228 Facts About Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt served as the 25th vice president under President William McKinley for six months in 1901, assuming the presidency after McKinley's assassination.

Theodore Roosevelt was homeschooled and began a lifelong naturalist avocation before attending Harvard College.

Theodore Roosevelt became the leader of the reform faction of Republicans in the New York State Legislature.

Theodore Roosevelt recuperated by buying and operating a cattle ranch in the Dakotas.

Theodore Roosevelt served as the assistant secretary of the Navy under McKinley, and in 1898 helped plan the successful naval war against Spain.

Theodore Roosevelt resigned to help form and lead the Rough Riders, a unit that fought the Spanish Army in Cuba to great publicity.

Theodore Roosevelt assumed the presidency aged 42, and is the youngest person to become US president.

Theodore Roosevelt prioritized conservation and established national parks, forests, and monuments to preserve US natural resources.

Theodore Roosevelt expanded the Navy and sent the Great White Fleet on a world tour to project naval power.

Theodore Roosevelt was elected to a full term in 1904 and convinced William Howard Taft to succeed him in 1908.

Theodore Roosevelt grew frustrated with Taft's brand of conservatism and tried, and failed, to win the 1912 Republican presidential nomination.

Theodore Roosevelt founded the new Progressive Party and ran in 1912; the split allowed the Democrat Woodrow Wilson to win.

Theodore Roosevelt led a four-month expedition to the Amazon basin, where he nearly died of tropical disease.

Theodore Roosevelt's parents were Martha Stewart Bulloch and businessman Theodore Roosevelt Sr.

Theodore Roosevelt had an older sister named Anna, a younger brother named Elliott, and a younger sister named Corinne.

Theodore Roosevelt's youth was shaped by his poor health and debilitating asthma attacks, which terrified him and his parents.

Theodore Roosevelt inherited $60,000, enough on which he could live comfortably for the rest of his life.

Young adult Theodore Roosevelt emulated him by teaching Sunday School for more than three years at Christ Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts while at Harvard.

Theodore Roosevelt did well in science, philosophy, and rhetoric courses but struggled in Latin and Greek.

Theodore Roosevelt studied biology intently and was already an accomplished naturalist and a published ornithologist.

Theodore Roosevelt participated in rowing and boxing, and was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi literary society, the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and the prestigious Porcellian Club.

Theodore Roosevelt, attempting to analyze his college career and weigh the benefits he had received, felt that he had obtained little from Harvard.

Theodore Roosevelt had been depressed by the formalistic treatment of many subjects, by the rigidity, the attention to minutiae that were important in themselves, but which somehow were never linked up with the whole.

Theodore Roosevelt gave up his plan of studying natural science and attended Columbia Law School, moving back into his family's home in New York.

Theodore Roosevelt found allies in the local Republican Party and defeated a Republican state assemblyman tied to the political machine of Senator Roscoe Conkling closely.

Theodore Roosevelt ultimately published The Naval War of 1812 in 1882.

In 1881, Theodore Roosevelt won election to the New York State Assembly, representing the 21st district, then centered on the "Silk Stocking District" of New York County's Upper East Side.

Theodore Roosevelt served in the 1882,1883, and 1884 sessions of the legislature.

Theodore Roosevelt began making his mark immediately: he blocked a corrupt effort of financier Jay Gould to lower his taxes.

Theodore Roosevelt allied with Governor Cleveland to win passage of a civil service reform bill.

Theodore Roosevelt won re-election and sought the office of Speaker, but Titus Sheard obtained the position.

Theodore Roosevelt served as Chairman of the Committee on Affairs of Cities, during which he wrote more bills than any other legislator.

Theodore Roosevelt succeeded in influencing the Manhattan delegates at the state convention.

Theodore Roosevelt then took control of the convention, bargaining through the night and outmaneuvering supporters of Arthur and James G Blaine; consequently, he gained a national reputation as a key politician in his state.

Theodore Roosevelt refused to join other Mugwumps in supporting Cleveland, the Democratic nominee in the general election.

Theodore Roosevelt distanced himself from the promise, saying that it had not been meant "for publication".

Theodore Roosevelt first visited the Dakota Territory in 1883 to hunt bison.

