26. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
± 1st pres to get 1st Nobel peace prize and Medal of Honor
± 1st President to ride in a US government automobile, go underwater in submarine, fly in a plane (though it was after he left office)
± 1st President to travel outside the US on official "business" for Panama Canal
± 1st President to invite an African American (Booker T. Washington) to the White House for dinner
± 1st President to appoint a Jewish cabinet member, Oscar Straus
± youngest pres. who was not elected
± 1st VP to succeed to pres then win the office in own election
± youngest man to serve as pres without being elected
o 1st wife Alice Hathaway Lee. She was beautiful aka Sunshine. He met her at Harvard, had daughter Alice
o 1st wife died two days after childbirth on same day mother died
o 2nd wife: Edie Carow, TR's childhood friend who grew up in the same posh NY neighborhood. Brought to White House a menagerie of animals, a stable, and an organized domestic life
o VP was Charles W. Fairbanks
o was Dutch reformed
o The Lion, the Cowboy, Trust Buster, TR, Rough Rider
o named after father
o was sickly pale as boy
o full of life, loved children, energetic, fearless, ambitious, charming, decisive, proud
o 5ft 4in, 200 pounds
o prodigy who had photographic memory
o 2nd of 4 children: 2 sisters and 1 brother
o liked hunting, exercised a lot, lifted weights, believed people needed fresh air
o known as TR in headlines, in Bull Moose Party
o tutored by private tutor
o moved west to Dakota Badlands, lived in two ranches with animals
o came back and met 2nd wife Edith Carow, had 5 children
o started writing career
o went to Harvard and Columbia university
o daughter was feminist
• sheriff of NY
• member of NY national guard, gov, and senate, US civil service commissioner
• pres of US police ward, assistant secretary of navy. Was VP, opponent was Alton B. Parker
• unsuccessfully ran for mayor
• campaigned for president nominee Benjamin Harrison
• 1st term, no VP
Ø Philippines Insurrection
Ø Panama Canal
Ø Big Stick Diplomacy
Ø Anthracite Coal Strike
Ø Square Deal
Ø first plane invented by Wright Brothers
Ø Russia-Japanese War
Ø Chicago Fire
Ø Susan B Anthony's death
