teddy roosevelt

     

Theoore Roosevelt (IPA: /ˈroʊzəvɛlt/; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as T.R., and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) as Teddy, was the twenty-sixth President of the United States, and a leader of the Republican Party and of the Progressive Movement. He served in many roles including Governor of New York, historian, naturalist, explorer, author, and soldier. He is most famous for his personality: his energy, his vast range of interests and achievements, his model of masculinity, and his "cowboy" persona. Teddy bears are named after him.

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  • Only 50 years old when he left office, he was our nation's youngest ex-president
  • His hunting rifle accessory made him "Telescope Teddy"
  • "African Game Trails"
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  • He was at the 1901 Minnesota state fair when he said, “There is a homely adage which runs, ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick’”
  • The teddy bear was named in his honor
  • This president gave the bride away when his niece Eleanor married his cousin Franklin
  • This man, the inspiration for the toy on the stamp seen here, is featured on a different stamp
  • This ex-pres.'s account of his African hunting trip appeared in Scribner's Magazine, netting him $50,000
  • Reportedly, this "Rough Rider" once compared McKinley's backbone to a chocolate elcair
  • His record in the Spanish-American War helped him get elected governor of New York in 1898
  • McKinley man, rode rough, bully for him
  • The reconstructed birthplace of this pres., known as "Teedie" when he lived there, is on E. 20th St. in NYC
  • As NYC police commissioner, he had a "bully time" cracking down on graft in the department
  • Before he was president, he was "The Hero of San Juan Hill"
  • With this man as president, the government budget was $579 million & unemployment stood at 2.8%
  • Devil's Tower was designated the nation's first national monument in 1906 by this president
  • After taking the Presidential oath in 1901 he shuffled out of Buffalo
  • In 1888 this future president wrote the book "Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail"
  • Phrase "My hat is in the ring" originated with this 1912 "Bull Moose" candidate
  • In 1899 this future president said he wished to preach "the doctrine of the strenuous life"
  • In 1901 he advised, "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far"
  • In 1904's election Alton B. Parker & 80-year-old running mate Henry Davis went down to defeat against this pres.
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew reads from the marble-columned rotunda of the American Museum of Natural History in New York.) The rotunda is named after this U.S. president who collected specimens for the museum
  • Appropriately, this prez was the first inductee into the National Wildlife Federation's Conservation Hall of Fame
  • His 1901 White House dinner with Booker T. Washington was played up on his 1904 presidential campaign
  • The "Trust Buster"
  • This man's third party candidacy in 1912 allowed Woodrow Wilson to win
  • He's the hero seen here with his famous regiment before taking charge of the White House
  • He personally killed a Spaniard at the Battle of San Juan Hill
  • A frail boy, he built himself into a Rough Rider via strenuous exercise
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  • By 1905 football had gotten so violent that this U.S. president urged rule changes
  • The Wilcox House in Buffalo, N.Y., where he was sworn in as president, is designated a natl. historic site
  • Located in North Dakota, the only U.S. national park named for a president is named for him
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  • In 1902 Clifford Berryman drew a famous editorial cartoon of this man refusing to shoot a bear cub
  • This U.S. president negotiated the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War
  • He wrote, "I am as strong as a bull moose and you can use me to the limit"
  • He liked to box, wrestle & hunt & loved to play tennis; in fact, his group of advisers was known as the Tennis Cabinet
  • In 1898 this man resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to organize a volunteer cavalry regiment
  • Though he was the first president to win the Nobel Peace Prize, he enjoyed boxing. jujitsu & wrestling
  • He lived the life of a cowboy on his North Dakota Ranch
  • In 1912, this pres. candidate declared, “We stand at Armageddon, & we battle for the Lord”
  • From 1895 to 1897 he served as president of the New York City police board
  • The Ecology Hall of Fame cites him as "the first American president to take seriously the...protection of nature"
  • This Republican has just served under 2 terms as New York governor when elected Vice President in 1900
  • The Republican Party reunited when the Bull Moose Party evaporated after nominating this man as president
  • The President was dead. He was top dog now. & he had a Nobel Peace Prize to win, & a canal to build in Central America
  • His ride ended on January 6, 1919 in Oyster Bay, New York
  • Late in life, Geronimo got co-opted by the white power structure, even riding in this president's 1905 inaugural parade
  • It was "third and long" when this ex-president ran for a third term in 1912; he ended up losing
  • He initially didn't want to be McKinley's 2nd VP; he thought it would weaken him for a 1904 presidential run
  • The North Room at Sagamore Hill estate displays this president's Rough Rider hat
  • Of the 4 men immortalized on Mount Rushmore, the one who was born last
  • In December 1901 he told Congress that trusts are "hurtful to the general welfare"
  • The USA's first National Wildlife Refuge, Florida's Pelican Island, was established by this president in the early 20th C.
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  • Secretary of the Interior James R. Garfield,Secretary of War William Howard Taft

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