Teddy

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States

By Snydernick
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    His Life

    Born at 28 East 20th Street, New York City
    Dies at home in his sleep.
  • Watches Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession from an upstairs window of his grandfather's house on Union Square, New York City

    Watches Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession from an upstairs window of his grandfather's house on Union Square, New York City

  • Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. dies from stomach cancer.

    At the family's new home, 6 West 57th Street, NYC.

  • Joins the Republican Party

    "When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.' "

  • Graduated from Harvard University

    He was part of Phi Beta Kappa
    "A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."
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    Enters Columbia Law School in October 1880

    Discontinued study of law in 1882 without taking a degree or becoming a lawyer

  • Joins the National Guard.

    Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in B Company of New York's Eighth Regiment. Would be promoted to Captain the following year.

  • Birth of 1st child.

    Daughter Alice Lee Roosevelt at his home on 57th Street in NYC.

  • Theodore's first son (second child).

    Theodore Roosevelt, Junior is born at Sagamore Hill.
    "For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison."

  • Son Quentin Roosevelt, born in Washington, DC

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    Vice President of the United States.

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    Twenty-sixth President of the United States

    At age 42, Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States and is sworn into office at about 3:15 p.m. at the Ansley Wilcox Mansion, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, the youngest man ever to become President (John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever elected to that office at the age of 43).
  • Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, established.Other National Parks established.

    Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, established.Other National Parks established.

    Teddy Roosevelt enjoyed nature and benefited National Parks all over.
  • Teddy Bears

    Teddy Bears

    On November 14, 1902, then-President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt went to Mississippi to settle a border dispute between Mississippi and Louisiana. While there, he went on a hunting trip. The other members of the hunting party tied a black bear cub to a tree for President Roosevelt to shoot, but Roosevelt refused to harm the defenseless bear. The next day, political cartoonist Clifford Berryman, drew a cartoon showing President Roosevelt refusing to hurt the helpless bear. The cartoon's caption "D
  • Panama Canal is agreed to be built

    Panama Canal is agreed to be built

    Treaty signed with Panama for building of Panama Canal, which was completed in 1914.
    "Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster"
    "I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also."
  • Inaugurated for second term as President

    Inaugurated for second term as President

  • TR's administration ends with inauguration of successor William Howard Taft.

  • Shot in the chest while entering an automobile outside the Hotel Gilpatrick in Milwaukee, WI

    By would-be assassin John Nepomuk Schrank at about 8:00 p.m.
    "Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country."
  • Died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill

    Died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill

    Coronary embolism (arterial blood clot) at age 60.