One of the most colorful Presidents of the United States was Teddy Roosevelt. Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, in New York City. His parents were Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Bulloch. "Teedie," as his close friends and family called him, was the second child of four. As he grew up he developed a love of natural history and reading, as well as hunting, boxing, and wrestling. He was educated in expensive private elementary and high schools.
Roosevelt went to Harvard from 1876 to 1880, where his hard work led him to the Columbia University Law School. During his Harvard years, he met Alice Lee, whom he married after his graduation. They settled in New York, where he wrote a book entitled The Naval War of 1812. Eventually, he came to the world of politics, and in 1881, was elected as a Republican to the New York State Assembly.
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President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt,...
A Punch cartoon, by Leonard Raven-Hill depicting t...Here, he worked with members of both parties, but did not run again in 1884 because of family problems.
On February 14, 1884, his wife had died while giving birth to a daughter who survived. Also, on that same day, his mother passed away. Roosevelt left New York and moved out west to Montana where he started the Elkhorn Ranch. Here, for two years, he ran his ranch and continued to write. In 1886, however, he returned to the New York City, entered politics, and took third in the race for Mayor of New York City. He met and married Edith Carow the same year. They moved to Long Island, where they had five children.
In 1889, Roosevelt became the New York Civil Service Commissioner after speaking in favor of hiring government workers based on skills, not party preference. Here, Roosevelt gained public interest after exposing weaknesses in...
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