THEODORE ROOSEVELTDate :May 25th 2011

Hometown and Early Life

Theodore Roosevelt, or ‘Teddy’, was born on October 27th 1858 in New York City.

As a child, Teddy grew up with frail health and asthma. His father encouraged him to exercise vigorously to get

out of his asthma.Teddy did sports such as: swimming, tennis, running,

biking and boxing.He graduated from Harvard University in 1880 and

then he went to law school.He married Alice Hathaway Lee in that same year and

they had one child, Alice.

FamilyTheodore married Edith Kermit Carow in 1886

after his first wife died. They had five children: Theodore Jr., Kermit, Ethel, Archibald, and Quentin.

Teddy had wealthy, Dutch and English parents.

Political Party

•Theodore was a Republican man.•He started his first term after President

William McKinley was shot.•After finishing that he decided to run for a

full term.•He got elected and had one full term in

office.•After his first full term, Teddy wanted to

run again, but he failed.

Greatest Challenges One of Theodore Roosevelt's greatest

challenges was overcoming the deaths of his first wife and his mother on Valentine’s Day, 1884.

Another challenge for Teddy was when he tried to conserve all wildlife and forests while President.

He ended up starting 150 national forests and 5 national parks.

Years in Office

Theodore was in office for two terms, from 1901-1909.

Roosevelt became first president when William McKinley died in office.

After finishing for McKinley, Theodore ran again and won.

He also created his own political party called the Bull-Moose party.

Campaign promises Theodore kept a 1904 campaign promise that

he would not seek reelection in 1908, he threw his weight behind William Howard Taft as his successor.

He won the largest popular and electoral majority of any incumbent president in American history, then promised never to run for the presidency again. It was a promise he did not keep.

Major events during presidency

The building of the Panama Canal The coal strike of 1902 The 16th amendment passes Wright Brothers fly the 1st plane The San Francisco earthquake

major achievements

Conserving more than 150 million acres of wildlife and national forests

Modernized the army command structure Passed the Meat-Inspection Act, and the Pure

Food & Drug Act (1906) He opened a canal across the Americas and added

150 million acres of land to the National Forests through the Forest Reserve Act of 1891.

Fun Facts!!!!!!!!!!

Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest president at that time.

He did not have a middle name.Theodore Roosevelt would sometimes read 2-3 books in

one day. The Roosevelt's had a Chesapeake Bay retriever;, a

Pekingese; Skip, a mutt; terriers named Jack and Pete; cats named Tom Quartz and Slippers; Josiah the badger; Algonquin the pony; Eli the macaw; Jonathan the piebald rat; Emily Spinach, a garter snake; twelve horses; five bears; five guinea pigs; other snakes; two kangaroo rats; lizards; roosters; an owl; a flying squirrel; a raccoon; a coyote; a lion; a hyena; and a zebra