Husband William Clark Rogerson
Born: March 24, 1882
Baptized:
Died: February 15, 1919
Buried:
Father: Richard Rogerson
Mother: Mary Clark
Marriage:
Wife Edna Mae Tozier
Born: August 24, 1886
Baptized:
Died: March 7, 1962
Buried:
Father: David Tozier
Mother: Theresa
Children
1 M Robert Daniel Rogerson
Born: January 23, 1906
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 F Theresa Rogerson
Born: November 25, 1908
Baptized:
Died: September 25, 1995 - Old Town, Penobscot Co. ME
Buried:
Spouse: Wendall Cline Rideout
Marr: April 16, 1927 - Millinocket, ME
3 F Doris Evelyn Rogerson
Born: April 16, 1910
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
4 M Richard Clark Rogerson
Born: June 9, 1913
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband Olaf Rognaldson
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Harald Olafsson The Black
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband Julien Charles Sevigny Lafleur
Born: 1668 - St-Germain, Rennes, Bretagne, France
Baptized:
Died: September 28, 1727 - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Buried: September 29, 1727 - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Father: Gilles De Sevigmy Lafleur
Mother: Gilette Defoy
Marriage: 1695
Wife Marguerite Rognon Laroche
Born: December 15, 1678 - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Baptized: December 17, 1678 - Québec, Qc
Died: July 7, 1732 - Québec, Qc
Buried: July 7, 1732 - Québec, Qc
Father: Michel Rognon Laroche
Mother: Marguerite Lamain
Children
1 F Louise Sevigny Dit Lafleur
Born: April 8, 1696 - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Baptized: April 9, 1696 - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Died: October 10, 1728 - St-Augustin DE Desmaures, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Buried: October 11, 1728 - St-Augustin DE Desmaures, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Spouse: Joseph Carpentier
Marr: October 30, 1716 - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc 1
2 M Antoine Sevigny Lafleur
Born: - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Baptized: - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Died: February 28, 1757 - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Buried: March 1, 1757 - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Spouse: Marie Francoise Beland
Marr: St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
3 M Charles Sevigny Lafleur
Born: April 26, 1705 - St-Pierre, Ile D'orléans, Cté Montmorency, Qc
Baptized: April 26, 1705 - St-Pierre, Ile D'orléans, Cté Montmorency, Qc
Died: January 2, 1760 - Québec, Qc
Buried: January 3, 1760 - Notre-Dame-DE-Québec, Qc
Spouse: Therese Morand
Marr: September 18, 1727 - St-Pierre, Ile D'orléans, Cté Montmorency, Qc
4 F Marie Anne Jeanne Sevigny Lafleur
Born: 1709
Baptized:
Died: - Ste-Anne-DE-Yamachiche, Qc
Buried: - Ste-Anne-DE-Yamachiche, Qc
Spouse: Louis Joseph Tapin
Marr: December 1, 1730 - Notre-Dame-DE-Québec, Qc
Spouse: Jacques Blais
Marr: St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
5 M Jean Francois Sevigny
Born: July 4, 1721 - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Baptized: July 5, 1721 - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Marie Anne Croteau
Marr: November 11, 1743 - St-Antoine-DE-Tilly, Cté Lotbinière, Qc
Spouse: Marie Angelique Angele Garnier Grenier
Marr: November 8, 1773 - Ste-Croix, Cté Lotbinière, Qc
Death Notes: Child - Jean Francois Sevigny
Husband Benoit Rognon Rochette
Born: December 1, 1818 - St-Augustin DE Desmaures, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Gabriel Rochette Rognon
Mother: Francoise Girard
Marriage: July 18, 1843 - St-Augustin DE Desmaures, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Wife Adelaide Soulard
Born: November 5, 1821 - St-Augustin DE Desmaures, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Joseph Soulard
Mother: Marie Judith Grenier
Children
1 M Elzear Rochette
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Anastasie Marois
Marr: July 5, 1870 - St-Augustin DE Desmaures, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Death Notes: Husband - Benoit Rognon Rochette
Y
Death Notes: Wife - Adelaide Soulard
Husband Louis Joseph Tapin
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Louis Joseph Tapin
Mother: Marie Anne Goulet
Marriage: April 12, 1779 - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Wife Francoise Rognon Rochette
Born: 1740 - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Charles Roignon Rognon
Mother: Angelique Mathieu
Children
1 F Josephte Therese Tapin
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Pierre Gendron
Marr: September 28, 1801 - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc
Death Notes: Wife - Francoise Rognon Rochette
Husband Ivar Rognvaldsson
Born: 0868 - Maeras, Nord Trondelag, Norway
Baptized:
Died: 0870
Buried:
Father: Ragnvald The Wise More Rognvald
Mother: Ragnhildtrude Countess More Ragnhild
Marriage:
Wife Yaroslavna
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
Death Notes: Husband - Ivar Rognvaldsson
Husband Rollo Rognvaldsson
AKA: Robert Rollo 1St Duke Of Normady Ragnvaldsson, Rollo Ragnvaldsson "The Dane"
Born: 0854 - Maer, Nord-Tr©¸ndelag, Norway
Baptized:
Died: 0927 - Rouen
Buried: 0932 - N©þtre Dame, Paris, Ville-DE-Paris, France
AFN: 9GDD-2H
Father: Ragnvald The Wise More Rognvald
Mother: Ragnhildtrude Countess More Ragnhild
Father: Rognvald I The Wise Eysteinsson Earl More
Mother: Ragnhild Hilda Hrolfsdatter
Marriage: 0891 - Bayeux, Normandie
Other Spouse: Gisele Carolingians - 0912 - France
Other Spouse: Emina Norway
Other Spouse: Gisela Princess France
Other Spouse: Gisele Gerlotte - 0912 - France
Noted events in his life were:
1. Alt. Birth
2. Alt. Birth, 0840
3. Alt. Birth, 0840 - Maer, Jutland, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
4. Alt. Death, 0932
Wife Poppa Senlis
AKA: Poppa Duchess Of Normandy
Born: 0872 - Evreux, Neustria, France
Baptized:
Died: 0930 - Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandie, France
Buried:
AFN: 9HMB-G3
Father: Pepin II Berenger De Bayeaux De Senlis
Mother: Aldelind Thuringia
Father: Berenger Comte De Bayeux
Mother: Cunegonde De Rennes
Father: Berenger De Senlis
Mother: Gaerwan
Father: Berenger De Senlis
Mother:
Noted events in her life were:
1. Alt. Birth, 0773 - Evereux, Normandy, France
2. Alt. Birth, 0872
3. Alt. Birth, 0872
4. Alt. Birth, 0872 - Evreux, Valois, Normandie, France
5. Alt. Birth, 0873
6. Alt. Death, 0925
Noted events in their marriage were:
1. Alt. Marriage, 0891
Children
1 F Gerlotte Rollosdatter
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 M Rollo Robert Droge De Turstain
Born: 0885 - Maer, Nord-Tronelag, Norway
Baptized:
Died: 0937 - Mound Hoxa, Ronaldsay, Scotland
Buried:
Spouse: Gerlotte De Blois
3 M Guillaume De Normandy
Born: 0891 - Ouilly Basset, Normandie, France
Baptized:
Died: 0942 - France
Cause of Death: He was murdered
Buried:
AFN: 9HMF-2F
Spouse: Albert I De Vermandois
Marr: 0940 - Ouilly Basset, Normandie, France
Spouse: Sprote De Bretagne
4 M Robert De Normandie
Born: 0895 - Normandie, France
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
AFN: FLGR-X4
5 M Robert Rolosson
Born: 0895 - Normandy, Fra Of
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
6 F Crispina De Rollo
Born: 0908 - Normandie, France
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Grimaldus De Monaco
Marr: 0945 - Normandie, France
7 M Mainfred De Percy
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
8 M William I Longsword Ragnvaldsson
AKA: Longue Epaee, Longue Epee
Born: 0893 - Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandie, France
Baptized:
Died: December 17, 0942 - Picquigny In The Somme, Fra
Buried:
Spouse: Leseline De Turqueville De Harcourt
Spouse: Ledgarde De Vermandois
Spouse: Esprota Adela Bretagne De Senils
Marr: 0922 - Normandy, France
Spouse: Sporte De Senlis Of Brittany
Marr: 0932 - Rouen, Normandy, Fra
9 F Adela Normandie Of Normandy
AKA: Adaele (Gerloc) Of Normandy, Adaele (Gerloc) Of Normandy
Born: 0920 - Aubigny, Calvados, Normandie, France
Baptized:
Died: October 14, 0962
Buried:
AFN: FLGR-Z9
Spouse: Guillaume De Aquitaine Of Poitou
Marr: 0935 - Aquitaine, France
Spouse: Chartres II Etienne
Spouse: Guillaume III Duke Of Aquitaine Count Of Poitier
10 F Crispina De Normandy
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Grimaldus I Prince Monaco
11 F Crispina Normandy
Born:
Baptized:
Died: - Monaco
Buried:
Spouse: Grimaldi Monaco
General Notes: Husband - Rollo Rognvaldsson
First duke of Normandie; Book of Crests by Mike McLaren p. 216 shows Rollo's crest.
Hrolf, he was baptized by the Bishop of France and was given the name of Robert.
Falaise Roll by Crispin & Macary says Poppa and not Gisella is the mother of the children
The Normans were VIKINGS, or Norse, who settled in western France in the 9th and early 10th centuries. In 911, the weak French monarchy under the Carolingian CHARLES III (The Simple), granted the lands at the estuary of the Seine River to Rollo, known as Rolf the Ganger"(860? to 931?), a Norwegian Viking, and his Danish followers in return for an alliance against other Vikings, thus laying the foundation for the duchy of NORMANDY.
Rollo was a Viking who raided the coast of France each year (c.890-910) until Charles III gave him his daughter, Gisella, in marriage and all the land that became Normandie. Hence Rollo was the first Duke of Normandie.
Rollo had been outlawed by Harald Fairhair and this forced him to settle in Normandie.
Rollo, the Viking, was granted land in Northwestern France in 911 AD by Charles the Simple, King of France. Charles hoped that Rollo would defend his new land, barring the length of the Seine River to other Viking groups. Rollo remained faithful to Charles and he and his son quickly expanded the original land grant at the expense of neighboring French lords and guarded it well against Viking rivals. Even before Rollo's grandson, Richard, took over the domain in 942, the descendants of the Vikings had accepted Christianity, intermarried with the local population and adopted the French language. Already they were being called Normans, a contraction of Northmen, and there territory became known as Normandie.
Count of Rouen, Duke of Normandy
Death Notes: Wife - Poppa Senlis
Y
General Notes: Wife - Poppa Senlis
Alias:<ALIA> Duchess of Norway (de /Valois)/
Notes: Marriage
Poppa and not Gisella is the mother of the children
General Notes: Child - Guillaume De Normandy
Longsword; Long Sword
Duke of Normandy
Name also appears as William
Death Notes: Child - Robert Rolosson
Y
General Notes: Child - Crispina De Rollo
From "Crispina" the family of Bec Crispin is called.
General Notes: Child - William I Longsword Ragnvaldsson
Alias:<ALIA> 'Longue Epee' Guillaume /de Normandie/
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Longsword (died December 17, 942) was jarl (ruler) of Normandy.
Little is known about his early years. He was born overseas in one of t
he many Viking territories before his father Rollo settled in northern Fra
nce. William's mother was named Poppa; all that is known of her is that s
he was a Christian, and the daughter of a Count Berengar. According to t
he Planctus, he was baptized a Christian.
William succeeded Rollo sometime around 928. It appears that he faced a re
bellion early in his reign, from Normans who felthe had become too Franki
fied. The following years are obscure. In 939 William became involv
ed in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined wi
th the other conflicts of the reign of Louis IV of France. He was kill
ed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. H
is son Richard I of Normandy succeeded him.
General Notes: Child - Adela Normandie Of Normandy
Name also appears as Gerloc
also Adele.