Exhilarated by the western lifestyle and with the cattle business booming, Theodore Roosevelt invested $14,000 in hope of becoming a prosperous cattle rancher.

Theodore Roosevelt learned to ride western style, rope, and hunt on the banks of the Little Missouri.

Theodore Roosevelt wrote about frontier life for national magazines and published books: Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail, and The Wilderness Hunter.

Theodore Roosevelt successfully led efforts to organize ranchers to address the problems of overgrazing and other shared concerns, which resulted in the formation of the Little Missouri Stockmen's Association.

Theodore Roosevelt formed the Boone and Crockett Club, whose primary goal was the conservation of large game animals and their habitats.

In 1886, Theodore Roosevelt served as a deputy sheriff in Billings County, North Dakota.

Theodore Roosevelt ended his ranching life and returned to New York, where he escaped the damaging label of an ineffectual intellectual.

On December 2,1886, Theodore Roosevelt married his childhood friend, Edith Kermit Carow, at St George's, Hanover Square, in London, England.

Theodore Roosevelt felt deeply troubled that his second marriage was after the death of his first wife and he faced resistance from his sisters.

The couple had five children: Theodore Roosevelt "Ted" III in 1887, Kermit in 1889, Ethel in 1891, Archibald in 1894, and Quentin in 1897.

Theodore Roosevelt accepted the nomination despite having little hope against United Labor Party candidate Henry George and Democrat Abram Hewitt.

Theodore Roosevelt clashed with Postmaster General John Wanamaker, who handed out patronage positions to Harrison supporters, and Theodore Roosevelt's attempt to force out several postal workers damaged Harrison politically.

In 1894, reform Republicans approached Theodore Roosevelt about running for Mayor of New York again; he declined, mostly due to his wife's resistance to being removed from the Washington social set.

Theodore Roosevelt retreated to the Dakotas; Edith regretted her role in the decision and vowed there would be no repeat.

Theodore Roosevelt became president of commissioners and radically reformed the police force: he implemented regular inspections of firearms and physical exams, appointed recruits based on their physical and mental qualifications rather than political affiliation, established Meritorious Service Medals, closed corrupt police hostelries, and had telephones installed in station houses.

In 1894, Theodore Roosevelt met Jacob Riis, the muckraking Evening Sun journalist who was opening the eyes of New Yorkers to the terrible conditions of the city's immigrants with such books as How the Other Half Lives.

Theodore Roosevelt made a habit of walking officers' beats at night and early in the morning to make sure that they were on duty.

Theodore Roosevelt chose to defer rather than split with his party.

Theodore Roosevelt strongly opposed Bryan's free silver platform, viewing many of Bryan's followers as dangerous fanatics.

Theodore Roosevelt began pressing his national security views regarding the Pacific and the Caribbean on McKinley and was adamant that Spain be ejected from Cuba.

Theodore Roosevelt explained his priorities to one of the Navy's planners in late 1897:.

George Dewey, who had received an appointment to lead the Asiatic Squadron with the backing of Theodore Roosevelt, later credited his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay to Theodore Roosevelt's orders.

The regiment trained for several weeks in San Antonio, Texas; in his autobiography, Theodore Roosevelt wrote that his experience with the New York National Guard enabled him to immediately begin teaching basic soldiering skills.

Theodore Roosevelt took command of the regiment; he had his first experience in combat when the Rough Riders met Spanish troops in a skirmish known as the Battle of Las Guasimas.

Theodore Roosevelt was the only soldier on horseback, as he rode back and forth between rifle pits at the forefront of the advance up Kettle Hill, an advance that he urged despite the absence of orders.

Theodore Roosevelt was forced to walk up the last part of Kettle Hill because his horse had been entangled in barbed wire.

Theodore Roosevelt recalled San Juan Heights as "the great day of my life".

Shortly after Roosevelt's return, Republican Congressman Lemuel E Quigg, a lieutenant of New York machine boss Thomas C Platt, asked Roosevelt to run in the 1898 gubernatorial election.

Platt feared Roosevelt would oppose his interests in office and was reluctant to propel Roosevelt to the forefront of national politics, but needed a strong candidate due to the unpopularity of the incumbent Republican governor, Frank S Black.

