and when the years seemed so bright before her — then by a strange and terrible fate, 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...
Theodore Roosevelt became the 26st U.S. President in 1901, and was elected for a second term in 1904. Roosevelt's complex legacy includes his achievements as a progressive reformer and conservationist who regulated big business and established the nation
Theodore Roosevelt Jr was the United States 26th president. He was in office from September 14th,1901 till March 4th,1909. He was the youngest president of the united states at the age of 42 due to the unexpected death of the previous president William McKinley. He was famous and well res...
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 ...
Although he lost the election, Roosevelt refused to leave the public eye, continuing to spread his vision of a more just and vigorous American until his death in 1919. A Nobel Peace Prize winner, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, and the inspiration for the Teddy Bear, he remains ...
After both his wife and mother died on Valentine's Day 1884, Roosevelt headed west to the Dakotas where the isolation and immensity of the Badlands helped him escape these misfortunes, and offered a retreat where he could pursue his interest in writing. ...
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Voters approved of Roosevelt's actions. Or, at least they enjoyed his leadership, and his young family that played all over the White House. In 1904, Roosevelt easily won the presidency in his own right. He is the first vice president who took power after the death of a sitting presiden...
Although, as a Lieutenant-Colonel, he was second-in-command to his friend, Colonel Leonard Wood, for his army unit in the invasion of Cuba in 1898, the unit was known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders. After his wife Alice's death and funeral in 1884, he returned to work in the New York...
Roosevelt loved football. When college football began its national prominence in the 1900’s, Roosevelt made it his goal to fix the sport. Sport fans would have lost football because of the injuries and death without Roosevelt’s intervention. Football has remained a dangerous sport since the ...