Husband Vincenty Urbaniak
Born: August 15, 1896 - Sochaczew, Poland
Baptized:
Died: October 24, 1969 - Kenmore, Erie, NY
Buried:
Father: Valenty Urbaniak
Mother: Julia Wudarczyk
Father: Valenty Urbaniak
Mother: Julia Wudarczyk
Marriage: May 28, 1924
Wife Wilhelmina Emma Rogowski
Born: April 2, 1904 - Gdansk, Poland
Baptized:
Died: October 30, 1975 - Kenmore, Erie, NY
Buried:
Father: August Rogowski
Mother: Wihelmina
Father: August Rogowski
Mother: Wihelmina
Children
1 F Dorothy Helen Urbaniak
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Michael Gerla
2 F Dorothy Helen Urbaniak
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Michael Gerla
Notes: Marriage
Husband Rognwald Rogvolod
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Noted events in his life were:
1. Occupation, Count of Polotsk
Wife
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Rogneda
Born: 0962 - Polotsk, Polotsk, Blr Of
Baptized:
Died: 1002
Buried:
Spouse: Vladimir The Great
Marr: 0977 - Polotsk, Polotsk, Blr
Husband Paul Lesley Rohrer
Born: - Richmond, IN
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Marion Francis Rohrer
Mother: Etta Mae Moore
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Linda Rohrer
Other Spouse: Susan Rohrer
Wife Jan Rohrer
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
Husband Paul Lesley Rohrer
Born: - Richmond, IN
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Marion Francis Rohrer
Mother: Etta Mae Moore
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Jan Rohrer
Other Spouse: Susan Rohrer
Wife Linda Rohrer
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Paul Rohrer
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 M James Rohrer
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband Paul Lesley Rohrer
Born: - Richmond, IN
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Marion Francis Rohrer
Mother: Etta Mae Moore
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Linda Rohrer
Other Spouse: Jan Rohrer
Wife Susan Rohrer
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
Husband Charles Edward Van Sickle
Born: 1917
Baptized:
Died: January 23, 1965 - Richmond, IN
Buried:
Marriage: February 21, 1942
Wife Ruby Ilean Rohrer
Born: June 4, 1922 - Marion, IN
Baptized:
Died: October 21, 1986 - Richmond, IN
Buried:
Father: Don Murat Rohrer
Mother: Sarah Rosette First
Children
1 M Charles Edward Van Sickle
Born: January 11, 1943 - Richmond, IN
Baptized:
Died: November 24, 1990
Buried:
Spouse: Raveina Edmonds
Spouse: Glenna Van Sickle
2 M Robert Eugene Van Sickle
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Jeannie Van Sickle
Spouse: Holly Clarkson
Husband Antoine Rousseau Labonte
Born: 1643 - Bournand, Vienne, France
Baptized: April 7, 1643 - Bournand, Vienne, France
Died: July 1697 - St-Philippe, Cté Laprairie, Qc
Buried: July 8, 1697 - St-Philippe, Cté Laprairie, Qc
Father: Jean Rousseau
Mother: Blaise Moricet
Marriage: 1675 - St-Philippe, Cté Laprairie, Qc
Wife Marie Barbe Roinay Roannes
Born: - Montréal, Qc
Baptized: - Notre-Dame-DE-Montréal, Qc
Died: March 30, 1736 - St-Philippe, Cté Laprairie, Qc
Buried: March 31, 1736 - St-Philippe, Cté Laprairie, Qc
Father: Francois Roynay Roisne
Mother: Perrine Musnier
Children
1 F Marguerite Rousseau
Born: July 1679 - St-Philippe, Cté Laprairie, Qc
Baptized: July 3, 1679 - St-Philippe, Cté Laprairie, Qc
Died: 1721
Buried:
Spouse: Jacques Hertaux Artault
Marr: St-Philippe, Cté Laprairie, Qc
Husband John Roix
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Sarah Tarr
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Richard Roix 2
Born: - New Brunswick, Canada 2
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Thankful Butler 2
Husband Thomas Rokele
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage: 1346 - England
Wife
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Amy Rokele
Born: 1346 - Lackford, Suffolk, England
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: William Geddinge
Marr: 1368 - England
Husband Joseph Vegiard Labonte
Born: - St-François-Xavier-DE-Verchères, Qc
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Raymond Vegiard Labonte
Mother: Marie Angelique Pineau Laperle
Marriage: May 15, 1752 - L'assomption-DE-La-Sainte-Vierge, Cté L'assomption, Qc
Noted events in his life were:
1. Baptism - St-François-Xavier-DE-Verchères, Qc
Wife Cecile Roland
Born: April 17, 1736 - L'assomption-DE-La-Sainte-Vierge, Cté L'assomption, Qc
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Pierre Rolland
Mother: Cecile Daveluy
Noted events in her life were:
1. Baptism, April 17, 1736 - L'assomption-DE-La-Sainte-Vierge, Cté L'assomption, Qc
Children
1 F Cecile Vegiard Labonte
Born: October 2, 1762 - L'assomption-DE-La-Sainte-Vierge, Cté L'assomption, Qc
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Pierre Louis Duclos Decelles
Marr: January 14, 1782 - St-Joseph-DE-Chambly, Qc
Death Notes: Husband - Joseph Vegiard Labonte
Y
Death Notes: Wife - Cecile Roland
Y
Death Notes: Child - Cecile Vegiard Labonte
Husband Jean Rolandeau Laurendeau
Born: 1655 - Marsilly, La Rochelle, Maillezais, Poitou, France
Baptized:
Died: - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Buried: - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Father: Louis Rolandeau
Mother: Laurence Chauveau
Marriage: April 24, 1680 - Notre-Dame-DE-Québec, Qc
Wife Marie Thibault
Born: 1662
Baptized:
Died: August 18, 1711 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Buried: August 19, 1711 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Father: Michel Thibault
Mother: Jeanne Sohier Soyer
Children
1 F Marie Anne Rolandeau Laurendeau
Born: October 25, 1696 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Baptized: November 1, 1696 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Jean Baptiste Ange Marot Labonte
Marr: April 20, 1716 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
2 F Catherine Rolandeau Laurendeau
Born: May 1698 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Baptized: May 3, 1698 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Jean Boutin
Marr: August 16, 1717 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
3 F Louise Rolandeau Laurendeau
Born: September 25, 1699 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Baptized: October 5, 1699 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Died: May 1772 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Buried: May 6, 1772 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Spouse: Pierre Gendreau
Marr: November 14, 1724 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
4 F Genevieve Rolandeau
Born: 1700
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Joseph Lefebvre Boulanger
Marr: May 12, 1726 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
5 M Louis Joseph Laurendeau Rolandeau
Born: - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Baptized: - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Died: September 1764 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Buried: September 15, 1764 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Spouse: Angelique Angelle Fournier
Marr: November 2, 1722 - St-Thomas, Cté Montmagny, Qc 3
Spouse: Marie Therese Destroismaisons Picard
Marr: August 26, 1743 - St-Pierre-DE-La-Rivière-Du-Sud, Cté Montmagny, Qc
Death Notes: Child - Marie Anne Rolandeau Laurendeau
Y
Death Notes: Child - Catherine Rolandeau Laurendeau
Y
Death Notes: Child - Genevieve Rolandeau
Husband Claude Rolet
Born: 1560 - Paris, Seine, France
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Maria Rolet
Born: 1588 - Paris, France
Baptized: - Paris, Seine, France
Died: May 27, 1649 - Quebec
Buried: May 27, 1649 - Québec, Québec, Canada
AFN: 3XH6-NT
Spouse: Louis Hebert
Marr: July 1602 - Paris, France
Spouse: Guillaume Hubou
Marr: May 16, 1629 - Qc
2 M Claude Rolet
Born: 1605 - Paris, Seine, France
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Claude Rolet
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General Notes: Child - Maria Rolet
Much of this information was gathered by my Aunt Hayde of New Orleans,Louisiana. I added some info about my Mothers family, plus whateveradditional info I could gather from various sources.
General Notes: Child - Claude Rolet
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Husband Bruce Rolf
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage: January 10, 1953
Wife Ella Mae Shorey
Born: April 21, 1921 - Lagrange, Maine
Baptized:
Died: January 21, 1974
Buried:
Father: Ralph Isaac Shorey
Mother: Ella Mae Lyman
Other Spouse: Paul Delphus Furlong - June 12, 1938 - East Dover, Maine
Other Spouse: Edmond Thomas Madore - September 23, 1964
Noted events in their marriage were:
1. Divorced, As he remarried, 1964
Children
Husband Benjamin Rolfe
Born: July 8, 1710 - Newbury, Essex, Mass.
Baptized:
Died: December 21, 1771 - Rumford, Providence, RI
Buried:
Father: Henry A. Rolfe
Mother: Hannah Toppan
Marriage: 1769
Wife Sarah Walker
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
Husband Ezra Rolfe
Born: November 24, 1680 - Haverhill, Essex Co., MA
Baptized:
Died: January 8, 1751 - Bradford, Essex Co., MA
Buried:
Father: Ezra Rolfe
Mother: Abigail Bond
Marriage: - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts 4
Wife
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
General Notes: Husband - Ezra Rolfe
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Husband Nathaniel Rolfe
Born: - Newbury, E., MA
Baptized:
Died: December 1808 - Rumford, O, ME
Buried:
Father: Henry A. Rolfe
Mother: Hannah Toppan
Marriage: May 26, 1782
Other Spouse: Hannah - May 26, 1742 - Newbury, Essex, MA
Wife Hannah Rolfe
Born: December 23, 1720 - Newbury, E, MA
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: John Rolfe
Mother: Judith Dole
Children
1 F Hannah Rolfe
Born: April 19, 1743 - Haverhill, Essex, Mass.
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 M Nathaniel Rolfe
Born: August 29, 1744 - Haverhill, Essex, Mass.
Baptized:
Died: November 15, 1829
Buried:
3 M William Rolfe
Born: - Haverhill, E., MA
Baptized:
Died: December 25, 1835 - Chelsea, O., VT
Buried:
4 F Judith Rolfe
Born: November 25, 1750 - Haverhill, Essex, Mass.
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5 M Benjamin Rolfe
Born: May 31, 1752 - Haver Hill, Essex, Massachusetts
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6 F Polly Rolfe
Born: 1754 - Haverhill, Essex, Mass.
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7 F Jane Rolfe
Born: 1756 - Haverhill, Essex, Mass.
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8 M Henry Rolfe
Born: 1759 - Haverhill, Essex, Mass.
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9 F Elizabeth Rolfe
Born: 1763 - Haverhill, Essex, Mass.
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Husband Henry Rolfe
Born: October 21, 1706 - Newbury, Essex, Mass.
Baptized:
Died: - Newbury, Essex, Mass
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Father: Henry A. Rolfe
Mother: Hannah Toppan
Marriage: December 6, 1738 - Newbury, Essex, MA
Wife Elizabeth Toppan
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Husband Henry A. Rolfe
Born: December 10, 1677 - Newbury, Essex, MA
Baptized:
Died: July 19, 1752 - Newbury, Essex, MA
Buried: - Newbury Oldtown, Essex, Mass
Father: Benjamin Rolfe
Mother: Apphia Hale
Marriage: 1705 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Wife Hannah Toppan
Born: - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Baptized:
Died: January 2, 1758 - MA
Buried:
Children
1 M Henry Rolfe
Born: October 21, 1706 - Newbury, Essex, Mass.
Baptized:
Died: - Newbury, Essex, Mass
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth Toppan
Marr: December 6, 1738 - Newbury, Essex, MA
2 F Hannah Rolfe
Born: November 7, 1708 - Newbury, Essex, Mass.
Baptized:
Died: January 11, 1779 - West Newbury, Essex, Mass.
Buried:
Spouse: Stephen Emery
Marr: May 5, 1732 - Newbury, Essex, Mass.
3 M Benjamin Rolfe
Born: July 8, 1710 - Newbury, Essex, Mass.
Baptized:
Died: December 21, 1771 - Rumford, Providence, RI
Buried:
Spouse: Sarah Walker
Marr: 1769
4 F Elizabeth Rolfe
Born: - Newbury, Essex, Mass.
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5 M Nathaniel Rolfe
Born: - Newbury, E., MA
Baptized:
Died: December 1808 - Rumford, O, ME
Buried:
Spouse: Hannah
Marr: May 26, 1742 - Newbury, Essex, MA
Spouse: Hannah Rolfe
Marr: May 26, 1782
6 M Henry Rolfe
Born: 1717 - Newbury, Essex, Mass.
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7 F Mary Rolfe
Born: 1722 - Newbury, Essex, Mass.
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Husband John Rolfe 5 6
Born: 1550 - Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England
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Died: September 12, 1625 - Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England
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Father: Henry Rolfe 5 6
Mother: Agnes Le Butler Botiller 5 6 7 8 9 10
Marriage: 1580 - Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England 5 6
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Husband John Shelley
Born: 1346
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Wife Margaret Rolfe
Born: 1354
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Mother:
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1 M William Shelley
Born: 1376
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Husband Richard Whittier
Born: 1585 - England
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Wife Mary Rolfe
Born:
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1 M Thomas Whittier
Born: 1620 - Wiltshire England
Baptized:
Died: November 28, 1696 - Haverhill, MA
Buried:
Spouse: Ruth Green
General Notes: Husband - Richard Whittier
--Invalid Dates
Death: Possibly Before 1625
General Notes: Child - Thomas Whittier
ID: I1724
Name: Thomas WHITTIER
Sex: M
Event: Note-Nar01
Note:
Narrative||
The ancestry of Thomas Whittier is in question. He
came to America at the ageof eighteen, accompanied by
John Rolfe who was identified as a kinsman. They came on
the ship Confidence which sailed from
Southampton, England on 24 April 1638. Since John Rolfe
was known to have come from Millchill, part of Wiltshire,
an assumption has been made that the origin of Thomas was
the same (The Granite Monthly, 4:336 [1881]).
Thomas Whittier settled first in Salisbury, later
Newbury and finally in Haverhill, all in Massachusetts. He
was prominent in the affairs of Haverhill (ibid).
There is evidence that in the early days, the name
Whittier was pronounced Whit-tier, the ti
having the soundof ch as in patient. This
original pronunciation surely accounts for the lack of
uniformity among his descendants in spelling the name and
Whittier, Whitcher and Whicher and numerous other variants
(ibid).
This Thomas Whittier is probably the one that came in
the "Confidence" in 1638, identified as a "servant" of
John Rolfe and a "kinsman" of Henry Rolfe. The records
have created confusion as to the spouse of Thomas being
either Ruth Green or Ruth Rolfe. However, the wife is Ruth
Green and Thomas is a nephew of John Rolfe (Families of
Salisbury & Amesbury, pp 358 footnotes, 1023).
One writer explains the Ruth Green confusion in this
manner. The sister of Henry and John Rolfe, as we learn
from their wills, married Thomas Whittier, of Haverhill,
but as the records of that town call his wife'sname Ruth
Green, she must have been either a half sister to Rolfe,
or a widow (Green) when she married Whittier. John Rolfe
in his will expressly names two of Whittier's sons as my
"sisters sons" (NEHGR, 35:Apr 1882:143-144).
Thomas and Ruth (Green) Whittier, parents of
Nathaniel Whittier who married Mary Stevens (Boston
Transcript, 7 Mar 1927, item 5262-7).
Thomas Whittier, son of Richard Whittier and Mary
Rolfe,came to New England in 1638 with his uncle John
Roffe and became the progenitor of the Whittier/Whitcher
lines of America (NEHGR, 66:Jul 1912:250, 256). This
source leaves little doubt as to the ancestry of Thomas
Whittier.
1
Birth: ABT1620 in Wiltshire, England 2
Death: 28 NOV 1696 in Haverhill, Essex county, Massachusetts 2
Father: Richard WHITTIER b: ABT 1585 in England
Mother: Mary ROLFE
Marriage 1 Ruth GREEN
Married: in Newbury, Essex county, Massachusetts 2
Children
1. Mary WHITTIER b: 09 AUG 1647 in Salisbury, Essex county, Massachusetts
2. John WHITTIER b: 23 DEC 1649 in Haverhill, Essex county, Massachusetts
3. Ruth WHITTIER b: 06 NOV 1651 in Haverhill, Essex county, Massachusetts
4. Thomas WHITTIER b: 12 JUN 1654 in Haverhill, Essexcounty, Massachusetts
5. Susanna WHITTIER b: 27 MAR 1656 in Haverhill, Essex county, Massachusetts
6. Nathaniel WHITTIER b: 11 AUG 1658 in Haverhill, Essex county, Massachusetts
7. Hannah WHITTIER b: 10 SEP 1660 in Haverhill, Essex county, Massachusetts
8. Richard WHITTIER b: 27 JUN 1663 in Haverhill, Essex county, Massachusetts
9. Elizabeth WHITTIER b: 21 NOV 1666 in Haverhill, Ess
Husband Pat Rolfe
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Wife Meaghan Elizabeth Trueman
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Mother: Bonnie Sue Ann Bird
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1 M Donovan Rolfe
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2 F Jessica Rolfe
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Husband Walter Rolfsson
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Mother: Gisela Princess France
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1 M Walter De Caen
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Husband Georges Saint Ours
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Wife Urbaine Rolland
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Husband Jean Soulard
Born: December 8, 1643 - La Rochelle, Aunis, Charente-Maritime, France
Baptized: December 13, 1643 - La Rochelle, Aunis, Charente-Maritime, France
Died: July 7, 1710 - Québec, Qc
Buried: July 9, 1710 - Notre-Dame-DE-Québec, Qc
Father: Jean Soulard
Mother: Jeanne Couvreur
Marriage: September 22, 1692 - Notre-Dame-DE-Québec, Qc
Other Spouse: Catherine Boutet - Notre-Dame-DE-Québec, Qc
Other Spouse: Catherine Miville - September 16, 1701 - Notre-Dame-DE-Québec, Qc
Wife Adrienne Adriane Rolland St Georges
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Husband Henry Rolle
Born: 1458 - London, Midsex, Eng.