Theodore Roosevelt agreed to become the nominee and to try not to "make war" with the Republican establishment once in office.

Theodore Roosevelt studied the problems of trusts, monopolies, labor relations, and conservation.

Theodore Roosevelt successfully pushed the Ford Franchise-Tax bill, which taxed public franchises granted by the state and controlled by corporations, declaring that "a corporation which derives its powers from the State, should pay to the State a just percentage of its earnings as a return for the privileges it enjoys".

Theodore Roosevelt rejected Platt worries that this approached Bryanite Socialism, explaining that without it, New York voters might get angry and adopt public ownership of streetcar lines and other franchises.

Platt insisted he be consulted on major appointments; Theodore Roosevelt appeared to comply, but then made his own decisions.

Historians marvel that Theodore Roosevelt managed to appoint so many first-rate people with Platt's approval.

Theodore Roosevelt even enlisted Platt's help in securing reform, such as in spring 1899, when Platt pressured state senators to vote for a civil service bill that the secretary of the Civil Service Reform Association called "superior to any civil service statute heretofore secured in America".

Chessman argues that as governor, Theodore Roosevelt developed the principles that shaped his presidency, especially insistence upon the public responsibility of large corporations, publicity as a first remedy for trusts, regulation of railroad rates, mediation of the conflict of capital and labor, conservation of natural resources and protection of the poor.

Theodore Roosevelt sought to position himself against the excesses of large corporations and radical movements.

Theodore Roosevelt had no interest in challenging McKinley for the nomination in 1900 and was denied his preferred post of Secretary of War.

Theodore Roosevelt attended the 1900 Republican National Convention as a state delegate and struck a bargain with Platt: Theodore Roosevelt would accept the nomination if the convention offered it to him but would otherwise serve another term as governor.

Theodore Roosevelt's vice-presidential campaigning proved highly energetic and a match for Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan's barnstorming style.

Theodore Roosevelt denounced the radicalism of Bryan, contrasting it with the heroism of those who won the war against Spain.

Theodore Roosevelt countered that it was best for the Filipinos to have stability and the Americans to have a proud place in the world.

Theodore Roosevelt had no power; he presided over the Senate for a mere four days before it adjourned.

Theodore Roosevelt, vacationing in Isle La Motte, Vermont, traveled to Buffalo to visit McKinley in the hospital.

Theodore Roosevelt then continued to Buffalo and was sworn in as the 26th president at the Ansley Wilcox House.

Shortly after taking office, Roosevelt invited Booker T Washington to dinner at the White House, sparking a bitter reaction across the heavily segregated South.

Theodore Roosevelt was hailed as the "trust-buster" for his aggressive use of the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act, compared to his predecessors.

Theodore Roosevelt viewed big business as essential to the American economy, prosecuting only "bad trusts" that restrained trade and charged unfair prices.

Theodore Roosevelt brought 44 antitrust suits, breaking up the Northern Securities Company, the largest railroad monopoly, and regulating Standard Oil, the largest oil company.

Congress was receptive to the department but skeptical of the antitrust powers Theodore Roosevelt wanted within the Bureau.

Theodore Roosevelt appealed to the public, pressuring Congress, which overwhelmingly passed his version of the bill.

Theodore Roosevelt prosecuted corrupt Indian agents who had cheated Native American tribes out of land parcels.

Theodore Roosevelt prosecuted 44 postal employees on charges of bribery and fraud.

Theodore Roosevelt worked with Democratic Senator Benjamin Tillman to pass the bill.

Theodore Roosevelt responded to public outrage over abuses in the food packing industry by pushing Congress to pass the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 and the Pure Food and Drug Act.

Theodore Roosevelt served as honorary president of the American School Hygiene Association from 1907 to 1908 and convened the first White House Conference on the Care of Dependent Children in 1909.

Theodore Roosevelt was proudest of his work in conserving natural resources and extending federal protection to land and wildlife.

Theodore Roosevelt worked closely with Interior Secretary James Rudolph Garfield and Chief of the United States Forest Service Gifford Pinchot to enact a series of conservation programs that met resistance from Western Congress members, such as Charles William Fulton.

