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Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
Theodore Roosevelt ©Roosevelt was 26th president of the United States, a strong and vigorous leader who greatly expanded US involvement in foreign affairs.
Theodore Roosevelt was born on 27 October 1858 in New York, son of a wealthy businessman. In 1876, he went to Harvard and then on to Columbia Law School, leaving in 1881 to run for a seat in the New York State assembly. He was elected as a Republican and re-elected twice more, leading the Republicans. In 1884, he spent two years as a cattle rancher in Dakota Territory and then became a writer, including a four-volume history of America's westward expansion (published 1889 - 1896).
In 1889, Republican President Benjamin Harrison appointed him as a member of the US Civil Service Commission. In 1895, Roosevelt became president of the New York City police board. The following year, he was appointed assistant secretary to the navy by Republican President William McKinley. Roosevelt strongly supported expanding US naval power as a means of increasing America's presence in world affairs. During the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt saw active service as lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment.
In 1898, Roosevelt was elected New York governor and in 1900, vice president under McKinl
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Theodore Roosevelt
Twenty-Sixth President, 1901–1913
Campaign
In 1903, Roosevelt was vice president of the United States. He assumed the presidency on September 14, when President McKinley died from gunshot wounds. Roosevelt understood that he would need the support of Republicans in Congress in order to win the 1904 election, despite not always agreeing with their conservative stances. He made an agreement with legislators in which he would be given more power over foreign affairs if he held back on several of his more progressive ideas. Widely popular, Roosevelt entered his second term on an extremely positive note.
Challenges
“Lose no time coming” was the message to Theodore Roosevelt as President McKinley lay dying from a gunshot wound. “Lose no time” became a signature of Roosevelt’s presidency in the new century, during which he heralded progressive reforms and a vigorous foreign policy. For example, the federal government began to seriously regulate corporations during Roosevelt’s tenure. In 1902, for the first time, the government intervened to take over negotiations of a labor dispute in coal production. Out of concern for providing heat to people during freezing weather, Roosevelt called on the army to take over coal mines. Roosevelt also earned the nickname “