In 1884, what should have been one of Roosevelt’s happiest moments became one of the darkest he ever experienced. Two days after giving birth, to their first daughter, his wife died of kidney failure. The symptoms of her illness had been masked by her pregnancy. That same day, his mothe...
Alice, his daughter by his first wife, married Nicholas Longworth in the White House; “Princess Alice” attracted much notice by her forthright personality, unconventional ways, and able tongue (see Longworth, Alice Lee Roosevelt). There were five children of his second marriage (1886) to ...
He is the first vice president who took power after the death of a sitting president to earn his own term. 1904年,罗斯福凭自己的能力轻松赢得了总统职位。他是第一位在任总统去世后上台并赢得自己任期的副总统。 Legacy 遗产 Although he was permitted to seek another term as president, Roosevelt ...
on February 14, 1884, Roosevelt's young wife died after giving birth to the couple's first child. Only a few hours earlier, his mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt had died in the same house. After the double funeral and the christening of his new baby daughter, Alice, on February 17, ...
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The couple would raise six children together, including Roosevelt’s daughter from his first marriage, Alice. Edith and Theodore’s other children were Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Kermit Roosevelt, Quentin Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt Derby and Archibald Roosevelt. Did you know? Early in his presidency,...
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was born on August 6, 1861 in Norwich, Connecticut. Edith Carow Roosevelt was a childhood playmate of Theodore Roosevelt. They married two years after Theodore’s first wife died. They had 6 children (including Theodore's daughter Alice from his first marriage) and...
Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (1860 - 1894) was the father of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and the younger brother of Theodore Roosevelt. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962) was Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt's daughter and Theodore Roosevelt’s niece. In 1905, Eleanor married her fifth cousin, Franklin...
His parents, Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and Martha “Mittie” Bullock were of Dutch origins. He had three siblings, Anna, Corrine, and Elliott, (the father of Eleanor Roosevelt, future First Lady of the United States). Teddy was asthmatic and tone-deaf as a child which led him to be home...
She died in 1884, while giving birth to their daughter, Alice. Roosevelt’s mother died from typhoid fever on the same day. Shaken by his losses, Roosevelt purchased two cattle ranches in the Dakotas and moved westward. He hoped to boost his spirits through physical activity. Ranch hands ...