Nonetheless, Theodore Roosevelt established the United States Forest Service, signed the creation of five National Parks, and signed the 1906 Antiquities Act, under which he proclaimed 18 new US National Monuments.

Theodore Roosevelt established the first 51 bird reserves, four game preserves, and 150 National Forests.

Theodore Roosevelt was the first honorary member of the Camp-Fire Club of America.

Theodore Roosevelt extensively used executive orders to protect forest and wildlife lands during his presidency.

Theodore Roosevelt was unapologetic about his use of executive orders to protect the environment, despite Congress's perception that he was encroaching on too many lands.

In total, Theodore Roosevelt established 121 forest reserves in 31 states through executive orders.

Theodore Roosevelt issued 1,081 executive orders, more than any previous president except Grover Cleveland.

In 1907, Theodore Roosevelt faced the greatest domestic economic crisis since the Panic of 1893.

One of Theodore Roosevelt's priorities was the maintenance of friendly relations with Japan.

Theodore Roosevelt intended to emphasize the superiority of the American fleet over the smaller Japanese navy, but instead of resentment, the visitors arrived to a joyous welcome.

In 1908, Theodore Roosevelt appropriated these indemnities for the Boxer Indemnity Scholarships, which funded tens of thousands of Chinese students to study in the US over the next 40 years.

Theodore Roosevelt searched for ways to win recognition for the position abroad.

Theodore Roosevelt played a major role in mediating the First Moroccan Crisis by calling the Algeciras Conference, which averted war between France and Germany.

Theodore Roosevelt's presidency saw the strengthening of ties with Great Britain.

Theodore Roosevelt increased the size of the navy, and by the end of his second term, the US had more battleships than any country other than Britain.

Theodore Roosevelt was particularly concerned about the motives of German Emperor Wilhelm II.

Theodore Roosevelt succeeded in getting the three nations to agree to arbitration by tribunal at The Hague, and successfully defused the crisis.

Theodore Roosevelt persuaded Congress to approve the Panamanian alternative, and a treaty was approved, only to be rejected by the Colombian government.

In 1906, following a disputed election, an insurrection ensued in Cuba; Theodore Roosevelt sent Taft, the Secretary of War, to monitor the situation; he was convinced that he had the authority to unilaterally authorize Taft to deploy Marines, if necessary, without congressional approval.

The most striking evolution in the twenty-first-century historiography of Theodore Roosevelt is the switch from a partial arraignment of the imperialist to a quasi-unanimous celebration of the master diplomatist.

On November 6,1906, Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to depart the continental United States on an official diplomatic trip.

Theodore Roosevelt made a 17-day trip to Panama and Puerto Rico.

Theodore Roosevelt visited the Panama Canal worksite and attended diplomatic receptions in both Panama and Puerto Rico.

Theodore Roosevelt himself was not usually a target, but a speech of his from 1906 coined the term "muckraker" for unscrupulous journalists making wild charges.

Theodore Roosevelt attempted to manage the press's release of White House statements by forming the Ananias Club.

Theodore Roosevelt denied corruption while at the same time ordering Cortelyou to return $100,000 of a campaign contribution from Standard Oil.

Parker said that Theodore Roosevelt was accepting corporate donations to keep damaging information from the Bureau of Corporations from going public.

Allegations from Parker and the Democrats had little impact on the election, as Theodore Roosevelt promised to give every American a "square deal".

Theodore Roosevelt's influence waned as he approached the end of his second term, as his promise to forego a third term made him a lame duck and his concentration of power provoked a backlash from many Congressmen.

Theodore Roosevelt called for limits on the use of court injunctions against labor unions during strikes; injunctions were a powerful weapon that mostly helped business.

Theodore Roosevelt wanted an employee liability law for industrial injuries and an eight-hour work day for federal employees.

Theodore Roosevelt said Roosevelt overruled his Secretary of the Interior Ethan A Hitchcock and granted a pipeline franchise to run through the Osage lands to the Prairie Oil and Gas Company.

