Theodore Roosevelt | 26th U.S. President | Biography In English |

 

Theodore Roosevelt, he was the 26th United States president he was born in New York City New York United States on October 27th 1858 his father's name was Theodore Roosevelt senior and his mother's name was Martha 

his father was a businessman and philanthropist and mother was a socialite after being homeschooled he enrolled at the Harvard College in 1876 from where him he graduated with a magna law a day in 1880 he took admission at Columbia Law School he dropped out of college in 1881 to run for 

New York assembly he remained a member of the New York State Assembly for three consecutive years from 1882 to 1884 later he worked as a cowboy and cattle rancher he returned to politics in 1886 and ran for the New York mayorship elections as a Republican candidate but lost unaffected by the loss 

he continued to pursue a career in public service in 1888 he was appointed to the United States Civil Service Commission where he served until 1895 he became President of the Board of New York City police commissioners in 1895 in 1897 President William McKinley appointed Roosevelt to the post of

assistant secretary of the Navy he played a significant role in preparing the Navy for the spanish-american war he was even nominated for Congressional Medal of Honor America's highest military honor for his courageous antics in 1898 he was elected as the governor of New York after the 

assassination in the untimely death of McKinley he was appointed to the post of the president on September 14th 1901 in 1904 he won the presidential elections in a landslide victory as a president he looked to uplift the working and middle class by introducing domestic programs that reformed American workplace 

he bulked out the United States Navy and created a Great White Fleet and directed it on a world tour tagged as the country's first modern president he dealt with numerous issues during his rule including civil rights racial discrimination in women's suffrage in 1908 he decided not to run for another

term and instead supported his friend and former Secretary of War William Howard Taft in the presidential elections which Taft won for the next couple of years 1909 1910 he embarked on a tour including one as a special ambassador to England upon returning he was disappointed with Taft's handling of government and decided to run for the

presidency however since Taft was running as the Republican candidate he sought to start a new party and run from it he initiated the progressive or bull moose party and started campaigning for the 1912 elections it was during the campaigning that he barely escaped an assassination attempt by John MX rank he lost the elections to withdraw Wilson in a close call during

World War one he jumped back to the political scene frustrated at Wilson's stand for neutrality in 1916 he again considered running for the presidential seat but gave up in favor of Republican Party nominee Charles Evans Hughes political career aside he had published about 25 books in his lifetime he even published a biography and autobiography Rough Riders his most ambitious book was

the winning of the West which comprised of four volumes he first hide the nuptial knot with Alice Hathaway Lee of Massachusetts in 1880 they were blessed with a daughter the tragic death of his wife On February 14th 1884 led him to remarry in 1886 to childhood friend Edith Kermit Caro the couple was blessed with five children in 1906 he became the proud

recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to bring an end to the russian-japanese war in 2001 he was posthumously conferred with the Congressional Medal of Honor he was died in Oyster Bay New York United States on January 6th 1919 to educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society said Theodore Roosevelt.