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1 F Anne Rolle
Born: 1484 - London, Midsex, Eng.
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Died: - London, Midsex, Eng.
Buried: August 22, 1563 - London, Midsex, Eng.
Spouse: John Pakington
General Notes: Husband - Henry Rolle
pg 396, "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland" by John Burke and John Bernard Burke, 2nd edition, published in 1841
General Notes: Child - Anne Rolle
pg. 773, Burke's "Dictionary of the Peerage & Baronetage' published 1883
pg 396, "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland" by John Burke and John Bernard Burke, 2nd edition, published in 1841
Husband Adrien Senecal Senard
Born: 1620 - Benouville, Caën, Calvados, Normandie, France
Baptized:
Died: August 19, 1688 - Ste-Famille-DE-Boucherville, Qc
Buried: August 20, 1688 - Ste-Anne-DE-Varennes, Cté Verchères, Qc
Father: Nicolas Senecal
Mother: Marie Petit
Marriage: 1648 - Benouville, Caën, Calvados, Normandie, France
Other Spouse: Jeanne Lecompte - October 11, 1666 - Hartfleur, Seine-Maritime, France
Wife Guillemette Rolleville
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1 F Catherine Senecal
Born: 1649 - Benouville, Caën, Calvados, Normandie, France
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Died: 1693 - L'immaculée-Conception-Des-Trois-Rivières, Cté Maskinongé, Qc
Buried:
Spouse: Jean Lafond
Marr: October 12, 1670 - Notre-Dame-Du-Cap-DE-La-Madeleine, Cté Champlain, Qc
Husband
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Wife Abigail Rollins
Born: September 3, 1792
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Father: James Rollins
Mother: Abigail Osgood
Children
Husband Amos Pillsbury Rollins
Born: February 21, 1821
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Father: James Rollins
Mother: Abigail Osgood
Marriage: April 19, 1846
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Husband Andrew H. Rollins
Born: June 26, 1884 - Ellsworth, Maine
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Died: May 15, 1973
Buried:
Marriage: October 5, 1910 - Ellsworth, Maine
Wife Victorine B. Wyman
Born: October 14, 1883 - Ellsworth, Maine
Baptized:
Died: May 30, 1954
Buried:
Father: Edward Benjamin Wyman
Mother: Ernestine Bellatty
Children
1 F Ann Rollins
Born:
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Marr: Private
General Notes: Husband - Andrew H. Rollins
http://www.familysearch.org - SSDI:
Andrew ROLLINS
Birth Date: 23 Jun 1884
Death Date: 15 May 1973
Social Security Number: 004-46-1666
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Maine
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 04605
Localities: Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine
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Wife Ann Rollins
Born: December 17, 1779
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Father: Eliphalet Rollins
Mother: Abigail Glidden
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Husband Danny Gene Rollins
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Wife Barbara Yvonne Waisner
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Father: George Roe Waisner
Mother: Luella Lorraine Neffendorf
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1 F Adrianna Lynne Rollins
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2 M Derrick Charles Rollins
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Husband David Rollins
Born: 1775
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Died: December 19, 1870 - Pittston, ME
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Father: Eliphalet Rollins
Mother: Abigail Glidden
Marriage: September 20, 1802
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Husband David Rollins
Born: 1775
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Died: December 19, 1870 - Pittston, ME
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Father: Eliphalet Rollins
Mother: Abigail Glidden
Marriage: August 29, 1803
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Husband Eliphalet Rollins
Born: November 4, 1798
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Father: James Rollins
Mother: Abigail Osgood
Marriage: 1826
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Husband Eliphalet Rollins
Born: 1756
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Died: 1843 - Andover
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Father: Eliphalet Rollins
Mother: Abigail Glidden
Marriage: 1783
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Husband Enoch Palmer Rollins
Born: August 9, 1799
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Father: James Rollins
Mother: Abigail Osgood
Marriage: April 9, 1825
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Husband Fred Sanborn Rollins
Born: October 3, 1854 - Meredith, Belknap Co, NH
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Died: December 11, 1916 - Concord, Merrimack Co, NH
Buried: - Merideth, Belknap Co, NH
Father: Samuel Winkley Rollins
Mother: Mary Allen Libby
Marriage: July 24, 1876
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General Notes: Husband - Fred Sanborn Rollins
Occupation: Painter, Living in Portsmouth, NH in 1880 Census.
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Wife Hallie Lillian Rollins
Born: November 7, 1872 - Corinna, Penobscot Co, ME
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Died: December 7, 1935 - Corinna, Penobscot Co, ME
Buried: - Village Cem, Corinna, Penobscot Co, ME
Father: Charles Henry Rollins
Mother: Josephine Fisher Knowles
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Wife Hannah Rollins
Born: 1706
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Father: Joseph Rollins
Mother: Hannah
Children
Husband Charles E. Tilton 11
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Mother: Clarissa Fifield 13
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Wife Helen Jane Rollins 11
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Husband James Rollins
Born: February 1, 1802
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Died: 1838 - Porto Rico
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Father: James Rollins
Mother: Abigail Osgood
Marriage: April 17, 1831
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Husband John Rollins
Born: June 12, 1751
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Father: Joseph Rollins
Mother: Hannah Redman
Marriage: 1774
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Husband John Rollins
Born: June 16, 1764
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Father: Eliphalet Rollins
Mother: Abigail Glidden
Marriage: March 8, 1792
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Husband John Rollins
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Mother: Rachel Cox
Marriage: July 31, 1722
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Husband Jonathan Rollins
Born: March 10, 1773 - Loudon, NH
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Father: Eliphalet Rollins
Mother: Abigail Glidden
Marriage: April 4, 1797
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Husband Joshua Rollins
Born: August 9, 1713
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Father: Joseph Rollins
Mother: Hannah
Marriage: 1735
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Wife Lucy M. Rollins
Born: January 20, 1814
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Father: James Rollins
Mother: Abigail Osgood
Children
Husband Nathaniel Rollins
Born: January 18, 1759
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Father: Eliphalet Rollins
Mother: Abigail Glidden
Marriage: March 10, 1786
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Husband Simeon Rollins
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Father: Joseph Rollins
Mother: Hannah Redman
Marriage: April 3, 1778
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Husband Trueworthy Rollins
Born: November 4, 1798
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Father: James Rollins
Mother: Abigail Osgood
Marriage: January 1821
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Husband Parker Goding Wyman
Born: April 21, 1840 - Weld, Maine
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Died: April 12, 1906 - Canton, Maine
Buried: 1906 - Water's Hill Cem., Livermore, Maine
Father: Daniel Wyman
Mother: Esther Parker Goding
Marriage: January 27, 1864 - Ft. Fairfield, Maine
Wife Violanta Rollins
Born: August 22, 1842 - Livermore, Maine
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Died: November 27, 1926
Buried: - Water's Hill Cem. Livermore, Maine
Children
1 F Florence Lavinia Wyman
Born: September 24, 1868 - Canton, Maine
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Died: 1961 - Massachusetts
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Spouse: Charles Henry Whitman
Marr: June 20, 1900 - Chelsea, Maine
2 F Lillian Emily Wyman
Born: December 1, 1872 - Canton, Maine
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3 F Elizabeth Angelina Wyman
Born: December 30, 1873 - Canton, Maine
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4 F Laura Evelyn Wyman
Born: September 23, 1876 - Maine
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Died: August 8, 1960 - Winthrop, Maine
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Spouse: Napolean Fuller
Marr: October 7, 1907 - Maine
5 F Edna L. Wyman
Born: April 30, 1887 - Maine
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Died: September 13, 1976 - Wayne, Maine
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Spouse: Roland Wallingford
Marr: December 26, 1907 - Maine
General Notes: Husband - Parker Goding Wyman
[Daniel Wyman.FTW]
Obituary
PARKER WYMAN, CANTON
Mr. Parker Wyman of Cantondied Thursday morning, April 12, at 6 o'clock.
Mr. Wyman had been in poor health for some time. His funeral was held
Easter Sunday at the Baptist church of North Livermore, of which he was a
member. Rev. G. W. Colby of Augusta, a former pastor, officiated. The
deceased was a veteran of the Civil War, and was a member of Kimball Post
G. A. R. A short service was held by the post. There were many beautiful
flowers. Mr. Wyman was 66 years of age, and is survived by a widow and
three daughters, Mrs. Charles Whitman of Livermore Falls, Miss Evelyn and
Miss Edna Wyman, also one brother and two sisters.
Private 14th Maine Co.
General Notes: Child - Elizabeth Angelina Wyman
Husband William Rollins
Born: January 20, 1811
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Father: James Rollins
Mother: Abigail Osgood
Marriage: January 19, 1839
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Husband Phineas Reddington Wright Mormon Battalion
Born: April 10, 1823 - Erie, NY
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AFN: BQ2S-K9
Marriage:
Wife Alta Rolph
Born: April 10, 1823 - Erie, NY
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AFN: 2C8V-R6
Father: Social Rolph
Mother: Julia Clapp
Children
Death Notes: Husband - Phineas Reddington Wright Mormon Battalion
Y
Death Notes: Wife - Alta Rolph
Husband John Rolph
Born: 1326 - Downe Bromley Kent England
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1 F Margaret Rolfe
Born: 1354
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Husband Mikhail Vsevolodovich
Born: - Kiev Ukraine
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Wife Mariya Romanova
Born: - Galich
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Mother: Predslva Ryurikovna
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1 M Rostislav Mikhailovich
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Husband Corbulo Domitius Rome
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Wife Cassia Longina Rome
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Mother: Drusilla Caesonia
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1 F Domitia Longina
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Husband Claudius II Emper Rome
Born: - Abt 48 Ad Illyria
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Mother: Valeria Messalina
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1 F Claudia Clodius Claudia
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1 F Lucilia Rome
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1 F Lucilia Hirra Rome
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Husband Anviragus Gwenivyth King Siluria
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Wife Genuissa Venessa Claudia Rome
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1 M Marius King Siluria
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Husband Janus God Mythical Rome
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Wife Venila Nymph Of Mythical Rome
Born: 0360
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Father: Zeus Greek Myth Sky God
Mother: Dina Mythical Greek
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1 F Canens Mythical Rome
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Spouse: Picus Mythical Roman Empire
Husband Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Rome
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Wife Julia Augusta Rome
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Father: Caesar Octavius Augustus Roman Empire
Mother: Scribonia Rome
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1 F Vipsania Agrippina Julia Rome
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Spouse: Licius Aemilius Paullas Rome
Husband Licius Aemilius Paullas Rome
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Wife Vipsania Agrippina Julia Rome
Born:
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Father: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Rome
Mother: Julia Augusta Rome
Other Spouse: Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus Roman Empire
Children
1 F Aemila Lepida Rome
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Claudius Caesar 4Th Emperor Of Rome
Husband Lucius Aurelius Cotta Rome
Born:
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Born:
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1 F Aurelia
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
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Spouse: Gaius III Julius Caesar Rome
Husband Lucius Cornelius Rome
Born:
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Wife Rutilia
Born:
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1 M Lucius Cornelius Cinna Rome
Born:
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Spouse: Pomeia Minor
Husband Marcus Aurelis Falvius Claudis Gothicus Rome
Born:
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Father: Claudius Caesar 4Th Emperor Of Rome
Mother: Aemila Lepida Rome
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
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Died:
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Children
1 F Claudia Clodius Claudia
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Gordiani III Dardania
Husband Gui Guido Margrave Tuscany
Born:
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Died:
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Father: Adalbert Marquis Of Tuscany
Mother: Bertha Princess Of Lorraine
Marriage:
Wife Marozia Maicucca Rome
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Father: Theophylactus Rome
Mother: Theodora
Children
1 M Adalbert III Margrave Tuscany
Born:
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Died:
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Spouse: Railinda
Husband Publius Mucius Scaevola Rome
Born:
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Born:
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1 M Quintus Mucius Scaevola Rome
Born:
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Husband Quintus Mucius Scaevola Rome
Born:
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Father: Publius Mucius Scaevola Rome
Mother:
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Born:
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Children
1 F Mucia Tertia Rome
Born:
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Spouse: Gnaeus Pompey
Husband Theophylactus Rome
Born:
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Died:
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Marriage:
Wife Theodora
Born:
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Died:
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Children
1 F Marozia Maicucca Rome
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Gui Guido Margrave Tuscany
Husband Albert Claese Romeyn
Born: May 2, 1686 - Kings County, New York
Baptized:
Died: 1736 - Hackensack, Bergen Co., New Jersey
Buried:
Father: Claes Jansen Romeyn
Mother: Styntjie Albertse Terhune
Marriage: April 8, 1710 - Reformed Dutch Church Of Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey 14
Wife
Born:
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Buried:
Children
Husband Claes Jansen Romeyn
AKA: Klass Clase Nicholas
Born: August 16, 1654 - New York, New York
Baptized: August 16, 1654 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 15
Died:
Buried:
Father: Jan Romeyn
Mother: Elizabeth Janse
Marriage: May 2, 1680 - New York, New York 16
Wife Styntjie Albertse Terhune
AKA: Christina
Born: - New Amsterdam, New York
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Albert Albertse Terhune
Mother: Geertje Denyce
Children
1 M Jan Claese Romeyn
Born: 1680 - New York, New York
