Theodore Roosevelt was born on
October 27, 1958 in New York City to Theodore and Martha Roosevelt. He married
Alice Hathaway Lee on his 22nd birthday and on February 12, 1884;
they had their only child Alice. On February 12, 1884 his wife died. On
December 2, 1886 he married Edith Kermit Carow. They had five kids together,
Theodore who was born on September 13, 1887, Kermit who was born on October 10,
1889, Ethel Carow who was born on August 13, 1891, Archibald Bulloch who was
born on April 10, 1894, and Quentin who was born on April 19, 1897.
Roosevelt was homeschooled due to
illness and asthma. From 1876-1880 he attended Harvard College and graduated
with great praise. He enrolled in Columbia Law School after graduating from
Harvard but discontinued his study of law in 1882 without a degree of becoming
a lawyer.
On August 1, 1882 Roosevelt joined
the National Guard and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in B Company of New
York’s 8th Regiment. From 1882-1884 Roosevelt served in the New York
State Assembly. From December 31, 1898 to December 31, 1900 he was the governor
of New York State. From May 7, 1889 to May 5, 1895 he was a United States Civil
Service Commissioner for Washington. From May 6, 1895 to April 19, 1897 he was
the president of the Board of Police Commissioners in New York City. On April
19, 1987 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by President William
McKinley. From March 4 to September 14, 1901 he was Vice President of the
United States. After the assassination of President McKinley, he became the 26th
President from September 14, 1901 to March 4, 1909.
Roosevelt is famous because at the
age of 42 years old, he became the youngest man to assume United States
presidency. He also won a Nobel Peace Prize for his part in ending the
Russo-Japanese War. He established Crater Lake National Park in Oregon on May
22, 1902, Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota in 1903, Sullys Hill in North
Dakota in 1904, Platt National Park in Oklahoma in 1906, and Mesa Verde
National Park in Colorado in 1906. He also passed many acts and settled many
problems. Some of them being, Newlands Reclamation Act on June 17, 1902 which
lead to twenty one federal irrigation projects, the Isthmian Canal Act on June
28, 1902, he settles the Anthracite Coal Strike on October 15, 1902, he settled
the Venezuelan Affair on December 31, 1902, he passed the Elkins Anti-rebate
Act for railroads on February 19, 1903, he settled the Alaskan Boundary dispute
in March of 1903, he passed the Forest Homestead Act on June 11, 1906, he
passed the Hepburn Act on June 29, 1906, and passed the Pure Food and Drug Act
on June 30, 1906.
Roosevelt publishes 25 books throughout his life. He also
proclaimed Pelican Island, Florida as the first federal bird reservation; total
of 51 birds reservations established by Roosevelt administration. He refused a
republican nomination for governor of New York in July of 1918. From February
27 through April 27, 1914, he took part in the Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition to
explore Brazil’s “River of Doubt”.
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