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Biography: Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt, 1902. Courtesy: Library of Congress. On October 28, 1858, Theodore Roosevelt was born into one of the wealthiest and most well-established ...
Theodore Roosevelt: With Shane John Kruger, Rufus Jones, Marco Mintaka, Greg Kriek. Two-part series on U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt looking at his work as a progressive reformer as well as his contradictions such as being a passionate conservationist who also hunted animals.
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 ...
Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City to glass importer and leading philanthropist Theodore, Sr. and Georgia-born mother Martha “Mittie” Roosevelt. As a student at Harvard University (1876-1880), Roosevelt studied German, zoology, natural history, forensics, and composition. Upon graduating, he decided to pursue a career in public ...
Theodore Roosevelt . John Singer Sargent (1858-1919) Theodore Roosevelt was born at 28 East 20th Street, New York City on October 27, 1858. He was the second child of Theodore and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. His father was a glass importer and one of New York City's leading philanthropists.
Theodore Roosevelt, who came into office in 1901 and served until 1909, is considered the first modern President because he significantly expanded the influence and power of the executive office. From the Civil War to the turn of the twentieth century, the seat of power in the national government resided in the U.S. Congress. Beginning in the ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt, (born Jan. 30, 1882, Hyde Park, N.Y., U.S.—died April 12, 1945, Warm Springs, Ga.), 32nd president of the U.S. (1933–45). Attracted to politics by the example of his cousin Theodore Roosevelt, he became active in the Democratic Party. In 1905 he married Eleanor Roosevelt, who would become a valued adviser in future years.