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 F Gerrebrechtje Romeyn
AKA: Romaine Gesbrechtje Gertrude
Born: December 18, 1681 - Gravesend, Kings County, New York 17
Baptized:
Died: 1724 - Bergen Co., New Jersey
Buried:
3 F Elizabeth Claese Romeyn
Born: August 12, 1683 - Long Island, Flatbush, New York 17
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
4 M Albert Claese Romeyn
Born: May 2, 1686 - Kings County, New York
Baptized:
Died: 1736 - Hackensack, Bergen Co., New Jersey
Buried:
5 F Lydia Claese Romeyn
AKA: Romain Linda Leude
Born: 1687 - New Jersey
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Pieter Larue
Marr: September 23, 1710 - Reformed Dutch Church Of Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey 14 18
Spouse: Johannes Slingerland
Marr: July 23, 1715 - Reformed Dutch Church Of Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey 14
6 F Sara Claese Romeyn
Born: 1690 - New Jersey
Baptized:
Died: 1724
Buried:
7 M Daniel Claese Romeyn
Born: 1692 - New Jersey
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
8 F Rachel Claese Romeyn
Born: November 16, 1700 - Hackensack, Bergen Co., New Jersey
Baptized: November 16, 1700 - Reformed Dutch Church Of Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey 19
Died:
Buried:
Birth Notes: Husband - Claes Jansen Romeyn
Husband Daniel Claese Romeyn
Born: 1692 - New Jersey
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Claes Jansen Romeyn
Mother: Styntjie Albertse Terhune
Marriage: - Reformed Dutch Church Of Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey 14
Wife
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Children
Husband
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Gerrebrechtje Romeyn
AKA: Romaine Gesbrechtje Gertrude
Born: December 18, 1681 - Gravesend, Kings County, New York 17
Baptized:
Died: 1724 - Bergen Co., New Jersey
Buried:
Father: Claes Jansen Romeyn
Mother: Styntjie Albertse Terhune
Noted events in her life were:
1. Baptism, Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush, Long Island, New York, December 18, 1681
Children
Husband Jan Claese Romeyn
Born: 1680 - New York, New York
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Claes Jansen Romeyn
Mother: Styntjie Albertse Terhune
Marriage: May 20, 1699 - Reformed Dutch Church Of Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey 14
Wife
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
Husband Klaes Jansen Romeyn
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage: May 2, 1680
Wife Styntje Terhune
Born: 1655 - New Amsterdam, Dutch Colony, New Netherlands
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Albert Albertse Terhune
Mother: Geertje Denyce
Children
Husband Johannes Slingerland
Born: May 10, 1685 - Albany, New York, USA
Baptized: May 10, 1685 - Reformed Dutch Church Of Albany, New York 20
Died: 1738
Buried:
Marriage: July 23, 1715 - Reformed Dutch Church Of Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey 14
Other Spouse: Claesje Roelofse Vanderlinde - June 3, 1710 - Reformed Dutch Church Of Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey 14 19
Wife Lydia Claese Romeyn
AKA: Romain Linda Leude
Born: 1687 - New Jersey
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Claes Jansen Romeyn
Mother: Styntjie Albertse Terhune
Other Spouse: Pieter Larue - September 23, 1710 - Reformed Dutch Church Of Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey 14 18
Children
1 M Claes Johanes Slingerland
Born: May 3, 1719 - Pequannock Twp., Morris County, New Jersey
Baptized:
Died: February 7, 1808 - Pompton Plains, Morris Co., New Jersey
Buried:
Spouse: Catalyna Peterse Roome
Husband
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Sara Claese Romeyn
Born: 1690 - New Jersey
Baptized:
Died: 1724
Buried:
Father: Claes Jansen Romeyn
Mother: Styntjie Albertse Terhune
Children
Husband Simon Jansen Romeyn
Born: 1639 - Netherlands
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Jan Romeyn
Mother: Elizabeth Janse
Marriage: - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 15
Wife
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
Husband Willem Jansen Romeyn
Born: 1650 - Netherlands
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Jan Romeyn
Mother: Elizabeth Janse
Marriage: April 12, 1676 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 15
Wife
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Noted events in their marriage were:
1. Marriage Bann, Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, New York
Children
Husband John Dewitt Ward
Born:
Baptized: Private
Died:
Buried: Private
Father: Dewitt Clinton Ward
Mother: Edith Ballou
Marriage: Private
Noted events in his life were:
1. ATTR
2. Alt. Christening
3. CHAN
4. Graduation
5. Immigration
6. LVG
7. Residence
Wife Margaret Ruth Romine
Born:
Baptized: Private
Died:
Buried: Private
Noted events in her life were:
1. ATTR
2. Alt. Christening
3. CHAN
4. Graduation
5. Immigration
6. LVG
7. Residence
Noted events in their marriage were:
1. NUMB
Children
Husband Thomas Romney
Born: - Lulsey
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Richard Romney
Mother: Margaret Hall
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
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Children
1 F Alice Romney
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
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Spouse: William Colles
Husband Jean Ronceray Lebreton
Born: August 1642 - Fougères, Ille-Et-Vilaine, France
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Noel Ronceray
Mother: Jeanne Aubree
Marriage: October 13, 1665 - Notre-Dame-DE-Québec, Qc
Noted events in his life were:
1. Baptism, August 22, 1642 - Fougères, Ille-Et-Vilaine, France
Wife Jeanne Servignan Servignen
Born: - Irancy, Yonne, France
Baptized:
Died: - Ste-Famille-DE-Boucherville, Qc
Buried: - Ste-Famille-DE-Boucherville, Qc
Father: Nicolas Servignen
Mother: Jeanne Vatard
Noted events in her life were:
1. Baptism - Irancy, Yonne, France
Children
1 F Jeanne Francoise Ronceray
Born: December 3, 1674 - St-Antoine-DE-Longueuil, Qc
Baptized:
Died: February 25, 1761 - St-Antoine-DE-Longueuil, Qc
Buried: February 26, 1761 - St-Antoine-DE-Longueuil, Qc
Spouse: Francois Lanctôt
Marr: May 14, 1742 - St-Antoine-DE-Longueuil, Qc
Spouse: Jean Mathieu Gervais
Marr: June 11, 1708 - Notre-Dame-DE-Montréal, Qc
Spouse: Pierre Betourne Laviolette
Marr: December 29, 1692 - Notre-Dame-DE-Montréal, Qc
Death Notes: Husband - Jean Ronceray Lebreton
Husband Edward Traillour
Born: August 1, 1495 - Maubeuge, , France
Baptized:
Died: August 4, 1579 - Maubeuge, , France
Buried:
Father: Jean Traillour
Mother: Anne Broquin
Marriage: 1519 - France 21
Wife Marie De La Ronde
Born: 1497 - Herbitzheim, Alsace, France
Baptized:
Died: November 11, 1572 - Nouzon, Ardennes, France
Buried:
Father: Sieur Jean De La Ronde
Mother:
Children
1 F Francoise Traillour 21 22 23
Born: 1519 - France
Baptized:
Died: July 18, 1607 - Le Cateau, France
Buried:
Spouse: Paul Paddock 21 22 23
Marr: 1550 21 22 23
Notes: Marriage
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General Notes: Child - Francoise Traillour
1 _UID DF2FC0576ABA9D4B82D4DAA1F67CECD7376F
Husband Sieur Jean De La Ronde
Born: 1473 - Nouzon, Ardennes, France
Baptized:
Died: 1524 - France
Buried:
Marriage: 1497 - France
Wife
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Marie De La Ronde
Born: 1497 - Herbitzheim, Alsace, France
Baptized:
Died: November 11, 1572 - Nouzon, Ardennes, France
Buried:
Spouse: Edward Traillour
Marr: 1519 - France 21
Husband Rondeau
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Luce Tremblay
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Rondeau
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Aime Gaudreault
Spouse: Hector Berube
2 M Rondeau
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Annabelle Rondeau Girard
Husband Wiliam Stratton
Born: January 17, 1786 - New Ipswich, MA
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Daniel Stratton
Mother: Sarah Warner
Marriage: January 10, 1815 - Plainfield, NY
Wife Esther Rood
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Eliza Stratton
Born: October 9, 1815 - Plainfield, NY
Baptized:
Died: July 21, 1882 - West Winfield, NY
Buried:
Spouse: Asa Holmes
Marr: October 20, 1835
2 M William Warner Stratton
Born: April 21, 1820 - Plainfield, NY
Baptized:
Died: October 21, 1849 - Unadilla Forks, NY
Buried:
Spouse: Amy Permelia Fuller
Marr: June 30, 1844
Husband William Wallace
Born: 1572 - Helington, Renfrew, Scotland
Baptized:
Died: December 1620
Buried:
Father: William Wallace
Mother: Katherine Crawford
Marriage: 1603 - Helington, Renfrew, Scotland
Wife Helen Roodman
Born: 1580 - Roddam, Northumberland
Baptized:
Died: 1620 - Helington, Renfrew, Scotland
Buried:
Father: Thomas Roodman
Mother:
Children
1 F Janet Jean Wallace
Born: 1608 - Helington, Renfrew, Scotland
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Robert Wallace
Marr: 1628 - Dunferline, Fifeshire, Scotland
Death Notes: Child - Janet Jean Wallace
Y
General Notes: Child - Janet Jean Wallace
Daughter of William Wallace and Helen Roodman.
Sources: spurrier relativity, by: Duane Spurrier.
Menzies in Canada.
Husband John Roodman
Born: 1515 - Northumberland
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: William Roodman
Mother: Isabel Collingwood
Marriage:
Wife Lucy Swinburne
Born: 1520 - Nafferton, Northumberland
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: George Swinburne
Mother:
Children
1 M Thomas Roodman
Born: 1548 - Roddam, Northumberland
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Death Notes: Husband - John Roodman
Y
Death Notes: Wife - Lucy Swinburne
Y
Death Notes: Child - Thomas Roodman
Husband Thomas Roodman
Born: 1548 - Roddam, Northumberland
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: John Roodman
Mother: Lucy Swinburne
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Helen Roodman
Born: 1580 - Roddam, Northumberland
Baptized:
Died: 1620 - Helington, Renfrew, Scotland
Buried:
Spouse: William Wallace
Marr: 1603 - Helington, Renfrew, Scotland
Death Notes: Husband - Thomas Roodman
Husband John Wright
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
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Father: John Wright
Mother:
Marriage:
Wife Avis Rooke
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
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Children
1 M John Wright
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband
Born:
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Died:
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Marriage:
Wife Anna Roome
Born: May 13, 1705 - New York, New York
Baptized: May 13, 1705 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 24
Died:
Buried:
Father: Peter Willamse Roome
Mother: Hester Vangelder
Noted events in their marriage were:
1. Marriage Bann 24, Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, New York, May 19, 1726
Children
Husband Claes Johanes Slingerland
Born: May 3, 1719 - Pequannock Twp., Morris County, New Jersey
Baptized:
Died: February 7, 1808 - Pompton Plains, Morris Co., New Jersey
Buried:
Father: Johannes Slingerland
Mother: Lydia Claese Romeyn
Marriage:
Wife Catalyna Peterse Roome
Born: November 10, 1728 - Pompton Plains, Morris County, New Jersey
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Pieter Pieterse Roome
Mother: Anna Samuelse Berry
Children
1 F Anna Slingerland
Born: - New Jersey
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
2 M John Slingerland
AKA: Johannis
Born: August 1, 1751 - New Jersey 25
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth Mandeville
3 M Pieter Slingerland
Born: March 19, 1757 - New Jersey
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
4 M Samuel Slingerland
Born: August 29, 1768 - New Jersey
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Husband Peter Pieterse Roome
Born: December 17, 1730 - Pompton Plains, Morris County, New Jersey
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Pieter Pieterse Roome
Mother: Anna Samuelse Berry
Marriage: 1752
Wife
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
Husband Peter Willamse Roome
Born: October 20, 1660
Baptized: October 20, 1660 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 15
Died:
Buried:
Father: William Roome
Mother: Jannetje Jans
Marriage: November 26, 1684 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 15
Wife Hester Vangelder
Born:
Baptized: - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 15
Died:
Buried:
Father: Johannes Vangelder
Mother: Tanneken Hermanuse Monenac
Children
1 F Jannetje Roome
Born: September 27, 1685 - New York, New York
Baptized: September 27, 1685 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 15
Died:
Buried:
2 F Janneken Roome
Born: August 14, 1687 - New York, New York
Baptized: August 14, 1687 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 15
Died:
Buried:
3 F Maria Pieterse Roome
Born: October 20, 1689 - New York, New York
Baptized: October 20, 1689 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 15
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Martin Samuelse Berry
Marr: April 15, 1720 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 15
4 M William Roome
Born: April 17, 1692 - New York, New York
Baptized: April 17, 1692 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 15
Died:
Buried:
5 M Johannes Pieterse Roome
Born: July 22, 1694 - New York, New York
Baptized: July 22, 1694 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 24
Died:
Buried:
6 F Ariaentje Pieterse Roome
Born: October 18, 1696 - New York, New York
Baptized: October 18, 1696 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 24
Died:
Buried:
7 M Jacob Roome
Born: - New York, New York
Baptized: - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 15
Died:
Buried:
8 F Hester Pieterse Roome
Born: - New York, New York
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
9 M Pieter Pieterse Roome
Born: - New York, New York
Baptized: - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 24
Died: December 23, 1778 - Pequannock, Morris County, New Jersey
Buried:
Spouse: Anna Samuelse Berry
Marr: 1725
10 F Anna Roome
Born: May 13, 1705 - New York, New York
Baptized: May 13, 1705 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 24
Died:
Buried:
Birth Notes: Wife - Hester Vangelder
christening date
Birth Notes: Child - Jannetje Roome
christening date
Birth Notes: Child - Janneken Roome
christening date
Birth Notes: Child - William Roome
christening date
Birth Notes: Child - Jacob Roome
Husband William Roome
Born: April 17, 1692 - New York, New York
Baptized: April 17, 1692 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 15
Died:
Buried:
Father: Peter Willamse Roome
Mother: Hester Vangelder
Marriage: May 15, 1714 - Reformed Dutch Church Of New Amsterdam, New York 15 24
Wife
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
Birth Notes: Husband - William Roome
Husband Galfrid Saint Quintin
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Father: William Saint Quintin
Mother: Agnes Heslerton
Marriage:
Wife Alice Roos
Born: - Helmsley, Yorkshire, England
Baptized:
Died: July 4, 1344
Buried:
Father: Sir, 2Nd Baron William De Ros 21 22 23
Mother: Maud Vaux 21 22 23
Other Spouse: Nicholas De Meynell Meinill - 1331
Children
1 M Gefrey Saint Quintin
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Margery Constable
Husband President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd Us President 1933 1945 26
AKA: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Born: January 30, 1882 - Hyde Park, NY 26
Baptized:
Died: April 5, 1945 - Warm Springs, GA 26 27
Buried: April 15, 1945 - Hyde Park, Dutchess, NY 26
Father: James Roosevelt
Mother: Sara Delano
Marriage: March 17, 1905 - New York, New York 28 29
Noted events in his life were:
1. Occupation, Thirty-Second President of the United States
2. Relationship (J,M&L), 8th cousin 4 times removed
Wife Anna Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady 30
Born: October 12, 1884 - New York, New York 30 31
Baptized:
Died: November 7, 1962 - New York, New York 30 31
Buried: - Hyde Park, Dutchess, NY 30
AFN: 8QSM-L0
Father: Elliott Ellie Nell Roosevelt Sr 32 33 34
Mother: Hall
Children
1 F Anna Eleanor Roosevelt 28 35
Born: 1906 - New York, New York 35
Baptized:
Died: 1975 35
Buried:
2 M James Roosevelt U.S. Representative From California 28 36 37
Born: December 23, 1907 - New York, New York 36 37
Baptized:
Died: August 13, 1991 - Newport Beach, Orange, CA 36 37
Buried: - Pacific View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Orange, CA 38
3 M Elliott Roosevelt 28 37
Born: 1910 - New York, New York 37
Baptized:
Died: 1990 37
Buried:
4 M Franklin Delano Roosevelt Governor Of New York 28 36 37
Born: August 17, 1914 - Campobello, New Brunswick, Canada 36 37
Baptized: - Infant
Died: August 17, 1988 - Ughkeepsie, N.Y 36 37
Buried: August 1988 - St. James Cemetery, Hyde Park, N.Y. 38
5 M John Aspinwall Roosevelt 28 37
Born: 1916 - Hyde Park, Dutchess, NY (Or Washington, DC) 37
Baptized:
Died: 1981 - NY 37
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd Us President 1933 1945
8th cousin 4 times removed of Julian A. Loren, Meredith and Logan
Bothman through their Grandfather Michael P. Axman
4th cousin 1 time removed of 26th President Theodore Roosevelt
Source: Please cite original sources.
