Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library under construction more than a century after his death Former President Joe Biden is raising money for a presidential library in Delaware, the state that started his poli
Alice. After his first wife’s death, in 1886 he married Edith Kermit Carow (Edith Roosevelt), with whom he lived for the rest of his life at Sagamore Hill, an estate nearOyster Bay, Long Island, New York. They had five children: Theodore, Jr., Kermit, Ethel, Archibald, and Quentin...
After assuming the presidency following William McKinley’s death in 1901, Roosevelt quickly transformed the public image of the presidential office. He renamed the executive mansion the White House and opened its doors to entertain cowboys, prizefighters, explorers, writers, and artists. Roosevelt gav...
Theodore Roosevelt unexpectedly became the 26th president of the United States in September 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley. Young and physically robust, he brought new energy to the White House and won a second term on his own merits in 1904. Roosevelt, a Republican, confronted...
A few weeks after his death, Roosevelt’s former Secretary of State, Elihu Root, declared that: He continually attacked abuse... His voice reached the minds and hearts of the people of the United States as no other voice ever had... So just was his judgment of fundamentals, so manifest...
After the death of his mother and wife, he left politics. Roosevelt bought a ranch on the Little Missouri River in North Dakota. He believed that his political career was over, but in 1886 the Independents and Republicans tried to persuade him to run for Mayor of New York. He did not ...
Eventually Teddy Roosevelt got what he wanted—in 2001, more than eight decades after his death. During the waning days of the Clinton Administration, the U.S. Department of Defense bestowed a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor upon Theodore Roosevelt. His media machine finally won. selected...
He was the founder of the Bull Moose party, influencing its direction from 1912 to 1916. He detested the nickname Teddy, but it was forever immortalized with the teddy bear, which was named after him. Family Life His niece was future First Lady of the United StatesEleanor Roosevelt. He wa...
Theodore Roosevelt is a man who has captivated the American imagination both during his lifetime and long after his death. His impact on American culture cannot be understated; however there are a few areas of his life that have not been examined as thoroughly as others. The biographical ...
death came to her. And when my heart’s dearest died, the light went from my life forever." Roosevelt remained otherwise unwilling to talk about his first wife for the rest of his life, even after he embarked upon what would be a successful second marriage with childhood friend Edith Carow...