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Theodore Roosevelt was born to Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. He had two sisters and a brother. Theodore was born and raised in New York City and travelled often as a child.
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Theodore Roosevelt attended Harvard University. After graduation he attened Columbia Law School, but dropped out to pursue his politcal career.
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Before his election as president, Theodore Roosevelt served in many public office positions.
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Theodore Roosevelt was elected governor of New York and served from 1898 to 1900.
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Theodore Roosevelt served in the U.S. Volunteer Calvary and fought in the Spanish-American War.
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Roosevelt led the Rough Riders to a major victory in the Spanish American war on San Juan Hill.
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Theodore Roosevelt was elected as Vice President to President William McKinely, who died in office a year later.
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President William McKinley was shot and killed by anarachist Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, New York while shaking hands with the public.
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Roosevelt becomes president after President McKinely was shot and killed in office eight days before.
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Roosevelt took over after President McKinley's death and served two terms as president.
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Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 after mediating the Russo-Japan war from 1904-1905.
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After losing the Republican nomination in 1912 to Woodrow Wilson, Roosevelt formed his own political party, called the Bull Moose Party, and campaigned in that year's presedential election.
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Before a campaign speech for the Bull Moose Party in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Roosevelt was shot close-range by John Schrank. The bullet was stopped by Roosevelt's glasses case and his notebook in his breast pocket, so he only attained a flesh wound. He went on with the speech and spoke for about an hour before being rushed to the hospital.
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Roosevelt and the Bull Moose party lost the 1912 presedential election to republican candidate Woodrow Wilson.
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Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep of a coronary embolism at age 61, at his home in Oyster Bay, New York.