Compiled by: J. K. Loren
General Notes: Wife - Anna Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady
Source: Please cite original sources.
Compiled by: J. K. Loren
General Notes: Child - Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
DEATH: CAUSE Cancer
Caught in a triad of three strong-willed persons (her father, FDR; her mother Eleanor; and her domineering grandmother, Sarah Delano Roosevelt), Anna had to grow up quickly. She would marry three times, have two children, and squeeze in a sometimes gutsy but ultimately doomed career as a journalist. Anna, who accompanied her father on the trip to Yalta, was a witness to many historic moments, but she also carried the burden of dealing with some of the most intimate and painful decisions of her parents during their dysfunctional marriage.
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General Notes: Child - James Roosevelt U.S. Representative From California
DEATH: CAUSE Stroke and Parkinson's disease
OCCUPAITON: Brigadier General, U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, Chairman of the board, Roosevelt & Haines, Inc., Insurance broker, Roosevelt & Sargent, Inc.
GRADUATED: Harvard University
OCCUPATION: Secretary, President of the United States, Motion picture industry, Captain, U.S. Marine Corps, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, Executive Vice President, Roosevelt & Sargent, Inc., Delegate, Democratic National Convention, Governor of California (defeated), U.S. House of Representatives,
Mayor (defeated), United Nations Economic and Social Council, Public relations consultant
James served in the Pacific theater.
CA 26th District; James resigned from Congress to become U.S. representative to United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Pacific View Memorial Park
ROOSEVELT, James, (son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and brother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.), a Representative from California; born in New York City December 23, 1907; attended schools in New York and St. Albans School of Washington, D.C.; was graduated from Groton School in 1926 and from Harvard University in 1930; in 1930 became an insurance broker in Boston, Mass.; organized Roosevelt & Sargent, Inc., and served as president until January 1937; secretary to father, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1937 and 1938; motion picture industry November 1938-November 1940; went on active duty as a captain in the United States Marine Corps in November 1940; promoted to colonel April 13, 1944, and served in the Pacific Theater; released from active duty in August 1945; brigadier general United States Marine Corps Reserve, retired; rejoined Roosevelt & Sargent, Inc., as executive vice president and established an office in Los Angeles, Calif., in June 1946; served as chairman of the board, Roosevelt & Haines, Inc.; was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of California in 1950; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1955, to September 30, 1965; unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., in April 1965; resigned from Congress effective September 30, 1965, to become United States representative to United Nations Economic and Social Council, resigning in December 1966; public relations consultant; was a resident of Newport Beach, Calif., until his death there on August 13, 1991.
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General Notes: Child - Elliott Roosevelt
DEATH: CAUSE Congestive heart failure
EVEN World War II veteran
Elliott's heroics in World War II earned him many medals.
Elliott has the father of four children. He had a varied career in communications, politics and business.
Named for her father and like him in many ways, Elliott was Eleanor Roosevelt's favorite child and the one for whom she felt the most responsibility. She blamed herself for many of his difficulties - personal and professional - and throughout her life tried to help him however she could. However, Eleanor's favoritism and Elliott's willingness to exploit the Roosevelt name for his own gain led to tensions among the other Roosevelt children and eventually to her own rupture with Elliott.
Elliott attended Groton but unlike his brothers, refused to go to Harvard. Instead he embarked on a series of jobs before settling on a career in communications in the early 1930s. Elliott's flamboyance attracted media attention and when he became manager of the Hearst radio chain in 1933, the press alleged that he had obtained the job on the strength of his family name. Eleanor Roosevelt deplored the publicity his appointment generated and her son's affiliation with strident New Deal critics in Texas. Elliott further distanced himself from his family when as a member of the Texas delegation at the 1940 Democratic National Convention he proposed to nominate Jessie Jones, the head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, for vice president rather than support FDR's announced candidate, Henry Wallace. Eleanor Roosevelt, who spoke at the convention, dissuaded him.
Elliott repaired his breach with his parents during World War II when he accompanied FDR as a military aide to the Casablanca meeting of 1943 and the Cairo-Teheran Conference of 1944. As an Army photo reconnaissance pilot he and the men in his unit also played a key role in the D-Day landings.
After FDR's death in 1945, Elliott and his family moved to Top Cottage to be near his mother Eleanor and to enable her to live at Val-Kill as she wished. Mother and son also joined in a farming venture, Val-Kill farms. The business was not profitable and Elliott eventually sold most of the farm property which had been part of FDR's estate; however, he continued to live at Top Cottage until he sold the place in 1952. During this period, Elliott also served as his mother's agent, arranging the serialization of the second volume of her autobiography and developing both a television and a radio series which she hosted. Neither of these programs lasted long and the radio show in particular drew criticism over Elliott's willingness to use her name to endorse products advertised in the commercials.
Elliot's first book, "As He Saw It" (1946), was also controversial. Critics attacked the book which was based on Elliott's experiences as FDR's wartime aide as inaccurate because it portrayed the British and the Americans as allies against a largely guiltless Soviet Union in the postwar world. Eleanor Roosevelt, who did not agree with Elliott's conclusions but had nevertheless written the book's dedication, defended the book and her son. She continued her support of Elliot by writing the introductions for four volumes of FDR's letters which Elliot subsequently edited.
However, by 1952 the relationship between mother and son had frayed and Elliott left Hyde Park shortly after his brother, John, with whom he did not get along moved and into nearby Stone Cottage.
Thereafter Elliott was involved in several different activities. He raised Arabian horses in Portugal, served as mayor of Miami Beach between 1965 and 1969 and, with a collaborator, produced three nonfiction books about his parents lives. He also wrote a series of mysteries in which Eleanor Roosevelt was portrayed as an amateur detective.
Elliott's married five times and fathered four children. He also adopted the four children of his last wife. He died of congestive heart failure in 1990.
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General Notes: Child - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Governor Of New York
GRADUATED: Harvard University, University of Virginia Law School
MILITARY: Ensign, U.S. Navy
OCCUPATION: Bar, Attorney, Vice President of President Harry Truman's Committee on Civil Rights, Chairman of Major William O'Dwyer's Committee on Unity, U.S. House of Representatives from NY, Delegate to Democratic National Convention, Automobile importer
By President Kennedy as Undersecretary of Commerce
By President Kennedy as chairman of Appalachian Regional Commission
By President Johnson as first chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Ran for Governor of New York (defeated)
OCCUPATION: Businessman and farmer
Roosevelt served in North Africa, Europe, and the Pacific' awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver Star.
St. James Cemetery
FDR Jr. fathered four children.
ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano, Jr., (son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and brother of James Roosevelt), a Representative from New York; born in Campobello, New Brunswick, Canada, August 17, 1914; graduated from Groton School, Harvard University in 1937, and the University of Virginia Law School at Charlottesville in 1940; was admitted to the bar in 1942; was called from the Naval Reserve on March 13, 1941, to active duty as an ensign in the United States Navy and served in North Africa, Europe, and the Pacific; discharged from active duty in January 1946; awarded the Purple Heart Medal and the Silver Star; member of a law firm in New York City since 1946; vice president of President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights in 1947 and 1948; chairman of mayor's committee on unity in New York City in 1948 and 1949; delegate to Democratic National Conventions in 1952 and 1956; elected as a Liberal Party candidate to the Eighty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sol Bloom; reelected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second and Eighty-third Congresses and served from May 17, 1949, to January 3, 1955; was not a candidate for renomination in 1954, but was unsuccessful for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination; unsuccessful candidate for election for attorney general of New York in 1954; resumed the practice of law in New York City; engaged in the automobile import business in 1958; appointed by President Kennedy as chairman of Appalachian Regional Commission, 1963; appointed by President Kennedy as Undersecretary of Commerce, 1963; appointed by President Johnson as first Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1965; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New York State for Liberal Party in 1966; businessman and farmer; was a resident of Millbrook, N.Y., until his death in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on August 17, 1988.
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General Notes: Child - John Aspinwall Roosevelt
DEATH: CAUSE Heart attack
Republican
In his later years, the previously nonpolitical John surprisingly chose to support Republican causes, and campaigned openly for Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, and Reagan.
John fathered three children.
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Born: 1906 - New York, New York 35
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Father: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd Us President 1933 1945 26
Mother: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady 30
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DEATH: CAUSE Cancer
Caught in a triad of three strong-willed persons (her father, FDR; her mother Eleanor; and her domineering grandmother, Sarah Delano Roosevelt), Anna had to grow up quickly. She would marry three times, have two children, and squeeze in a sometimes gutsy but ultimately doomed career as a journalist. Anna, who accompanied her father on the trip to Yalta, was a witness to many historic moments, but she also carried the burden of dealing with some of the most intimate and painful decisions of her parents during their dysfunctional marriage.
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Father: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd Us President 1933 1945 26
Mother: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady 30
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DEATH: CAUSE Cancer
Caught in a triad of three strong-willed persons (her father, FDR; her mother Eleanor; and her domineering grandmother, Sarah Delano Roosevelt), Anna had to grow up quickly. She would marry three times, have two children, and squeeze in a sometimes gutsy but ultimately doomed career as a journalist. Anna, who accompanied her father on the trip to Yalta, was a witness to many historic moments, but she also carried the burden of dealing with some of the most intimate and painful decisions of her parents during their dysfunctional marriage.
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Father: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd Us President 1933 1945 26
Mother: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady 30
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General Notes: Wife - Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
DEATH: CAUSE Cancer
Caught in a triad of three strong-willed persons (her father, FDR; her mother Eleanor; and her domineering grandmother, Sarah Delano Roosevelt), Anna had to grow up quickly. She would marry three times, have two children, and squeeze in a sometimes gutsy but ultimately doomed career as a journalist. Anna, who accompanied her father on the trip to Yalta, was a witness to many historic moments, but she also carried the burden of dealing with some of the most intimate and painful decisions of her parents during their dysfunctional marriage.
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Husband Jacobus I James Roosevelt 39
Born: - New York, New York 27
Baptized: - Dutch Reformed Church, New York City, New York, NY
Died: May 5, 1776 - New York, New York 27
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Mother: Heyltje Hilletje Jans Kunst 39
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AKA: James Roosevelt
Born: July 16, 1828 - Hyde Park, NY
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AFN: 8HQR-V7
Marriage: October 7, 1880 - Algonac, , NY
Other Spouse: Sara Delano - October 7, 1880 - Algonac, NY
Noted events in his life were:
1. Alt. Birth, Hyde Park, Dutchess, Ny, July 16, 1828
2. Alt. Death, Hyde Park, Dutchess, Ny, December 8, 1900
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Husband James Roosevelt U.S. Representative From California 28 36 37
Born: December 23, 1907 - New York, New York 36 37
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Died: August 13, 1991 - Newport Beach, Orange, CA 36 37
Buried: - Pacific View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Orange, CA 38
Father: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd Us President 1933 1945 26
Mother: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady 30
Marriage: June 4, 1930 - Brookline, Massachusetts
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DEATH: CAUSE Stroke and Parkinson's disease
OCCUPAITON: Brigadier General, U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, Chairman of the board, Roosevelt & Haines, Inc., Insurance broker, Roosevelt & Sargent, Inc.
GRADUATED: Harvard University
OCCUPATION: Secretary, President of the United States, Motion picture industry, Captain, U.S. Marine Corps, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, Executive Vice President, Roosevelt & Sargent, Inc., Delegate, Democratic National Convention, Governor of California (defeated), U.S. House of Representatives,
Mayor (defeated), United Nations Economic and Social Council, Public relations consultant
James served in the Pacific theater.
CA 26th District; James resigned from Congress to become U.S. representative to United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Pacific View Memorial Park
ROOSEVELT, James, (son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and brother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.), a Representative from California; born in New York City December 23, 1907; attended schools in New York and St. Albans School of Washington, D.C.; was graduated from Groton School in 1926 and from Harvard University in 1930; in 1930 became an insurance broker in Boston, Mass.; organized Roosevelt & Sargent, Inc., and served as president until January 1937; secretary to father, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1937 and 1938; motion picture industry November 1938-November 1940; went on active duty as a captain in the United States Marine Corps in November 1940; promoted to colonel April 13, 1944, and served in the Pacific Theater; released from active duty in August 1945; brigadier general United States Marine Corps Reserve, retired; rejoined Roosevelt & Sargent, Inc., as executive vice president and established an office in Los Angeles, Calif., in June 1946; served as chairman of the board, Roosevelt & Haines, Inc.; was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of California in 1950; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1955, to September 30, 1965; unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., in April 1965; resigned from Congress effective September 30, 1965, to become United States representative to United Nations Economic and Social Council, resigning in December 1966; public relations consultant; was a resident of Newport Beach, Calif., until his death there on August 13, 1991.
