Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Biography
Overview
As stated in Theodoreroosevelt.org, “When Theodore Roosevelt became president of the U.S. in 1901 America’s society and economy were changing rapidly, and with his energy and visionary leadership he set the maturing nation on the path to prosperous growth and diplomatic influence that would last throughout the 20th Century. By the time he left office in March 1909, Roosevelt also had changed forever the influence and scope of the presidency.” [1]
Edith Roosevelt
Quick Facts:
| Full Name | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Birth Date | October 27, 1858 |
| Birth Place | New York, New York |
| Death Date | January 6, 1919 |
| Career | Lawyer |
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| Children | |
| President No. | 26 |
| Presidency Begin | September 14, 1901 |
| Presidency End | March 4, 1909 |
| Vice President(s) | Charles W. Fairbanks |
| Administation | Millercenter.org |
Roosevelt was born the second of four children on October 27, 1858 in New York City to Martha Stewart “Mittie” Bulloch and businessman Theodore Roosevelt Sr.
Roosevelt’s youth was largely shaped by his poor health and debilitating asthma. He was homeschooled by tutors and his parents.
In 1876 he entered Harvard. While there on February 9, 1878, his father died unexpectedly. Teddy was devastated but turned his grief into harder work at school. He would graduate magna cum laude in 1880.
After his father died he received a large inheritance and decided to enter Columbia law school.
While at Columbia, he was bored with studying the law so he started to attend the local District Republican Association meetings. Roosevelt found ended up being popular with the local Republican Party, and decided to run for the New York Assembly and served two terms from 1882 to 1884. He defeated an incumbent Republican state assemblyman closely tied to the political machine of Senator Roscoe Conkling. After his election victory, Roosevelt decided to drop out of law school. [309]
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- **Presidential Flag Graphic source: Zscout370 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons
- (1) https://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=991271&module_id=339336
- (309) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt#Early_life_and_family