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| − | '''Theodore Roosevelt | + | '''Theodore Roosevelt''' was the 26th [[President of the United States of America]]. He suffered from asthma as a boy but was able to work through it with the assistance of exercise. He worked in both the [[New York Police Department]]<ref>As of July 2007, Theodore Roosevelt is the only President to be born in [[New York City]]</ref> and later, the [[Navy Department]]. He was appointed to the civil service by President [[Benjamin Harrison]]. |
When the [[Spanish-American War]] started he resigned his assistant secretaryship in the Navy and became a rough rider. Because of his well known assault on San Juan Hill and other patriotic acts he was nominated for Vice-President with incumbent William McKinley. When President McKinley was fatally shot by an [[anarchist]] in 1901, Roosevelt automatically became President, and was reelected against a challenge by the Democratic candidate Alton B. Parker in [[United States presidential election, 1904|1904]]. | When the [[Spanish-American War]] started he resigned his assistant secretaryship in the Navy and became a rough rider. Because of his well known assault on San Juan Hill and other patriotic acts he was nominated for Vice-President with incumbent William McKinley. When President McKinley was fatally shot by an [[anarchist]] in 1901, Roosevelt automatically became President, and was reelected against a challenge by the Democratic candidate Alton B. Parker in [[United States presidential election, 1904|1904]]. | ||
Revision as of 18:36, June 27, 2008
| Theodore Roosevelt | |
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| 26th President of the United States | |
| Term of office September 14, 1901 - March 4, 1909[1] | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Vice Presidents | None (1901-1905) Charles W. Fairbanks (1905-1909) |
| Preceded by | William McKinley |
| Succeeded by | William Howard Taft |
| 25th Vice-President of the United States | |
| Term of office March 4, 1901 - September 14, 1901 | |
| President | William McKinley |
| Preceded by | Garret Hobart |
| Succeeded by | Charles W. Fairbanks |
| Born | October 27, 1858 New York, New York |
| Died | January 6, 1919 Oyster Bay, New York |
| Spouse | Alice Hathaway Lee Edith Kermit Carow |
| Religion | Dutch Reformed |
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States of America. He suffered from asthma as a boy but was able to work through it with the assistance of exercise. He worked in both the New York Police Department[2] and later, the Navy Department. He was appointed to the civil service by President Benjamin Harrison.
When the Spanish-American War started he resigned his assistant secretaryship in the Navy and became a rough rider. Because of his well known assault on San Juan Hill and other patriotic acts he was nominated for Vice-President with incumbent William McKinley. When President McKinley was fatally shot by an anarchist in 1901, Roosevelt automatically became President, and was reelected against a challenge by the Democratic candidate Alton B. Parker in 1904.
When Roosevelt's term was up he supported Republican candidate and then Secretary of War William Howard Taft, but later he expressed disapproval of Taft's handling of the presidency and ran against him. He lost the Republican nomination to Taft but ran as an independent on the Bull Moose Progressive party. Both he and Taft lost to Democrat Woodrow Wilson in the election of 1912.[3] While campaigning in 1912, Roosevelt was shot before giving in a speech in Milwaukee. The bullet lodged in a copy of the speech located in his breast pocket, saving his life. He gave the speech anyway that day, beginning the speech with the famous line, "I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose."
Roosevelt once declared:[4]
- We must have but one flag. We must also have but one language. That must be the language of the Declaration of Independence, of Washington’s Farewell address, of Lincoln’s Gettysburg speech and second inaugural. We cannot tolerate any attempt to oppose or supplant the language and culture that has come down to us from the builders of this Republic.
After leaving office, Roosevelt took a trip along the Amazon River and wrote a book about his experience, Through the Brazilian Wilderness. While in South America, Roosevelt contracted malaria and nearly died. At one point, he requested that his expedition leave him behind. His son, Kermit, helped nurse him back to help, and Theodore credited Kermit with saving his life.
Notes & References
- ↑ http://home.comcast.net/~sharonday7/Presidents/AP060301.htm
- ↑ As of July 2007, Theodore Roosevelt is the only President to be born in New York City
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt By Zachary Kent, Chicago Press
- ↑ Theodore Roosevelt, "The Children of the Crucible," 14 Annals of America 1916-1928, 129, at 130 (1968).
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