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Baptized: October 25, 1759 - New York, New York
Died: August 13, 1840 - New York, New York
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Mother: Anna Annetje Bogart 39
Marriage: March 8, 1793 - Kinderhook, Columbia, NY
Wife Maria Van Schaack 39 41
Born: December 8, 1773 - Kinderhook, Columbia, NY (Or 23Rd) 41
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Died: February 3, 1845 - New York, New York 41
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Father: Cornelius Van Schaack Jr 39 42
Mother: Engeltje Angelica Yates 39 41
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1 M Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt 39 43
Born: January 30, 1794 - New York, New York
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Died: July 17, 1871 - Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY
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Marr: October 9, 1821 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2 M James John Roosevelt 39
Born: December 14, 1795 - New York, New York
Baptized: April 6, 1796 - Dutch Reformed, New York City, New York, NY
Died: April 5, 1875 - New York, New York
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3 M John Roosevelt 39
Born: 1798 - New York, New York
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4 M Nicholas Roosevelt 39
Born: 1800 - New York, New York
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5 F Catherine Roosevelt 39
Born: 1802 - New York, New York
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6 F Angelica Roosevelt 39
Born: 1804 - New York, New York
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7 M William Henry Roosevelt 39
Born: 1806 - New York, New York
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General Notes: Husband - James Jacobus Roosevelt
His name is also in as James J. Roosevelt.
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General Notes: Wife - Maria Van Schaack
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Five sons, one of which died in childhood
BIRTH: Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America (1975).
MARRIAGE: Ibid.
DEATH: Ibid.
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Husband Johannes Roosevelt 39
Born: - New York, New York
Baptized: - Dutch Reformed Church, Esopus, Ulster, NY
Died: April 4, 1750 - New York, New York
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Mother: Heyltje Hilletje Jans Kunst 39
Marriage: September 25, 1708
Wife Heyltje Sybrants 39
Born: - Esopus, Ulster, NY
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1 F Margaret Roosevelt 39
Born: 1726 - NY
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2 M Nicholas Roosevelt 39
Born: 1728 - NY
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3 M Johannes Roosevelt Jr 39
Born: 1730 - NY
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4 F Heyltje Roosevelt 39
Born: 1732 - NY
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5 M Olfert Jacobus Roosevelt 39
Born: 1734 - NY
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6 F Maris Jannetje Roosevelt 39
Born: 1736 - NY
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7 F Aeltje Roosevelt 39
Born: 1738 - NY
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8 M Cornelius Roosevelt 39
Born: 1740 - NY
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9 M Jacobus Roosevelt Sr 39
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Died: March 12, 1777 - Red Hook, Dutchess, NY
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Marr: December 4, 1746 - New York, New York
General Notes: Husband - Johannes Roosevelt
OCCUPATION: linseed oil manufacturer
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He established a hardware business.
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Husband Klaes Martenszen Van Roosevelt 39
Born: 1623 - Holland 44
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Died: 1664 - New Amsterdam, New York, NY
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Wife Jannetjejannette Tomas 39
Born: 1625 - Of Zeeland, Netherlands
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1 F Anna Marguerite Van Roosevelt 39
Born: 1643 - Guelderland, Netherlands
Baptized: August 29, 1654 - New York, New York
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2 M Christaen Van Roosevelt 39
Born: October 23, 1650 - New Amsterdam (New Netherlands), NY
Baptized: October 23, 1650 - Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam, New York, NY
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3 F Elsje Van Roosevelt 39
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4 F Christina Van Roosevelt 39
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5 M Nicholas Nicolaes Rosenvelt Roosevelt 39
Born: October 2, 1658 - New Amsterdam, New York, NY
Baptized: October 2, 1658 - Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam, New York, NY
Died: July 30, 1742 - New York, New York
Buried: - Middle Dutch Church (Poss NY)
Spouse: Heyltje Hilletje Jans Kunst 39
Marr: December 26, 1682 - Dutch Reformed Church, Manhattan, New York, NY
6 F Anna Margariet Van Roosevelt 39
Born: September 10, 1662 - New Amsterdam (New Netherlands), NY
Baptized: September 10, 1662 - Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam, New York, NY
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7 M Martin Roosevelt 39
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Husband Theodore Teddy Roosevelt Jr 26Th Us President 19011909 33 34 45 46 47 48
Born: October 27, 1858 - New York, New York 45 47 49 50
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Died: January 6, 1919 - Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, Nassau (Long Island City, Queens), NY 29 33 46
Buried: January 8, 1919 - Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY 29
Father: Theodore Roosevelt Sr 33 34 39 43 51 52 53 54 55 56
Mother: Martha Mattie Bulloch 33 34 57
Marriage: October 27, 1880 - Brookline, Middlesex, MA 33 58
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General Notes: Husband - Theodore Teddy Roosevelt Jr 26Th Us President 19011909
Through his mother President Theodore Roosevelt was 17th in descent from Robert III, King of Scots.
Trial of Roosevelt vs. Newett, TR's successful libel suit against Michigan editor who called him a drunk.
The Republican National Convention meets in Chicago and renominates incumbent Taft even though TR has won all but one primary and caucus. Roosevelt supporters bolt, charging "theft" of nomination.
Republican and Progressive national conventions meet in Chicago, at same time in different halls, in an effort at a joint nomination. On 10 June the Progressives nominate Theodore Roosevelt as the Republicans nominate Charles Evans Hughs; TR declines Progressive nomination and eventually backs Hughes.
"We have room for but one loyalty, loyalty to the United States. We have room for but one language, the language of the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Speech." -- TR
Convention of new National Progressive party (nicknamed "Bull Moose" party) adopts reform platform, and nominates TR for President and Governor Hiram W. Johnson of California for Vice President.
"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in if it is not a reasonably good place for all of us to live in... Laws are enacted for the benefit of the whole people, and must not be construed as permitting discrimination against some of the people." -- TR
President Roosevelt hosts the first conference of Governors to consider problems of conservation.
Dutch Reformed
President and Mrs. Roosevelt go to Panama to inspect building of the canal, the first time a president leaves the United States while still in office.
Theodore, age 6-1/2, watches President Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession from an upstairs window of his grandfather's house on Union Square. With him are his younger brother Elliott and a friend named Edith Kermit Carow.
Theodore Jr. was first introduced my his father to his future Secretary of State, Mr. John Hay, former secretary to President Abraham Lincoln.
Theodore Jr. entered Harvard, his prior education being mostly provided by his Aunt Anne and his own effort. On 27 September 1876, he moved into Mrs. Richardson's boardinghouse where he resided his entire college career.
This was TR's first published work.
TR discontinues law school without taking a degree.
TR graduated magna cum laude; member Phi Beta Kappa.
TR was the youngest man every elected to the Assembly by a margin of 3,490 to 1,989; he serves three one-year terms; Minority Leader in 1883, the same year he was reelected by the widest margin of any legislator in NY (by a two-to-one majority).
By 1884, this first publicly published work by TR was required reading at the U.S. Naval Academy and on all U.S. Navy vessels for many years.
TR establishes two cattle raches, Maltese Cross and Elkhorn, near Medora, (now) Billings Co., North Dakota.
TR signs a contract with the firm of Joseph Wood & Sons of Lawrence, Lang Island, NY, to build a home in Oyster Bay at the insistence of his sister Bamie, who convinced him his daughter Alice Lee would need a home. He had originally planned the hom with his wife Alice, and was planning to name it "Leeholm" in honor of her family name. The house, completed in 1885, would late be named "Sagamore Hill" in honor of Sagamore Mohannis, the Indian Chief who used the hill as a meeting place and signed his people's reights to the land over to the settlers in the 1660's.
Abram S. Hewitt, the son-in-law of Peter Cooper, defeats TR as Republican candidate for mayor of New York City. Hewitt's New York City home would later become the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
"But anyway, I had a bully time." -- TR
Appointed Commissioner by President Benjamin Harrison; resigned.
Written by TR and Henry Cabot Lodge.
President of Board of Police Commissioners; appointed by NY City Mayor William L. Strong (R), a middle-aged businessman with little or no political experience but a reformer; the other three members were Colonel Frederick D. Grant (R), an upstate politician and eldest son of the former President; Avery D. Andrews (D), a graduate of West Point and a rather undistinguished lawyer; and Andrew D. Parker (D), also a lawyer, but one of the cleverest in the city, and a rumored agent of the County Democratic organization. Received national press attention for his reforms, including "midnight rambles" in search of policemen not at their posts. Ordered that all police officers must report for target practice, thus establishing the foundation of the Police Academy, one of the first in the country.
"There is nothing of the purple in it. It is as grimy as all work for municipal reform over here must be for some decades to come; and is inconceivably arduous, disheartening, and irritating, beyond almost all other work of the kind...It is not work to be done in a rose-water basis." -- TR
Appointed by President William McKinley; Roosevelt used the massive mahogany desk once used by Gustavus Fox, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln; resigned.
"The shots that hit are the shots that count." -- TR
TR was subsequently nominated for, but denied, the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism during this engagement.
"As for the political effect of my actions, in the first place, I never can get on in politics, and in the second, I would rather have led that charge and earned my colonelcy than served three terms in the US Senate. It makes me feel as though I could now leave something to my children which will serve as an apology for my having existed ." -- TR
The Rough Riders land at Montauk, Long Island, to begin a six-week quarantine at Camp Wikoff.
TR elected with 661,715 votes with a plurality pf 17,786 votes. His opponent was Democrat Augustus Van Wyck of Brooklyn (643,921 votes).
TR took the oath of office as Governor of New York before Secretary of State John Palmer. On 2 January 1899, he was officially inaugurated in the New York State Assembly Chamber. The day was so cold that the brass instruments of the band escorting him to the State Capitol building froze into silence. Annual message to legislature, dealing with taxation, the Erie Canal, commerce, labor, the National Guard, roads, civil service, state forests and the economy.
President McKinley was easily renominated at the Republican convention in Philadelphia in June 1900. The major issue at the convention was who would be the Vice Presidential candidate. Despite his reluctance to give up the governorship to New York, Theodore Roosevelt accepted the nomination. At the Democratic convention, William Jennings Bryan was nominated again. The major issue at the convention was whether to maintain Democratic support for the silver plank. Many Democrats thought that with the return of prosperity it was no longer necessary. The campaign itself was largely a replay of the race in 1896 with Bryan campaigning rigorously and McKinley not venturing from the White House. The issue of currency and silver was no longer relevant, and instead the campaign issues were whether the United States should give independence for the territories received in its war with Spain. Byran called for their immediate independence, while Roosevelt (who did most of the campaigning) claimed that the United States had a duty to civilize the lands first. The major issue was ultimately the issue of continued prosperity. The prosperity of the McKinley era ultimately decided the election and McKinley winning margin was higher than 1896. The Republican William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt ticket received 7,219,530 votes (51.7%) to 6,358,071 (45.5%) for Democrats William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson.
President William McKinley is shot while attending the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY. Vice President Roosevelt, on a hiking trip with his family, is summoned from Mount Tahawus in the Adirondacks to Buffalo. President McKinley would die of his wounds eight days later.
At age 42, Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States and is sworn into office at about 3:15 p.m. at the Ansley Wilcox Mansion, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, the youngest man ever to become President (John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever elected to that office at the age of 43).
"The course I followed, of regarding the Executive as subject only to the people, and, under the Constitution, bound to serve the people affirmatively in cases where the Constitution does not explicitly forbid him to render the service, was substantially the course followed by both Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln." -- TR
President Roosevelt orders antitrust suit under Sherman Act to dissolve Northern Securities Company in the first of 45 antitrust suits.
President Roosevelt signed the bill authorizing the creation of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
President Roosevelt signed the Newlands Reclamation Act into law, leading to first 21 federal irrigation projects including Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Arizona.
President Roosevelt signed the Isthmian Canal Act into law.
President Roosevelt settles the Anthracite Coal strike.
President Roosevelt settles the Venezuelan Affair.
President Roosevelt signed the bill creating Wind Cave National Park in Hot Springs, SD. It was the seventh national park and the first one created to protect a cave
President Roosevelt establishes the Department of Commerce and Labor.
President Roosevelt signs the Elkins Anti-Rebate Act for Railroads.
President Roosevelt settles the Alaskan boundry dispute.
President Roosevelt proclaimed Pelican Island, Florida, as the nation's first federal bird reservation; a total of 51 bird reservations were established by his administration.
President Roosevelt's administration recognizes the Republic of Panama after its secession from Columbia.
President Roosevelt signs a treaty with Panama for the building of the Panama Canal, which was completed in 1914.
"Panama declared itself independent and wanted to complete the Panama Canal, and opened negotiations with us. I had two courses open. I might have taken the matter under advisement and put it before the Senate, in which case we should have had a number of most able speeches on the subject, and they would have been going on now, and the Panama Canal would be in the dim future yet. We would have had a half a century of discussion afterward." -- TR
President Roosevelt signed the Reciprocity Treaty with Cuba.
President Roosevelt signed at bill authorizing the establishment of Sullys Hill National Park, North Dakota. This Park was transferred to the U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture by Act of Congress, 3 March 1931, when it was redesignated as a game preserve.
President Roosevelt reelected over Democrat Alton B. Parker. Theodore Roosevelt's nomination at the Republican convention in June of 1904 was without opposition. The Democrats nominated Alton B. Parker of New York on the first ballot at their convention. The two contestants differed very little on the issues. Thus, the contest centered on the personalities of the two candidates. Roosevelt won the election easily with 56.4% of the popular vote.
"I am glad to be elected President in my own right." -- TR
President Roosevelt issued the "Roosevelt Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine in his annual message to Congress.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing the National Forest Service.
President Theodore Roosevelt wore a ring containing a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair when he was inaugurated in 1905. The hair had been cut by Dr. Charles C. Taft, one of the attending physicians the night of the assassination. The hair was purchased by John Hay on February 9, 1905, and was given to Roosevelt less than a month later. In his Autobiography, Roosevelt wrote, "When I was inaugurated on March 4, 1905, I wore a ring he (John Hay) sent me the night before, containing the hair of Abraham Lincoln. This ring was on my finger when the Chief Justice administered to me the oath of allegiance to the United States."
Acting as stand-in for his deceased brother Elliott, TR gave away his niece Eleanor Roosevelt at her wedding to her fifth cousin once removed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt sign legislation establishing the first federal game preserve at Wichita Forest, Oklahoma.
The negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese war began at Sagamore Hill when President Theodore Roosevelt invited diplomats on both sides, Russia and Japan, to his home in Oyster Bay. After meeting with all of them, he sent the diplomats out on board the presidential yacht Mayflower. He gave instructions to the captain of the yacht not to put into land until an agreement had been reached. The treaty was signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire - the closest port available after both sides hammered out an agreement. Thus the accord is called the "Treaty of Portsmouth". Having been the principle abitrator, President Roosevelt signs the Portsmouth Treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War.
European diplomats met to settle a dispute arising from the German challenge to the impending partition of Morocco by France and Spain. Although Germany declared its support for Moroccan independence, its primary intention was to break up the Anglo-French Entente of 1904. The effect of the conference was to delay the partition of Morocco to 1912, but Britain stood by France and thus strengthened the Entente. TR was the primary mediator in this dispute.
Roosevelt, the noted conservation president, had an impact on the national park system extending well beyond his term in office. As chief executive from 1901 to 1909, he signed legislation establishing five national parks. Another Roosevelt enactment had a broader effect, however: the Antiquities Act of June 8, 1906. While not creating a single park itself, the Antiquities Act enabled Roosevelt and his successors to proclaim ôhistoric landmarks, historic or prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interestö in federal ownership as national monuments. Roosevelt did not hesitate to take advantage of this new executive authority. By the end of 1906 he had proclaimed four national monuments: Devils Tower, Wyoming, on 24 September and El Morro, New Mexico, Montezuma Castle, Arizona, and Petrified Forest, Arizona, together on 8 December. He was also prepared to interpret the authority expansively, protecting a large portion of the Grand Canyon as a national monument in 1908. By the end of his term he had reserved six predominantly cultural areas and 12 predominantly natural areas in this manner, including Muir Woods (1908) and Mount Olympus (1909). Half the total were initially administered by the Agriculture Department and were later transferred to Interior Department jurisdiction. Later presidents also used the Antiquities Act to proclaim national monuments, 105 in all. Forty-nine of them retain this designation today; others have been retitled national parks or otherwise reclassified by Congress. The Antiquities Act is the original authority for about a quarter of the 378 areas composing the national park system in 1999. Recalling this legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, it seems appropriate that he is now commemorated by five park system areas, as many as honor Abraham Lincoln and more than for any other president. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in Oyster Bay, New York, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, and Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, DC, trace his career and memorialize his contributions to America. The National Park Service, administrator of these parklands and the many others Roosevelt made possible, has particular cause to honor his memory.
President Roosevelt signs the Forest Homestead Act.
President Roosevelt signs the bill authorizing the creation of Mesa Verde Nation Park near Cortez, CO. The park was established to preserve the archeological sites which "Pre-Columbian Indians" built on the mesa tops and in the alcoves of a score of rugged canyons.
President Roosevelt signs the Hepburn Act giving the Interstate Commerce Commission power to regulate railroad rates.
President Roosevelt signs the Pure Food and Drug Act and federal meat inspection laws.
Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (not Noble) for his work in the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. 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 Staes 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 it is as essential to secure a righteous peace based upon sympathy and fair dealing between the different classes of society as it is to secure such a peace among the nations of the earth; and therefore I have felt that the use I have made of the amount of the Nobel Prize was one peculiarly in accordance with the spirit of the gift."
TR did not actually pick up the prize money (or the prize itself) until 1910, when he visited Europe after his African Safari. He did not feel right accepting the prize while he was in office. TR wore an old fashioned suit with a top hat when he went to get the award. He picked up the prize in Christiania, Norway, on May 5, 1910 and part of his speech to the Nobel Prize Committee is as follows:
"I think it eminently just and proper that in most cases the recipient of the prize should keep for his own use the prize in its entirety. But in this case, while I did not act officially as President of the United States, it was nevertheless only because I was President that I was enabled to act at all; and I felt that the money must be considered as having been given me in trust for the United States. I therefore used it as a nucleus for a foundation to forward the cause of industrial peace, as being well within the general purpose of your committee; for in our complex industrial civilization of to-day the peace of righteousness and justice, the only kind of peace worth having, is at least as necessary in the industrial world as it is among nations. There is at least as much need to curb the cruel greed and arrogance of part of the world of capital, to curb the cruel greed and violence of part of the world of labor, as to check a cruel and unhealthy militarism in international relationships."
TR's idea for an industrial peace foundation never came to be. By 1918 it was clear the the foundtion would not go forward. Instead, during World War I, he donated the funds to war relief efforts.
In his book, "The Lion's Pride", Ed Renehan, Jr. writes, "He made twenty-eight different donations of various amounts. A few of the gifts included $6,900 to the Red Cross; $5,000 to Eleanor for her Y.M.C.A. project; an additional $4,000 to the Y.M.C.A. National War Work Council; and $1,000 to Edith's sister, Emily Carow, a volunteer with the Italian Red Cross at Porto Maurizo, Italy."
The actual Medal now resides in the Roosevelt Room in the White House alongside TR's Medal of Honor.
President Roosevelt orders the voyage of the Great White Fleet around the world which commences this date; it is the first circumnavigation of the globe by a national naval force.
"In my own judgement the most important service that I rendered to peace was the voyage of the battle-fleet around the world." -- TR
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve at Grand Canyon in the Arizona Territory.
President Roosevelt appoints a National Conservation Commission to prepare the first inventory of natural resources.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve at Fire Island in the Alaska Territory.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve called the National Bison Range in Montana.
North American Conservation Conferences convened at the White House.
TR led a hunting expedition to Africa to gather specimens for the Smithsonian Institution with his son Kermit; they then toured Europe; they return to New York.
TR's term as President ends with the inauguration of his successor, William Howard Taft.
TR serves as Special Ambassador to England at the funeral of King Edward VII.
TR delivers "Citizenship in a Republic" speech at the Sorbonne, Paris. "The Man in the Arena" quote from that "Citizenship in a Republic" speech becomes world-famous:
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." -- TR
TR announces his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination against incumbent President Taft, declaring "my hat is in the ring."
TR shot in the chest while entering an automobile outside the Hotel Gilpatrick by would-be assassin John Nepomuk Schrank at about 8:00 p.m. Campaigning on the "Bull Moose" ticket, TR delivers a 90-minute speech at the Auditorium in Milwaukee before seeking medical attention. The bullet would never be removed. Schrank was declared insane on 13 November 1912, and committed to the Northern State Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, WI; he died at the Central State Hospital in Waupun, WI, on 15 September 1943.
"I did not care a rap for being shot. It is a trade risk, which every prominent public man ought to accept as a matter of course." -- TR
Democrat Woodrow Wilson elected 28th President of the United States over TR, who came in second, and Republican Taft. Roosevelt received the largest percentage of votes of any third party candidate.
Wilson won the election:
6,293,454 popular votes, 435 Electoral votes/40 states.
Roosevelt came in second:
4,119,538 votes , 88 Electoral votes/6 states.
(27.4% of the popular vote)
Taft came in third:
3,484,980 votes, 8 Electoral votes/2 states.
Sails for South America for lecture tour and jungle expedition.
Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition, sponsored by American Museum of Natural History and Brazilian government, explores Brazil's "River of Doubt," now named "Rio Roosevelt" or Rio Teodoro". Kermit again accompanied his father. TR nearly dies on the trip.
"I had to go. It was my last chance to be a boy." -- TR
"The kind of 'neutrality' which seeks to preserve 'peace' by timidly refusing to live up to our plighted word and to denounce and take action against such wrong as that committed in the case of Belgium, is unworthy of an honorable and powerful people. Dante reserved a special place of infamy in the Inferno for those base angels who dared side neither with evil or with good. Peace is ardently to be desired, but only as the handmaiden of righteousness. There can be no such peace until well-behaved, highly civilized small nations are protected from oppression and subjugation." -- TR
Trial of Barnes vs. Roosevelt: TR wins libel suit launched by Republican leader William Barnes, Jr.
TR requests permission of President Wilson to raise, equip and lead volunteer division for service in France in World War I.
"Peace is not the end. Righteousness is the end... If I must choose between righteousness and peace I choose righteousness." -- TR
President Wilson refuses TR's service request. But the Roosevelt family supports the War effort. All four of his sons enlist. His daughter Ethel serves as a Red Cross nurse at the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris, accompanying her husband, surgeon Dr. Richard Derby.
TR refuses Republican nomination for Governor of New York.
Keel laid down by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA, 20 May 1958
Launched: 03 OCT 1959; Sponsored by Mrs. Alice R. Longworth
Commissioned: 13 FEB 1961 with CDR William E. Sims [BLUE]; CDR Oliver H. Perry [GOLD]; Commanding.
Decommissioned: 28 FEB 1981
Struck from the Navy List: 24 MAR 1995
Disposed of through SRP at PSNS: 03 APR 1995
Five days after commissioning with components initially assembled for the Skipjack-class nuclear attack submarine SCAMP (SSN-588), USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN-600) departed Mare Island, bound for the east coast. On 07 March 1961, she became the first fleet ballistic missile submarine (FBM) to transit the Panama Canal. Four days later, she arrived at Cape Canaveral, Florida. After successfully firing her first Polaris A-1 missile on 20 March and completing her shakedown training, the submarine arrived at Groton, CT, on 01 May for post-shakedown availability at the Electric Boat Co. yard. She completed those repairs on 24 June and departed Groton, bound for Charleston, SC. THEODORE ROOSEVELT stopped at Norfolk, VA, along the way and arrived at Charleston on 7 July. Between 07 and 19 July, she loaded Polaris missiles at the Naval Ammunition Depot, Charleston, and made all other preparations for her first deployment. On the 19th, she stood out of Charleston on her first deterrent patrol. She concluded that patrol on 23 September at the FBM base at Holy Loch, Scotland.
Over the next three and one-half years, the submarine made 15 more deterrent patrols, departing from and returning to the Holy Loch base in each instance. Late in the spring of 1965, she departed Holy Loch on her 17th and final patrol of the deployment. She concluded that patrol and the deployment when she arrived in Charleston on 15 June. She unloaded her 16 Polaris missiles and then departed Charleston for New London, CT, where she arrived on 26 June and entered the Electric Boat Co. yard for an extensive overhaul and refueling the following month. During this yard period her weapons system was modified to allow her to carry the Polaris A-3 missile.
Returning to Holy Loch from her 21st patrol in March 1968, THEODORE ROOSEVELT ran aground off the western coast of Scotland. After dry-docking for temporary correction of the damage, she departed Holy Loch on 5 April to return to the United States for permanent repairs. Those repairs were delayed due to labor disputes and THEODORE ROOSEVELT didn't leave the yard until mid-October. After shakedown and sea-trials she once again deployed to Holy Loch in early 1969.
In mid-June, 1974, THEODORE ROOSEVELT's homeport was reassigned to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, arriving 04 November after transiting the Panama Canal and missile load-out in Bangor, Washington. TR conducted deterrent patrols from the advance base at Guam through the late 1970s.
She was decommissioned 28 February 1981 and disposed of 3 April 1995 through the Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, WA.
The keel of "Hull 624D", the fourth NIMITZ-class aircraft carrier, was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company on 31 October 1981. On 3 November 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman announced that the nation's newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier would be named for the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. TR was christened and launched on 27 October 1984, by Mrs. Barbara Lehman, wife of Secretary Lehman. On 25 October 1986, TR was commissioned and became a part of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, home ported in Norfolk, VA. USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT is known throughout the fleet by her radio callsign "Rough Rider."
CVN 71 was the first aircraft carrier to be assembled in large sections, or modules. The process started with the ship in pieces, much like a plastic model. The pieces were pre-staged in "lay-down" areas, assembled into large modules, hoisted into place, and welded together. Many of the larger systems were installed in the modules while they were still in the lay-down areas. This reduced the need for cutting and re-welding access passages. Modular construction, made possible through the use of a huge gantry crane capable of lifting 900 tons, cut 16 months off TR's construction time. These innovative construction techniques employed in TR have been used on every aircraft carrier since.
TR becomes the only President of the United States to ever win the the Medal of Honor. He also becomes the only person to hold both the Medal of Honor and the Nobel Peace Prize. TR received the medal for his actions on 01 July 1898 at Kettle Hill and San Juan Heights during the Battle of San Juan Heights in Cuba.
"The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, March 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of The Congress the Medal of Honor to LIEUTENANT COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT, UNITED STATES ARMY, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty: Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt distinguished himself by acts of bravery on 1 July, 1898, near Santiago de Cuba, Republic of Cuba, while leading a daring charge up San Juan Hill. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt, in total disregard for his personal safety, and accompanied by only four or five men, led a desperate and gallant charge up San Juan Hill, encouraging his troops to continue the assault through withering enemy fire over open countryside. Facing the enemy's heavy fire, he displayed extraordinary bravery throughout the charge, and was the frst to reach the enemy trenches, where he quickly killed one of the enemy with his pistol, allowing his men to continue the assault. His leadership and valor turned the tide in the Battle for San Juan Hill. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect greet credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army."
In an inspiring and occasionally humorous ceremony, President George W. Bush, on behalf of the American people, recieved Theodore Roosevelt's Medal of Honor from the Roosevelt family, so that it might be placed next to TR's Nobel Peace Prize in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, signifying "strength and honor" of America.
REMARKS DELIVERED IN THE ROOSEVELT ROOM, THE WHITE HOUSE
By Tweed Roosevelt, Sept. 16, 2002
"Mr. President: Theodore Roosevelt's descendents and members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association are pleased and honored to be here today in the Roosevelt Room to present his Medal of Honor to the White House. In this room in 2001, Theodore Roosevelt, posthumously of course, was awarded the Medal of Honor, for his part in the taking of San Juan Hill.
"Many people are aware of the fact that Theodore Roosevelt's son, General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was also awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on D-Day. He was the only general officer to go ashore that day, and was in the first boat to hit Omaha Beach. General Omar Bradley was once asked to describe the bravest action involving an U. S. soldier and he told the story of Uncle Ted on the beach that day.
"What many people, even my family members, are not aware of is that another Roosevelt also was awarded the Medal of Honor. George Washington Roosevelt, a young private in the Pennsylvania Volunteers, fought in the Civil War. Twice, first at Bull Run and later at Gettysburg, he single-handed captured the Confederate Colors. For this he was awarded the medal, fortunately for him, not posthumously.
