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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was born
East 20th Street, New York, NY to Theodore and Martha (“Mittie”) Bulloch Roosevelt. He was the second child of four. -
HARVARD!
Theodore Roosevelt entered Harvard shortly before his eighteenth birthday. He originally chose to study natural history and had considered a teaching career. -
"I do"
Theodore Roosevelt married his first wife Alice Hathaway Lee in Brookline, Massachusetts. -
First published book
T.R. publishes his first book, The Naval War of 1812. It establishes his reputation as a careful historical thinker. -
It's a girl!
Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt have their first baby girl, Alice Lee Roosevelt. -
Marriage # 2
Roosevelt married his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow. -
V.P.
Theodore Roosevelt campaigns for presidential candidate William McKinley. And leads to a victory when McKinley becomes President and Theodore becomes Vice President. -
#26
At age 42, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States, after President William McKinley is assassinated, and is sworn into office in Buffalo, NY. He is the youngest man ever to become President. -
REELECTION
Popular President Roosevelt is overwhelmingly reelected, crushing the Democrat Alton Parker in the election of 1904. -
THE END
William Howard Taft is inaugurated as the twenty-seventh president of the United States after defeating Democrat William Jennings Bryan. Roosevelt retires as one of the most popular American presidents ever. -
Bang!
While campaigning in Milwaukee, Roosevelt got shot in the chest by a paranoid-schizophrenic, John Schrank. Although Roosevelt insisted on delivering his next scheduled speech as planned, he was later forced to suspend his campaign. -
Death
Theodore Roosevelt dies in his sleep at Sagamore Hill of a coronary embolism (arterial blood clot) at age 60.
