At Groton, as at home, he was reared to be a gentleman, assuming responsibility for those less fortunate and exercising Christian stewardship through public service.In 1900 Roosevelt entered Harvard University, where he spent most of his time on extracurricular activities and a strenuous social life; his academic record was undistinguished. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind: Encyclopaedia Britannica articles are written in a neutral, objective tone for a general audience
Now what? The President's bear hunt would be a failure! The next day, the hunt guides tracked down an old black bear that the dogs had trailed quite a distance and attacked. Word of this hit newspapers across the country, and political cartoonist Clifford Berryman picked up on the story, drawing a cartoon showing how President Roosevelt refused to shoot the bear while hunting in Mississippi
He traveled widely through Europe and the Middle East with his family during the late 1860s and early 1870s, once living with a host family in Germany for five months. (See McKinley biography, Foreign Affairs section, for details.) Roosevelt instructed Commodore George Dewey to make ready for war with Spain by taking the necessary steps for bottling up the Spanish squadron in Asian waters
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Democrat support plummeted and as a result Republican candidate Warren Harding was swept into the White House on a wave of support for American isolationism. Transcript (PDF 246k) By the time Roosevelt was elected President for a record fourth time, the Allies were winning the war.The Red Army was forcing the Germans back in the east and D-Day gave the Allies a foothold in France
"The life of strenuous endeavor" was a must for those around him, as he romped with his five younger children and led ambassadors on hikes through Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.Leaving the Presidency in 1909, Roosevelt went on an African safari, then jumped back into politics. Roosevelt won and served with distinction.As President, Roosevelt held the ideal that the Government should be the great arbiter of the conflicting economic forces in the Nation, especially between capital and labor, guaranteeing justice to each and dispensing favors to none.Roosevelt emerged spectacularly as a "trust buster" by forcing the dissolution of a great railroad combination in the Northwest
Religion of Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President
He was a village institution as the master of ceremonies over the Christmas tree in Christ Episcopal Church, and in the role of Santa Claus at the Cove Neck School, near Sagamore Hill, where all of his children learned the A B C's. Last Christmas was the first time that Colonel Roosevelt had failed to take charge of these functions since he left the White House, with the exception of the Christmas of 1913, when he was on his way to South America
Charles Lee had been an employe of the late General Fitzhugh Lee, and left the service of the General to go with Colonel Roosevelt when the latter was in the White House. I found Colonel Roosevelt looking about the same, but he said that he was having trouble to get his breath, and that he felt as if his heart would stop beating
President Theodore Roosevelt
(He rode in the plane after his term of office.) In 1912, John Schrank attempted to assassinate President Roosevelt while he was campaigning for the presidency
In the New York Journal, William Randolph Hearst opined that "the only way we could secure a satisfactory concession from Colombia would be to go down there, take the contending statesmen by the necks, and hold a batch of them in office long enough to get a contract in mind." Hearst's statement proved prophetic. "No single great material work which remains to be undertaken on this continent," Roosevelt said, "is as of such consequence to the American people." Roosevelt acted quickly
Theodore Roosevelt - Twenty-Sixth President of the United States
We can trust the country to him." And that feeling has not died away yet, for he soon showed he meant to do all he had promised, and in his first term of office he proved himself a hard worker, an able statesman, and a man of the strictest integrity. Before the horse was down Roosevelt disengaged himself from the saddle and, landing on his feet, again yelled to his men, and, sword in hand, charged on afoot." Colonel Roosevelt was the popular hero of the war
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So far from patriotism being inconsistent with a proper regard for the rights of other nations, I hold that the true patriot, who is as jealous of the national honor as a gentleman of his own honor, will be careful to see that the nations neither inflicts nor suffers wrong, just as a gentleman scorns equally to wrong others or to suffer others to wrong him. The gravest wrong upon his country is inflicted by that man, whatever his station, who seeks to make his countrymen divide primarily in the line that separates class from class, occupation from occupation, men of more wealth from men of less wealth, instead of remembering that the only safe standard is that which judges each man on his worth as a man, whether he be rich or whether he be poor, without regard to his profession or to his station in life
On Race and Civil Rights Theodore Roosevelt reflected the racial attitudes of his time, and his domestic record on race and civil rights was a mixed bag. Conservative senators who opposed the legislation, acting on behalf of the railroad industry, tried to use judicial review to make the ICC essentially powerless
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
FDR's political career followed the same trajectory as that of his famous Republican cousin, while Eleanor would embody and extend his progressive political values. As governor, TR supported many of the causes that ER would later champion, among them centralized, interventionist government, regulation of women's and children's labor, and taxes on utility and insurance interests
Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish American War
As he got to know these men socially, he began to determine would he could trust and who reflected his views on personal initiative and naval expansion. The Report, in which Roosevelt was quite frank about the need for the troops to leave Cuba was not accepted by overall commander General Shafter, who, instead, passed the report to the Associated Press instead
The Life of Theodore Roosevelt - Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
In the election of 1904 Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks, on the Republican ticket, opposed Alton Parker and Henry Davis on the Democratic ticket. In true Roosevelt fashion, he led the progressives on a "bull moose" campaign under the policy of "New Nationalism." When Roosevelt failed to win the Republican nomination for the presidency, he and his supporters formed the "Progressive Party," more popularly known as the "Bull Moose" party
Theodore Roosevelt: President, Reformer, and Conservationist
That nation was then...The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt by Eleanor Roosevelt.The long and eventful life of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was full of rich experiences and courageous actions. By Eleanor RooseveltI think I have a good deal of my Uncle Theodore in me, because I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on
Theodore Roosevelt - Biographical
Roosevelt also played a prominent part in extending the use of arbitration to international problems in the Western Hemisphere, concluding several arbitration treaties with European powers too, although the Senate refused to ratify them. Dissatisfied with Taft's performance, Roosevelt bolted the regular Republican Party in 1912 and accepted the presidential nomination by the Progressive Party
The 26th US President - Theodore Roosevelt
During his administration Theodore Roosevelt initiated forty lawsuits against big trusts and initiated measures for the conservation of national resources. After an unsuccessful campaign in 1886 for mayor of New York City and a failed bid to get on the national Republican ticket in 1888, he was finally, in 1889, appointed United States Civil Service Commissioner
President Theodore Roosevelt - Biography
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