The New York Sun made a similar accusation and said that Standard Oil, a refinery that financially benefited from the pipeline, had contributed $150,000 to the Republicans in 1904 after Theodore Roosevelt's alleged reversal allowing the pipeline franchise.

Theodore Roosevelt branded Haskell's allegation as "a lie, pure and simple".

Theodore Roosevelt's rhetoric was characterized by an intense moralism of personal righteousness.

Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed being president but believed limited terms provided a check against dictatorship.

Theodore Roosevelt decided to honor his 1904 pledge not to run for a third term.

Theodore Roosevelt settled on his Secretary of War, William Howard Taft, who had been his friend since 1890 and consistently supported Roosevelt's policies.

However, Taft proved to be a less adroit politician than Theodore Roosevelt, lacking the energy, personal magnetism, and public support that made Theodore Roosevelt so formidable.

Theodore Roosevelt's party landed in Mombasa in East Africa and traveled to the Belgian Congo before following the Nile River to Khartoum in modern Sudan.

Theodore Roosevelt wrote a detailed account of the trip in African Game Trails.

Theodore Roosevelt refused a meeting with the Pope due to a dispute over a group of Methodists active in Rome.

Theodore Roosevelt met with Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, King George V of Great Britain, and other leaders.

In Oslo, Theodore Roosevelt delivered a speech calling for limitations on naval armaments, a strengthening of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and the creation of a "League of Peace" among the world powers.

Theodore Roosevelt delivered the Romanes Lecture at Oxford, where he denounced those who sought parallels between the evolution of animal life and the development of society.

Four months later, Theodore Roosevelt became the first US president to fly in a plane, staying aloft for 4 minutes in a Wright brothers-designed craft.

Theodore Roosevelt started to, but the scheme collapsed when King Edward VII suddenly died.

David Nasaw argues Theodore Roosevelt systematically deceived and manipulated Carnegie and held the elderly man in contempt.

Theodore Roosevelt had attempted to refashion Taft into a copy of himself, but recoiled as Taft began to display his individuality.

Theodore Roosevelt was offended on election night when Taft indicated his success had been possible not just through Roosevelt, but Taft's half-brother Charles P Taft.

Theodore Roosevelt was further alienated when Taft did not consult him about cabinet appointments.

Theodore Roosevelt urged progressives to take control of the Republican Party, and to avoid splitting it in a way that would hand the presidency to the Democrats in 1912.

Theodore Roosevelt gave speeches in the West in the late summer and early fall of 1910 in which he severely criticized the nation's judiciary.

Theodore Roosevelt's horror was shared with other prominent members of the elite legal community, and solidified in Taft's mind that Roosevelt must not be permitted to regain the presidency.

Theodore Roosevelt called for a ban on corporate political contributions.

Theodore Roosevelt campaigned for the Republicans in the 1910 elections, in which the Democrats gained control of the House for the first time since 1892.

Between January and April 1911, Theodore Roosevelt wrote articles for The Outlook, defending what he called "the great movement of our day, the progressive nationalist movement against special privilege, and in favor of an honest and efficient political and industrial democracy".

Theodore Roosevelt continually criticized Taft after the 1910 elections, and the break between them became final after the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against US Steel in September 1911; Theodore Roosevelt was humiliated because he had personally approved an acquisition the Justice Department was now challenging.

However, Theodore Roosevelt was still unwilling to run against Taft in 1912; he hoped to run in 1916 against whichever Democrat beat Taft in 1912.

However, an opposing faction, led by Theodore Roosevelt, ridiculed arbitration as foolhardy idealism, and insisted on the realism of war as the only solution to serious international disputes.

Theodore Roosevelt worked with close friend Senator Henry Cabot Lodge to impose those amendments that ruined the treaties.

At a deeper level, Theodore Roosevelt truly believed arbitration was a naive solution and great issues had to be decided by war.

Theodore Roosevelt began to envision himself as the savior of the party from defeat in the upcoming election.

In February 1912 in Boston, Theodore Roosevelt said, "I will accept the nomination for president if it is tendered to me".

Meanwhile, Theodore Roosevelt won in Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, California, Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Theodore Roosevelt saw Taft as the agent of "the forces of reaction and of political crookedness".

