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  1. Theodore Roosevelt ‑ Facts, Presidency & Death

    Theodore Roosevelt became the 26st U.S. President in 1901, and was elected for a second term in 1904. Roosevelt's complex legacy includes his achievements as a progressive reformer and ...

  2. Theodore Roosevelt: Impact and Legacy

    Theodore Roosevelt: Impact and Legacy. Theodore Roosevelt is widely regarded as the first modern President of the United States. The stature and influence that the office has today began to develop with TR. Throughout the second half of the 1800s, Congress had been the most powerful branch of government. And although the presidency began to ...

  3. Theodore Roosevelt: Life in Brief

    A double tragedy struck Roosevelt in 1884, when his mother and his wife died in the same house on the same day. Roosevelt spent two years out West in an attempt to recover, tending cows as a rancher and busting outlaws as a frontier sheriff. In 1886, he returned to New York and married his childhood sweetheart, Edith Kermit Carow.

  4. Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. [b] (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or T. ... Roosevelt agreed with Burroughs's criticisms and published several essays of his own denouncing the booming genre of "naturalistic" animal stories as "yellow journalism of the woods". It was the President himself who popularized the negative ...

  5. The Square Deal: Theodore Roosevelt and the Themes of Progressive

    The Square Deal: Theodore Roosevelt and the Themes of Progressive Reform | Progressivism arrived at a moment of crisis for the United States. | Progressivism arrived at a moment of crisis for the United States. As the nineteenth century came to a close, just decades after the Civil War, many feared the nation faced another explosive and violent conflict, this time between the forces of ...

  6. The Life of Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt was born at 28 East 20th Street, New York City on October 27, 1858. He was the second child of Theodore and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. His father was a glass importer and one of New York City's leading philanthropists. His mother was a southerner who never really adjusted to living north of the Mason-Dixon Line.

  7. Theodore Roosevelt Biography

    Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth president of the United States, was born October 27, 1858, to a moderately wealthy mercantile family in New York City. His father, Theodore, Sr., was of mostly ...

  8. Theodore Roosevelt Critical Essays

    Essays and criticism on Theodore Roosevelt - Critical Essays. Nathan Miller shows America's twenty-sixth president to be macho, aggressive, compulsive, progressive — but also intellectual ...

  9. Timeline

    A chronology of key events in the life of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), United States Civil Service Commissioner, governor of New York, author, conservationist, and twenty-sixth president of the United States. ... Index to the Theodore Roosevelt Papers, 3 vols. (Washington, D.C., 1969)

  10. Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and the

    many other diverse topics, as each of the essays in this thematic issue on the presidency in the Progressive Era will show in their individual ways. One of the singular contri-butions that Theodore Roosevelt made to the nation's highest office was his status as the first modern celebrity president. Before reaching the White House, he had at-

  11. Theodore Roosevelt: Domestic Affairs

    Theodore Roosevelt: Domestic Affairs. By Sidney Milkis. When Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office in September 1901, he presided over a country that had changed significantly in recent decades. The population of the United States had almost doubled from 1870 to 1900 as immigrants came to U.S. cities to work in the country's burgeoning ...

  12. About this Collection

    The papers of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), public official, author, decorated veteran of the Spanish-American War, governor of New York, and president of the United States (1901-1909), consist of approximately 276,000 documents (roughly 461,000 images), most of which were digitized from 485 reels of previously reproduced microfilm. Held in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, these ...

  13. Theodore Roosevelt: From History As Literature

    SOURCE: "Theodore Roosevelt: From History As Literature," in Style, Vol. 13, No. 1, winter, 1979, pp. 1-4. [In the following essay, originally published in History as Literature in 1913, Roosevelt ...

  14. Theodore Roosevelt: A Resource Guide

    Theodore Roosevelt served as the twenty-sixth president of the United States (1901-09). This guide compiles digital materials at the Library of Congress, external websites, and a selected print bibliography. ... The papers of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), public official, author, decorated veteran of the Spanish-American War, governor of New ...

  15. 19.4: Theodore Roosevelt and American Imperialism

    Figure 19.4.1 19.4. 1: Teddy Roosevelt, a politician turned soldier, gained fame after he and his Rough Riders took San Juan Hill. Images like this poster praised Roosevelt and the battle as Americans celebrated a "splendid little war." 1899. Wikimedia.

  16. Provenance of the Theodore Roosevelt Papers

    The Theodore Roosevelt Papers, organized and available to readers for many years, constitute one of the largest Presidential collections in the Library of Congress, numbering approximately 250,000 items. 41 It is unfortunate, although not unusual, that there are gaps in the papers. With the exception of the diaries, the papers are sparse for ...

  17. Theodore's Childhood Influences

    Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, lived at this site from his birth on October 27, 1858 until he was 13 years old. He was born to wealthy parents Theodore "Thee" Roosevelt Sr. & Martha "Mittie" Bullock Roosevelt. ... Students should write an essay explaining the objects/items visible in Theodore's home and ...

  18. Attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt had ascended to the presidency on the assassination of William McKinley in 1901, serving the remaining 3 years 6 months of the term, and was then elected to a full term in the 1904 presidential election.He refused to run for another term in 1908, in accordance with the tradition established by George Washington that no one should serve more than two terms as US president ...

  19. Theodore Roosevelt Presidency Overview

    How did Theodore Roosevelt's presidency change the role of the U.S. government in protecting the rights of citizens and the environment? This lesson and activity examines the early life, education, background, presidency and legacy of President Teddy Roosevelt. Students will analyze documents and answer corresponding scaffolding questions.

  20. Edith Roosevelt

    Edith Kermit Roosevelt (née Carow; August 6, 1861 - September 30, 1948) was the second wife of President Theodore Roosevelt and the first lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909. She was previously the second lady of the United States in 1901 and the first lady of New York from 1899 to 1900.. Growing up alongside the Roosevelt family, Edith Carow began a romance with Theodore Roosevelt ...

  21. Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (27 Oktober 1858 - 6 Januari 1919) adalah Presiden Amerika Serikat yang Ke-26. [1] Menjabat dua kali masa jabatan pada tahun 1901 hingga 1909. [2] Sebelum menjadi presiden Roosevelt adalah wakil presiden Amerika Serikat di bawah Presiden William McKinley. [3]Theodore Roosevelt dikenal juga dengan panggilan T.R., dan di kalangan masyarakat dikenal dengan Teddy (walaupun ...

  22. Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt urodził się 27 października 1858 roku w Nowym Jorku, jako syn kupca Theodora Roosevelta seniora i jego żony Marthy Bulloch.Miał troje rodzeństwa.We wczesnych latach życia często chorował, a ataki astmy uniemożliwiały mu uczęszczanie do szkoły.Pobierał naukę prywatnie w domu, przygotowując się do studiów. ...

  23. Retro Baltimore: Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin heads to Chicago

    In 1952, Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin, boarded a train for the Republican National Convention in Chicago, as rumors swirled that he'd play a major role at the convention — possibly as vice pre…