Download
1 / 43
440 likes | 632 Views
Theodore Roosevelt the 26th President of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt was more than just the 26th President of the United States. He was a writer, historian, explorer, big-game hunter, soldier, conservationist, rancher, and Nobel Peace Prize winner. . Even Theodore
E N D
Theodore Roosevelt the 26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt was more than just the 26th President of the United States. He was a writer, historian, explorer, big-game hunter, soldier, conservationist, rancher, and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Even Theodore Roosevelt, who became a very famous President of the United States, was a child once.
Theodore Roosevelt was born into a wealthy and socially prominent New York family on October 27, 1858, in a brownstone house on Twentieth Street in New York City.
Although blessed with a quick mind, he was not blessed with a strong body. He suffered from life-threatening asthma attacks throughout his childhood.
Theodore began to build up his body with strenuous exercise, and by adulthood he had become a model of physical courage and toughness.
Here he appears in his sculling outfit. Rowing and boxing were two of the "organized" sports in which TR participated.
He was president of the Boone and Crockett Club of New York, Honorary member of the London Alpine Club, etc., etc. 1888
Ranch Life brought him a profound love of the open land, unique geography and animal species that were fast disappearing.
In 1895, at the age of 36, TR had already had more careers than many men. He had been a legislator in New York State, a rancher, the author of several books, and was now Civil Service Commissioner.
From 1895 to 1897, TR became President of the NYC Board of Police Commissioners.
After two years, he was back in Washington, this time as Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
The press coverage of the charismatic character "Rough Rider Roosevelt" propelled TR back into politics, next to be Governor of New York State. By now there were six children. The oldest, Alice, holds baby Quentin on her lap in this 1899 family portrait.
TR, out of New York State, was recommended for the Vice Presidency. Roosevelt won the nomination in the prior election.
In 1901, TR became the youngest person ever to become President. He was only 42. In Sept. 1902, TR is speaking to people in Asheville, North Carolina.
A famous bear hunt in 1902 would forever link Theodore Roosevelt and the "Teddy" bear in political cartoons, children's stories and toys.
This 1903 photo shows the President, his wife Edith, and their six children. TR loved his family and spent hours roaming the hills and rowing the shores with the children.
TR had spent time learning about how people lived from the ranchers and small farmers in the west. Soldiers in battle helped him identify with ordinary citizens.
Here he speaks to an audience in Evanston, Illinois (near Chicago) in 1903.
TR's legacy: Conservation of natural wonders and natural resources Here we find President Theodore Roosevelt with naturalist John Muir at Yosemite in 1903.
Roosevelt started his efforts to preserve National Parks as early as 1894. The resulting legislation provided new levels of protection from commercial development and "ecological destruction".
Can you imagine a tree so big that a whole group of grown-ups look so tiny?
"There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon of the Colorado, the Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Three Tetons; and our people should see to it that they are preserved…”
“…for their children and their children's children forever, with their majestic beauty all unmarred.“ Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter, 1905.
The demands of the Presidency made vacation travel difficult. Edith took charge of finding a retreat for the family in this simple cabin in the woods of Albemarle County, VA.
Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (not Noble) in 1906 for his work in the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War in 1905.
The Treaty of Portsmouth resolved the Russo-Japanese War and earned Theodore Roosevelt recognition by the Nobel Prize Committee.
This made • him the first • American to win a • Nobel Prize in any • of the categories. • The Prize consisted of: • a large gold medal, • a diploma in a fancy case • and a cash award
He intended to give away the prize money, explaining to his children that, to accept it, would be like taking money for saving a drowning man.
On January 8, 1907, he wrote to the Nobel Prize Committee: "The medal and diploma will be prized by me throughout my life, and by my children after my death. I have turned over the money to a…”
committee, including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce and Labor, in trust, to be used as a foundation for promoting the cause of industrial peace in this country. In our modern civilization.”
Theodore Roosevelt with incoming President William Howard Taft on the day of Taft's inauguration in 1909.
Commemorations to Theodore Roosevelt after his death
Mount Rushmore is carved on the side of a mountain in South Dakota and commemorates the first 150 years of American history. The project began on August 10, 1927, and spanned 14 years. Four presidents were selected on the basis of what each one symbolized.
George Washington represents the struggle for independence, Thomas Jefferson, the idea of government by the people, Abraham Lincoln , for his ideas on equality and the permanent union of the states, and Theodore Roosevelt , for the 20th century role of the United States in world affairs.
TR was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery on July 1, 1898, during the Spanish-American War.
The quest to secure the Medal of Honor for Theodore Roosevelt ended after 103 years when President William J. Clinton, in 2001, presented the nation's highest military award to Theodore Roosevelt posthumously.
MEDAL OF HONOR AWARDED TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT Posthumous Honor Presented at White House on January 16, 2001
