

As a New York state legislator, he was appointed to the United States Civil Service Commission by Benjamin Harrison in 1888 and served until 1895. He worked as New York City Police Commissioner, for 2 years. He became Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1898 and and Colonel of the Rough Riders. Later in 1898 he became governor of New York.

He became Vice President of the United States and on 14th September 1901 when president William McKinley was assassinated he became the 26th president of the United States until 1909. He was 42.

Presidency

President Theodore Roosevelt’s interventionist foreign policy subverted the Constitution and helped transform America into the most powerful nation on Earth.

Describing his foreign policy, Roosevelt quoted a West African proverb: "Speak softly and carry a big stick." As president, Roosevelt used "big stick diplomacy" to seize unprecedented executive power in handling international affairs.

He was the first world leader to make an argument to the Court of Arbitration at The Hague. He also was first to call for convening of what became the Second Hague Peace Conference at which he got the Latin American Nations to equal the rest of the world.

When Roosevelt was president he tried to make the Republican Party more progressive, which included trust busting, and increasing the regulation of businesses.

Roosevelt helped create the Panama Canal and negotiated an end to the Russo-Japanese war, which earned him the Nobel Peace Prize.

Later Years

In 1912 Roosevelt when on a expedition to South America, where he got malaria. The malaria damaged his health.^[1]

He was a successful president, naturalist, historian, lawyer and explorer. He was also a member of the Freemasons and Sons of the American Revolution^[2][3]

In 1918, his youngest son Quentin was killed in WWI.

It was 06 January 1919, when Theodore passed away from coronary embolism in his sleep at his home, Sagamore Hill. He was buried in Young's Memorial Cemetery at Oyster Bay, New York. ^[4]

Legacy

• 1998 - One hundred years after the Spanish American War, Theodore Roosevelt was awarded posthumously the Medal of Honor.^[5]
• His image is carved on Mount Rushmore^[6]
• Roosevelt County, Montana and Roosevelt County, New Mexico are both named in President Roosevelt's honor.

Sources

1. ↑ Marx, Rudolph (October 31, 2011), The Health of The President: Theodore Roosevelt, Health guidance.
2. ↑ SAR and US Presidents
3. ↑ Freemasons: "Theodore Roosevelt October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919 September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909 Initiated on January 2, 1901 in Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, New York."
4. ↑ "Theodore Roosevelt Dies Suddenly at Oyster Bay Home; Nation Shocked, Pays Tribute to Former President; Our Flag on All Seas and in All Lands at Half Mast"
5. ↑ Home of Heroes Medal of Honor Citation for Theodore Roosevelt
6. ↑ US National Park Service

• Famous Members of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity

See also:

• Roosevelt, John. The Big Roosevelt Book. Chicago, IL: Roosevelt Publishing, 1914.
• Spanish American war Theodore Roosevelt " Spanish American war Theodore Roosevelt"
• Dalton, Kathleen (2002), Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life (full scholarly biography), ISBN 0-679-76733-9.
• Gary Boyd Roberts, Notable Kin, Volume One Publisher Carl Boyer, 3rd; Location: Santa Clarita, California; Date: 1998; Published in cooperation with the New England Historic genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts
• Wikipedia - Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr.
• Library of Congress - Timeline of Theodore Roosevelt's Life
• PBS.org - Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
• BBC.Co.UK - Historic Figures - Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919) 26th President of the United States
• [2] The Big Stick
• Theodore Roosevelt, the citizen by Jacob Riis 1904
• Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt as president of the United States, March 4, 1905: membership and duties of committees in charge of Inaugural ceremonies (1905)
• Freemasons
• https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=RO026