Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt believed in a vigorous lifestyle. During his presidency, he even participated in a boxing match that left him blind in one eye. That could certainly be said of the 26th president, whose complex legacy includes not just his achievements as a progressive reforme...
Theodore Roosevelt became the first American President to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In Stock Price: $32.95 Quantity: Add to Wishlist Add to Cart Product Description During his presidency, Roosevelt initiated the construction of the Panama Canal, increased regulation against big business, ...
Roosevelt is known for his anti-monopoly stance and his “square deal” reform of working conditions for Americans. He also built up the Navy during his presidency. In addition he formed a cavalry of men known as the Rough Riders. Roosevelt was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts ...
READ MORE: How Teddy Roosevelt Crafted an Image of American Manliness One thing that came up at the trial and might surprise readers today is how reluctant he had been to accept his party’s vice-presidential nomination in 1900. Why was that? I think he saw the vice presidency as a de...
For one of these Progressives, Teddy Roosevelt, Vice President, author of many books and essays, adventurer, warrior, reformer, conservationist, boxer and student of jiu jitsu, and champion ofself-help, a life of striving culminated in his ascent to the presidency. Though the child of a pr...
His theory was eventually published in The Education of Henry Adams but makes less sense today than his brilliant description of the President as perhaps the fundamental motive force of our age: "Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts ... Roosevelt, more than any ...
Rough Rider Redux ; Teddy Roosevelt Tried to Recapture Power and Glory in the Years after His Popular PresidencyTheodore Roosevelt completely dominated American politics during the 7-1/2 years that he served as the nation's 26th president. He was just 50 years old and very healthy at the end...
Roosevelt, more than any other man living within the range of notoriety, showed the singular primitive quality that belongs to ultimate matter.” In his youth, as indeed during his infamous“White House walks,”which usually culminated in a nude swim across the Potomac, Theodore Roosevelt’s ...
Bored when the responsibilities of presidency were lifted and his children mostly grown up, Roosevelt decided to leave for a ten-month African safari in 1909. However, when the new President, President Taft, did not follow through on a promised program of progressive reforms, Roosevelt was enrage...
Teddy Roosevelt and his fifth cousin expanded the modern presidency and put the federal government to work for the people in a way it never had been before. "The Constitution was made for the people, not the people for the Constitution," TR said. It is sometimes said that presidents make ...