Theodore Roosevelt believed himself entitled to 72 delegates from Arizona, California, Texas and Washington that had been given to Taft.

Once his defeat appeared probable, Theodore Roosevelt announced he would "accept the progressive nomination on a progressive platform and I shall fight to the end, win or lose".

Theodore Roosevelt prophetically said, "My feeling is that the Democrats will probably win if they nominate a progressive".

Theodore Roosevelt left the Republican Party and created the Progressive Party.

Theodore Roosevelt handled the new party's finances efficiently but was distrusted by many reformers.

Rival all-white and all-black delegations from southern states arrived at the Progressive national convention, and Theodore Roosevelt decided to seat the all-white delegations.

Out of 1,100 counties in the South, Theodore Roosevelt won two counties in Alabama, one in Arkansas, seven in North Carolina, three in Georgia, 17 in Tennessee, two in Texas, one in Virginia, and none in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, or South Carolina.

On October 14,1912, while arriving at a campaign event in Milwaukee, Theodore Roosevelt was shot by delusional saloonkeeper John Schrank, who believed the ghost of assassinated president William McKinley had directed him to kill Theodore Roosevelt.

Schrank was disarmed and captured by Roosevelt's stenographer, Elbert E Martin as he attempted to fire a second time, and might have been lynched had Roosevelt not shouted for Schrank to remain unharmed.

Theodore Roosevelt assured the crowd he was all right, then ordered police to take Schrank and make sure no violence was done to him.

Theodore Roosevelt declined to go to hospital immediately and instead delivered a 90-minute speech with blood seeping into his shirt.

Doctors concluded it would be less dangerous to leave it than attempt to remove it, and Theodore Roosevelt carried the bullet in him for the rest of his life.

Theodore Roosevelt spent two weeks recuperating before returning to campaign.

Theodore Roosevelt still campaigned vigorously, and the election developed into a two-person contest despite Taft's quiet presence.

Theodore Roosevelt respected Wilson, but they differed on various issues; Wilson opposed federal intervention regarding women's suffrage or child labor, and attacked Theodore Roosevelt's tolerance of large businesses.

Theodore Roosevelt garnered a higher share of the popular vote than any other third-party presidential candidate in history and won the most states of any third-party candidate after the Civil War.

Theodore Roosevelt's crew consisted of his son Kermit, Colonel Rondon, naturalist George Kruck Cherrie, Brazilian Lieutenant Joao Lira, team physician Jose Antonio Cajazeira, and 16 skilled paddlers and porters.

Theodore Roosevelt suffered a minor leg wound after he jumped in to try to prevent canoes from smashing against the rocks.

Theodore Roosevelt wrote, perhaps prophetically, to a friend that it had cut his life short by ten years.

Theodore Roosevelt made campaign appearances for the Progressives, but the 1914 elections were a disaster for the fledgling third party.

Theodore Roosevelt began to envision another campaign for president, this time with himself at the head of the Republican Party, but conservative party leaders remained opposed to Theodore Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt angrily denounced the foreign policy of Wilson, calling it a failure regarding the atrocities in Belgium and the violations of American rights.

Theodore Roosevelt never forgave Wilson, and published The Foes of Our Own Household, an indictment of the sitting president.

Theodore Roosevelt was an early supporter of the modern view that there needs to be a global order.

When World War I broke out, Theodore Roosevelt proposed "a World League for the Peace of Righteousness", in September 1914, which would preserve sovereignty but limit armaments and require arbitration.

Theodore Roosevelt denounced Wilson's approach but died before it was adopted at Paris.

Theodore Roosevelt declined a request from New York Republicans to run for another gubernatorial term, but attacked Wilson's Fourteen Points, calling instead for the unconditional surrender of Germany.

Theodore Roosevelt was hospitalized for seven weeks and never fully recovered.

Between 4:00 and 4:15 the next morning, Theodore Roosevelt died at the age of 60 in his sleep at Sagamore Hill of a pulmonary embolism.

Theodore Roosevelt was a prolific author, writing with passion on subjects ranging from foreign policy to the importance of the national park system.

In 1905, Theodore Roosevelt became embroiled in a widely publicized literary debate known as the nature fakers controversy.

