Theodore Roosevelt (26)

I remain the youngest president to hold the office of President.

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I was a war hero, and few know that I was a blind in one eye as a result of a boxing injury

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I liked point to point.

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I offered Americans a square deal.

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TR

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Teddy

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Bullmoose

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Trustbuster

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Square Deal

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Rough Rider

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Teedie

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Hero fo San Juan Hill

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The Colonel

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The Lion

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Telescope (Teddy)

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Speak softly, and carry a big stick! From an old African proverb.

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No man has had a happier life than I. I have led a happy life in every way.

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“Bully! My hat is in the ring!. I feel strong as a Bull Moose!”

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“Unquestionably, the great development…means increase in supervision by the government.

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“It was my good fortune at Santiago to serve beside colored troops.”

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“A man who is good enough to shed blood for his country, is good enough to be given a Square Deal.”

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“I am in every fiber of my body, a radical.”

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“Build a Battleship in every creek.”

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“Withdraw, or we open fire!” (Message to Kaiser Wilhelm by ships at Manila bay.)

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“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.”

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Assassination attempt

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Nobel Prize

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Oklahoma

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Hay Paunceforte Treaty

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Valentine’s Tragedy

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Food Protection Acts

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Quentin shot down in WWI

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Panama Canal

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Teddy was a rough tough outsdoorsy type despite a sickly childhood, fighting asthma, and being only five eight and with a somewhat high-pitched voice. He was very near side, wearing pitch-on glasses. He was in nature lover and conservationist. He worked hard with Indian clubs and in gyms to develop his physique. He had a thick neck and barrel chest makes me look larger than he actually was. He was progressive by philosophy always looking to change things for the better. He wanted to do everything himself and love being center of attention.

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He was Dutch. Teddy's original family was name was Van Roosevelt also known as Red-World. As a child his dresser drawers often smelled of dead mice, squirrels, bats, birds and other specimens he collected.

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As a child he wrote The Natural History of insects.

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He toured Europe with his family as a child.

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He was severely asthmatic; one purpose of the trip was to improve his health. He later took a second trip, to Germany, Egypt with the Holy Land.

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He studied for three years with a tutor, Arthur Cutler.

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He attended Harvard and became third undergrad to become president elected Phi Betta Kappa. 

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His first actual book was “The Naval War of 1812.”

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He spent a lot of time outdoors.

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His first wife suffered from Bright’s Disease (Nephritis), and died on Valentine’s Day, the same day he lost his mother. He was on his way back home from the state legislature and arrive about midnight when his brother, Elliot told him that his mother nad wife were dying.

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He moved to the Dakotas to forget, and became a rancher and cowboy.

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His Harvard accent made “hasten forward quickly what there,” a catch phrase among cowboys, especially in saloons.

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He built a home in Oyster Bay, Long Island NY, he called Sagamore Hill.

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“Hero Tales from American History” was written as a collaborative effort with Henry Cabot Lodge.

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He once caught thieves who stole. his boat after several days chase-and gave them a drubbing.

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The terrible winter of 1886-1887 cost him most of his herd and forced him back east.

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He was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the NY National Guard.

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He hunted Buffalo in the Dakotas.

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As the NY Police commissioner he personally patrolled the streets at night.

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He was defeated in an attempt to become mayor of NYC.

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He resigned his post as Assistant Secretary to the navy to fight in the Spanish American War. IN that post he exceeded his authority in sending orders to Dewey to detain the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. This was overlooked after Dewey’s stunning victory.

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The press was nicknamed his crops the Rough Riders as most were recruited from the cowbots of the Southwest.

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Republican politicians disliked the brash TR, so a consipiracy developed to get him nominated as Vice President where he could do little damage- a harmless position.

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Mark Hanna told McKinley upon his second nomination that his duty to the country was to live four years from March. Later, upon hearing of McKinley’s death he commented: “Now look, that (deleted) cowboy is president of the United States!”

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As Vice-President-elect, he stabbed four cougars to death to save his pack of hunting dogs from further injury.

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He heard of the assassination of McKinley while at an outing of Vermont Fish and Game League. He rushed back but then heard McKinley was rallying. He was mountain climbing when word came that McKinley was dying.

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He was married the first time on his birthday; the only other president to do this was Tyler. He married Alice Hathway Lee. This would br the shortest marriage of any president, as she died less that 3.5 years later. The marriage did produce one child, a girl, Alice Lee, born 2 days prior to her mother’s death. Alice H. Lee was the last wife of a president who would not be first lady until jane Wyman a former wife of Ronald Reagan’s.

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His second marriage was the only time a presindent married twice before his term of office. He married Edith Kermit Carow of Connecticut. The marriage was in London, England (the second of two presidents who married abroad> (JQA was the other.) This marriage produced 5 children, 4 sons and a daughter: Theodore, Kermit, Ethel, Archibald (Archie), and Quentin. His first daughter, Alice, lived into the late 1970’s.

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He studied law but did not seek admission to the bar.

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He was a NY State assemblyman.

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He was a deputy sheriff of Billings County, Dakota Territory.

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His book “Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail” was illustrated by Frederic Remington.

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He was appointed by Benjamin Harrison to the US Civil Service Commission. His Cousin FDR would later hold the same office as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. TR was appointed by McKinley.

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He was the only president to have served in the Spanish American War. The rise he and his troops charged was actually called “Kettle” Hill, near San Juan Hill.

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He signed a latter advocating withdrawal of troops from Santiago. Other officers would not sign because of fear of reprisal. The troops suffered from malaria and Yellow Fever-this after hostilities ceased. They were withdrawn after the letter was published in newspapers.

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He was elected governor of NY as a war hero.

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He was nominated for the VP in Philadelphia two years later.

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After his first elected term of office he attended Taft’s inauguration.

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He was the youngest president ever, at 42 when McKinley died, and the youngest former president at 50. Kennedy, tragically was killed at 46 but was running for reelection. With his son, Kermit, he sailed for Africa under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution. He went on safari and hunted many specimens still on display there.

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