theodore 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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Adventurous 26th president, he was 1st to ride in an automobile & an airplane
This Republican was the first V.P. to succeed to the presidency and then win the office by election
Between April 1909 & March 1910, he killed 296 animals, including 9 lions & 8 elephants
This 20th century U.S. president was the first to receive full-time protection from the Secret Service
His writings include "The Naval War of 1812" & as co-writer, "The Deer Family"
This lieutenant colonel recruited some of his Rough Riders at William Menger's hotel in San Antonio
Some 30 years before his cousin's New Deal, he gave us a "Square Deal"
Geronimo rode in this president's 1905 inaugural parade, & so did the Rough Riders
His eldest son, also named Theodore, was governor of Puerto Rico from 1929 to 1932
In 1912 this "Bull Moose" spoke for about 50 minutes with a would-be-assassin's bullet lodged in his chest
A March 17, 1906 speech by this president popularized the term, "Muckrake"
While in office, he became 1st president to ride in a car & submerge in a submarine
This president, born just off Broadway, was the subject of the Broadway musical "Teddy & Alice"
He wrote, "I do not believe that anyone else has enjoyed the White House as much as I have"
"That Damned Cowboy" was some "Rough Rider"
He was known as "The Great White Chief" & "The Hero of San Juan Hill"
"Theodore the Meddler"
His war record as a Rough Rider helped him win the New York governorship in 1898
Bully for you if you can name the Mount Rushmore prez seen here
During the Spanish-American War, his unit first saw action June 24, 1898 at Las Guasimas, Cuba
Later president, this man is seen here back in 1898
This president loved oysters, & an annual oyster event takes place in his hometown, Oyster Bay, Long Island
Just weeks after leaving office, he & son Kermit left on a year-long African hunting expedition
"Bull Moose"
In 1900 Republicans put this "Rough Rider" on the ticket to counter the appeal of Democrat William Jennings Bryan
Bully for Len Cariou, who played this famous man in the musical "Teddy And Alice"
For helping to end the Russo-Japanese War, he was awarded the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize
This former U.S. president led a scientific expedition into the Amazon jungle in 1914
In 1914 this former president led an Amazon expedition
The American Museum of Natural History in New York honors this president
In 1913 he headed to the Brazilian jungle for a 7-month-long expedition
The "Hero Of San Juan Hill"
Youngest sons Archibald & Quentin are seen here with their proud papa, this president
Perhaps saying, "This is a bully cable!", he sent the first message over the Pacific Cable to the Philippines
In 1903 John Singer Sargent painted his presidential mustache seen here
Sadly, his youngest son, Quentin, was killed in WWI & his oldest son, Ted Jr., died during WWII
He was climbing in the Adirondacks when he was notified that Pres. McKinley was dying
You'll get some ideas for summer vacation from this president's book "African Game Trails"
His childhood friend, Edith Kermit Carow, became his 2nd wife in 1886
This president's 1904 "Corollary" to the doctrine allows for U.S. intervention in Latin America
He only served 6 months as VP before he took the presidential oath of office in Buffalo
"Through the Brazilian Wilderness"
"Hunting the Grisly"
This "Rough Rider" was FDR's uncle by marriage as well as his cousin
A relative of Napoleon, Charles Bonaparte served as Navy Secretary in 1905 & later as Attorney General for this president
Edited by H. Paul Jeffers, "The Bully Pulpit" is a collection of quotations by this president
In 1904 this man's running mate was Charles W. Fairbanks
This president hung a large moose head in the State Dining Room; a bull moose, we presume
(I'm U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne.) From 1901 to 1907 Ethan Hitchcock helped this president institute his forest-preserving policies
October 27, 1858 in New York City
September 14, 1901 - March 4, 1909
You can visit his home, Sagamore Hill, in Oyster Bay, Long Island
He was the 1st president to call the White House "A bully pulpit"
In a tragic coincidence, his mother & his first wife, Alice, both died on Valentine's Day in 1884
In 1903 he reportedly said, "Damn the law! I want the canal built"
He wrote his 4-volume history "The Winning of the West" before winning the White House
Geronimo rode in this U.S. president's 1905 inaugural parade
Was married twice
In 1901 he was sworn in as president at the Wilcox Mansion in Buffalo, New York
In 1903 this president did not discourage the natives from revolting in Colombia
In Oyster Bay, New York you can visit Sagamore Hill, this president's home
"Strenuous Life"
After attending the 1909 inauguration of his successor, he went on a year-long African safari
Edith Kermit Carow
At the 1900 GOP Convention, he received 925 of 926 votes for the VP nomination; he declined to vote for himself
At the Minnesota State Fair in 1901 this vice president gave his "Speak Softly-Big Stick" speech
McKinley assassin Leon Czolgosz was executed
(Alex reports from the National Archives.) One of the Archives' treasures is a 1912 wax cylinder recording, like this one, of this American president talking about his Progressive Party's movement for social & industrial justice"Are the American people fit to govern themselves, to rule themselves, to control themselves?"
In 1919 this trustbuster's last words were "Please put out the light"
"The River of Doubt" tells of this president's jungle adventure & trip up the Amazon after he left office
Taft reconciled with this man, his predecessor, after a chance meeting in a Chicago restaurant
He wrote an article "About Man-Eating Lions" for the November 1913 issue of Boy's Life
1912:Progressive Party
While attending Harvard, he was runner-up for the campus lightweight boxing championship
In the 1940s Kermit, this president's grandson, served in the OSS & the CIA
He climbed the Matterhorn, explored Brazil & practiced judo
He wrote his son Kermit from the White House in 1903 about his being ambushed in a pillow fight
House speaker Nicholas Longworth was married to this president's daughter Alice
Sworn in following an assassination, he's the only U.S. president who was not sworn in on a Bible
(Sarah of the Clue Crew feeds a four-legged friend in Alaska.) In June 1900, this man compared himself to the animal beside me
The largest species of American elk is named for him
This early 20th century president's foreign policy style was known as "big stick diplomacy"
He was nicknamed "The Driving Force" (& "The Trust Buster")
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.) The Newport 28 at the Museum of Flight was the model used by Quentin, the son of this U.S. president; Quentin was killed in aerial combat over France in July 1918
In 1910 he flew in a plane built by the Wright Brothers
He kept secret the fact that he lost sight in his left eye during a boxing match with a White House aide
He said, "I would never have been president if it had not been for my experiences in ND"
October 14, 1912 on his way to a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a desk at NYPD headquarters.) This future U.S. president sat at this desk when he was president of the board of police commissioners

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