Theodore Roosevelt agreed with Burroughs's criticisms and published several essays denouncing the booming genre of "naturalistic" animal stories as "yellow journalism of the woods".

British scholar Marcus Cunliffe evaluates the liberal argument that Theodore Roosevelt was an opportunist, exhibitionist, and imperialist.

Theodore Roosevelt argues that Roosevelt's foreign policy was better than his detractors allege.

Theodore Roosevelt was a Freemason and member of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Theodore Roosevelt had a lifelong interest in pursuing what he called, in an 1899 speech, "The Strenuous Life".

Theodore Roosevelt began to believe in the utility of jiu-jitsu training after training with Yoshitsugu Yamashita.

Concerned that the US would lose its military supremacy to rising powers like Japan, Theodore Roosevelt began to advocate for jiu-jitsu training for American soldiers.

Theodore Roosevelt was an enthusiastic singlestick player and, according to Harper's Weekly, showed up at a White House reception with his arm bandaged after a bout with General Leonard Wood in 1905.

Theodore Roosevelt gloried in war, was thrilled by military history, and placed warlike qualities high in his scale of values.

Theodore Roosevelt often praised moral behavior but apparently never made a spiritual confession of his own faith.

Theodore Roosevelt publicly encouraged church attendance and was a conscientious churchgoer himself, a lifelong adherent of the Dutch Reformed church.

Theodore Roosevelt sought to replace the 19th-century laissez-faire economic environment with a new economic model which included a larger regulatory role for the federal government.

Theodore Roosevelt believed that 19th-century entrepreneurs had risked their fortunes on innovations and new businesses, and that these capitalists had been rightly rewarded.

Theodore Roosevelt, trained in biology, was a social Darwinist who believed in survival of the fittest.

Theodore Roosevelt deplored many of the increasingly popular idealistic liberal themes, such as were promoted by William Jennings Bryan, the anti-imperialists, and Woodrow Wilson.

Theodore Roosevelt argued that if a country could not protect its own interests, the international community could not help very much.

Theodore Roosevelt saw no likelihood of an international power capable of checking wrongdoing on a major scale.

On his international outlook, Theodore Roosevelt favored spheres of influence, whereby one great power would generally prevail, such as the United States in the Western Hemisphere or Great Britain in the Indian subcontinent.

Historians credit Theodore Roosevelt for changing the nation's political system by placing the "bully pulpit" of the presidency at center stage and emphasizing character as much as issues.

Theodore Roosevelt is a hero to liberals and progressives for his early proposals that foreshadowed the modern welfare state, including federal taxation, labor reforms, and more direct democracy.

Conservationists admire Theodore Roosevelt for prioritizing the environment and selflessness towards future generations.

Dalton says Theodore Roosevelt is remembered as "one of the most picturesque personalities who has ever enlivened the landscape".

Theodore Roosevelt often warned that men were becoming too complacent, failing in their duties to propagate the race and exhibit masculine vigor.

Theodore Roosevelt promoted competitive sports for physically strengthening American men and supported organizations like the Boy Scouts, to mold and strengthen the character of American boys.

Theodore Roosevelt hid it in a closet before having it destroyed because it made him look like a "meek kitten".

Theodore Roosevelt instead chose John Singer Sargent to paint his portrait.

Theodore Roosevelt was included with Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln at the Mount Rushmore Memorial, designed in 1927.

However, the recommendation lacked any eyewitnesses, and the effort was tainted by Theodore Roosevelt's lobbying of the War Department.

Theodore Roosevelt is the only president to have received it.

Theodore Roosevelt has appeared on five US Postage stamps, the first being issued in 1922.

The America the Beautiful Quarters series features Theodore Roosevelt riding a horse on the national park's quarter.

Theodore Roosevelt has been portrayed in films and television series such as Brighty of the Grand Canyon, The Wind and the Lion, Rough Riders, My Friend Flicka, and Law of the Plainsman.

Theodore Roosevelt is the leader of the American civilization in the video game Civilization VI.

For 80 years, an equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt, sitting above a Native American and an African American, stood in front of New York's American Museum of Natural History.

Theodore Roosevelt was one of the first presidents whose voice was recorded for posterity.