"Back to TR's medal. Several years ago, the family joined the effort to have TR awarded the Medal - not because we felt that TR needed another honor, he had received more that enough already. We got involved because we thought placing the Medal here on the mantel along side TR's Nobel Peace Prize might be of some use to future presidents. This room is often used by every President to host private meetings with various foreign dignitaries, not all of whom are cooperative. When faced with an obstinate foreign leader, perhaps it might be useful for the President to point to the mantel place and say that these medals represent the highest aspirations of the United States - peace with honor; two medals, two sides of the same concept.
"In the year that the medal has been away from this room, the family has taken it on a tour of the United States from coast to coast where it has been on public display in all kinds of locations. It has been to the D-Museum in New Orleans, to many towns in North Dakota, a state of particular importance to TR, to Sagamore Hill, TR's home, to the US Aircraft Carrier, Theodore Roosevelt, just before she sailed for the war against terrorism, and to many other locations across the country. Everywhere it was greeted most warmly. TR's legacy still lives.
"As a representative of the family, I want to publicly thank all who have been involved in making the awarding of this medal a reality. Particularly we thank Representatives Lazio and McHale who together started the ball rolling in the House, and Sen. Conrad who kept it moving in the Senate. And finally, the Theodore Roosevelt Association, and especially John Gable, for all they did.
TR was awarded this medal in this room, the Roosevelt room, which he built, and we of the family think it is a most appropriate time and place to give this medal to the White House and to the Country."
The four-story brownstone in New York City was demolished in 1916, but was completely replicated following Roosevelt's death. It represents prosperous 19th century living, with forty percent of the furnishings being original Roosevelt pieces. A National Park Service Site, it is open to the public.
President Rooselvelt fell ill in 1918 and died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill, his Oyster Bay home, of coronay embolism (arterial blood clot) at age 60.
Young's Memorial Cemetery
ROOSEVELT, Theodore, aka "Teedie," (great-great-grandson of Archibald Bulloch, nephew of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, father-in-law of Nicholas Longworth), a Vice President and 26th President of the United States; born in New York City, October 27, 1858; privately tutored; graduated from Harvard University in 1880; studied law; traveled abroad; member, New York State Assembly 1882-1884; lost both his mother and first wife within 18 hours on 14 February 1884; moved to North Dakota and lived on his ranch; returned to New York City in 1886; appointed by President Benjamin Harrison a Commissioner of the United States Civil Service Commission (1889-1895), when he resigned to become president of the New York Board of Police Commissioners; resigned this position upon his appointment by President William McKinley as Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1897-1898, when he resigned to enter the war with Spain; organized the First Regiment, United States Volunteer Cavalry, popularly known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders; Governor of New York 1899-1900; elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket headed by William McKinley in 1900 and was inaugurated March 4, 1901; upon the death of President McKinley on September 14, 1901, became President of the United States; elected President of the United States in 1904, was inaugurated March 4, 1905, and served until March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate of the Progressive Party for President of the United States in 1912 and 1916; engaged in literary pursuits; died at Oyster Bay, Nassau County, N.Y., January 6, 1919; interment in Young's Memorial Cemetery.
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With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest President in the Nation's history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he vigorously led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy.
He took the view that the President as a "steward of the people" should take whatever action necessary for the public good unless expressly forbidden by law or the Constitution." I did not usurp power," he wrote, "but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power."
Roosevelt's youth differed sharply from that of the log cabin Presidents. He was born in New York City in 1858 into a wealthy family, but he too struggled--against ill health--and in his triumph became an advocate of the strenuous life.
In 1884 his first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and his mother died on the same day. Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. There he mastered his sorrow as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game--he even captured an outlaw. On a visit to London, he married Edith Carow in December 1886.
During the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment, which he led on a charge at the battle of San Juan. He was one of the most conspicuous heroes of the war.
Boss Tom Platt, needing a hero to draw attention away from scandals in New York State, accepted Roosevelt as the Republican candidate for Governor in 1898. Roosevelt won and served with distinction.
As President, Roosevelt held the ideal that the Government should be the great arbiter of the conflicting economic forces in the Nation, especially between capital and labor, guaranteeing justice to each and dispensing favors to none.
Roosevelt emerged spectacularly as a "trust buster" by forcing the dissolution of a great railroad combination in the Northwest. Other antitrust suits under the Sherman Act followed.
Roosevelt steered the United States more actively into world politics. He liked to quote a favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . . "
Aware of the strategic need for a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific, Roosevelt ensured the construction of the Panama Canal. His corollary to the Monroe Doctrine prevented the establishment of foreign bases in the Caribbean and arrogated the sole right of intervention in Latin America to the United States.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War, reached a Gentleman's Agreement on immigration with Japan, and sent the Great White Fleet on a goodwill tour of the world.
Some of Theodore Roosevelt's most effective achievements were in conservation. He added enormously to the national forests in the West, reserved lands for public use, and fostered great irrigation projects.
He crusaded endlessly on matters big and small, exciting audiences with his high-pitched voice, jutting jaw, and pounding fist. "The life of strenuous endeavor" was a must for those around him, as he romped with his five younger children and led ambassadors on hikes through Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.
Leaving the Presidency in 1909, Roosevelt went on an African safari, then jumped back into politics. In 1912 he ran for President on a Progressive ticket. To reporters he once remarked that he felt as fit as a bull moose, the name of his new party.
While campaigning in Milwaukee, he was shot in the chest by a fanatic. Roosevelt soon recovered, but his words at that time would have been applicable at the time of his death in 1919: "No man has had a happier life than I have led; a happier life in every way."
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Odds & Ends:
-- In 1884 his first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and his mother died on the same day -- his wife of Bright's disease, his mother of typhus. Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. There he mastered his sorrow as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game -- he even captured an outlaw.
-- This anecdote illustrates Roosevelt's attitude to public service:
"The Missouri Governor [Herbert S. Hadley] was not in rugged health at that time, and in the talk with Colonel Roosevelt he mentioned the possibility that the presidency, if he should be nominated and elected, might kill him. The Colonel replied that in his judgment it was worth the sacrifice; that the presidency of the United States was the greatest task that could be laid upon any man, and that to fulfill it worthily was paramount to every consideration of personal welfare."
-- For no particular reason, Roosevelt and a few companions rode 98 miles on horseback in one day, from the White House into northern Virginia and back, through terrible winter weather. A newspaper wrote: "The President rode horseback ninety-eight miles in one day, and was able to sit down comfortably for a late dinner. What's the use of Congress trying to spank a man like that?"
-- Roosevelt favored euthanasia. Referring to his South American trip, he said:
"I have always made it a practice on such trips to take a bottle of morphine with me. Because one never knows what is going to happen, and I did not mean to be caught by some accident where I should have to die a lingering death. I always meant that, if at any time death became inevitable, I would have it over with at once, without going though a long-drawn-out agony from which death was the only relief."
-- Roosevelt's White House physician was Dr. Presley M. Rixey. New York physician Dr. Alec Lambert was a close personal friends of Roosevelt's. Dr. William Osler consulted at the White House.
-- Smoking in the White House was forbidden by Roosevelt.
-- Roosevelt was a distant relative of President Martin Van Buren. He was a fifth cousin of Franklin Roosevelt; their common ancestor, Nicholas Roosevelt, lived in New York from about 1658 to 1742.
--TR was the first U.S. president to invite an African-American to the White House when he invited Brooker T. Washington for lunch. The visit stirred an outcry in the South. "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman, a Democratic senator from South Carolina, wsas particularly furious, claiming theat because of TR's actions it would be a long time before blacks "learn their place again."
Medical : "[Without his glasses his vision was so bad that he couldn't recognize his own sons."
A few episodes of unconsciousness as a result of playing polo.
Roosevelt ran for President in 1912, as a third-party candidate. There were suspicions
"that the strain of the campaign was proving too much for Roosevelt. His voice was bothering him seriously. Reports reached the Bull Moose headquarters that he was losing his grip, that he was repeating himself disastrously. He was forced to cancel two addresses scheduled for the Middle West because of his throat. The disability was bad enough to raise the possibility that he could speak no more."
Roosevelt did not like to speak in the open air, for it put too much of a strain on his voice.
During a stop in Milwaukee on his 1912 "Bull Moose" campaign for the presidency, Roosevelt was shot at close range by John Schrank, a psychotic New York saloonkeeper. Schrank had his .38 caliber pistol aimed at Roosevelt's head, but a bystander saw the gun and deflected Schrank's arm just as the trigger was pulled. Roosevelt did not realize he was hit until someone noticed a hole in his overcoat. When Roosevelt reached inside his coat, he found blood on his fingers. Roosevelt was extremely lucky. He had the manuscript of a long, 50-page speech in his coat pocket, folded in two, and the bullet was no doubt slowed as it passed through it. He also had a steel spectacle case in his pocket, and the bullet traversed this, too, before entering Roosevelt's chest near the right nipple. Thus, one could say that Roosevelt's long-windedness and myopia saved his life! Although the bullet traveled superiorly and medially for about 3 inches after breaking the skin, it lodged in the chest wall, without entering the pleural space. Roosevelt was examined in a Milwaukee hospital where he reluctantly allowed the surgeons to administer an injection of tetanus anti-toxin, and then was observed for 8 days in a Chicago hospital. He was discharged on 23 October 1912, only a few days before the election. The bullet had effectively stopped Roosevelt's campaign. He finished second to Woodrow Wilson , but ahead of the incumbent President, William Howard Taft . The bullet was never removed, and caused no difficulty after the wound healed.
Roosevelt reporetdly snored so loudly in a hospital that complaints were filed by almost every patient in the wing where he was recuperating. Comment: I have no hard evidence to support the reasonable supposition that this incident occurred during his recovery from the assassination attempt in 1912. Given Roosevelt's obesity in later life, snoring would not be surprising. Loud snoring raises the possibility of sleep apnea. Hypersomnolence would be an additional sign of sleep apnea. Was Roosevelt hypersomnolent? During his Presidency, at least, he was not. The White House usher observed:
"President Roosevelt slept well at night, but never in the day. He liked to read in the evening after all was quiet. The usual retiring hour was about ten-thirty, but it was always with difficulty that the President was persuaded to turn in at that time. He would promise to come along in a minute, but would immediately become absorbed in a book or magazine and it was generally after much effort and much persuasion that he would finally turn in for the night. Mrs. Roosevelt would call and call. The sound of her voice calling "The-o-dore!" is well remembered by all the older employees. She often appealed to me to go to the President and "see if you cannot persuade him to come to bed." No matter how late he sat up, he always arose at the same time in the morning and always appeared refreshed and hearty."
Nor did Roosevelt show signs of excessive daytime somnolence on the campaign trail in 1912. While stumping in Milwaukee, one of Roosevelt's intimates wrote: "We had a few minutes before dinner, and the Colonel took a little nap sitting in a rocking-chair in his room. It was the only time, in all the campaign trips I made with him, that I ever saw him sleep before bedtime."
In 1912, Roosevelt's campaign manager wrote: "We usually had our meals together in the dining-car. He was an eager and valiant trencherman, and I saw how it was that he had more than two inches of flesh and fat over his ribs for the lunatic's bullet to go through. He drank great quantities of milk, but not much of anything else. I have seen him eat a whole chicken and drink four large glasses of milk at one meal, and chicken and milk were by no means the only things served." By April 1915, ex-President Taft noticed that Roosevelt did not "have as good color as he used to have," that his face seemed "fatter and flabbier," that he looked "a bit coarser."
In 1918, as a result of a throat infection, Roosevelt developed "bilateral acute otitis media, inflammatory rheumatism, and abscess of the thigh." Both eardrums were pierced, and surgery was performed on his thigh. As a result of the otitis media, he lost his hearing in the left ear.
Even as President, Roosevelt had no trouble sleeping. But during World War I, all four of Roosevelt's sons were in the Army in Europe. TR now admitted "I wake up in the middle of the night, wondering if the boys are all right, and thinking how I could tell their mother if anything happened." The youngest son, Quentin, a pilot, was killed in action in July 1918. TR's eldest son, Theodore, was awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II for his actions on Normandy Beach on D-Day.
"His chief characteristics were vision, courage, decision, instant readiness for action, the simplest honesty and the most wholesome sanity. His mental engine ran at a higher speed than that of any other man I have ever known. His foresight was uncanny. His sympathy was so quick, his emotion so intensely human, that he penetrated the feelings of others often as if by magic."
"An infection picked up in South America still poisoned his blood. He was, in that summer of 1918, close to the end of his stormy trail."
Had Roosevelt not died at the young age of 60, it is quite likely that he would have been elected President in 1920. At the very least, "He would not need to lift a finger this time [as opposed to 1912], and the [Republican presidential] nomination would still be his." Interestingly, Harding might have been Roosevelt's Vice President. If Roosevelt had lived, say, three years longer, and Harding still had died in 1923, then the Secretary of State would have succeeded to the Presidency under the law then in effect.
DEATH: CAUSE Pulmonary embolism
National Progressive Candidate for President of the United States (defeated)
GRADUATED: Harvard College
"The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks"
"Notes on Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay"
Columbia Law School
Republican
NY State Assembly, 21st District
"The Naval War of 1812"
2d Lieutenant, Company B, 8th NY Regt., National Guard
Captain, Company B, 8th NY Regt., National Guard
Chairman, Committee on Cities
Delegate, Republican National Convention
"Hunting Trips of a Ranchman"
Mayor of New York City
"Thomas Hart Benton"
"Gouverneur Morris"
"Essays in Practical Politics"
"Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail"
Civil Service Commissioner
"The Winning of the West, Vols. 1 & 2"
"History of the City of New York"
"The Wilderness Hunter"
"The Winning of the West, Volume 3"
"Hero Tales from American History"
New York Police Commissioner
"The Winning of the West, Volume 4"
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
"American Ideals"
"The Naval Policy of America as Outlined in Messages of the Presidents of the United States from the Beginning to the Present Day"
Lieutenant Colonel, 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry ("The Rough Riders")
Battle at Las Guasimas, Cuba
Battle of San Juan Heights
Colonel, 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry ("The Rough Riders")
Republican Candidate for Governor of New York State
Governor of New York
"Oliver Cromwell"
"The Rough Riders"
25th Vice President of the United States
Assassination
OCCUPATION: 26th President of the United States (1st Term) (Republican)
Newlands Reclamation Act
Isthmian Canal Act
"Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter"
Antiquities Act
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the Treaty of Portsmouth
OCCUPATION: Editor, "Outlook" magazine
"Autobiography"
"America and the World War"
"Diaries of Boyhood and Youth"
"Works"
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN 600)
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)
Awarded the Medal of Honor (posthumous)
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He was the first president to exploit the public dimensions of his office in an age of mass communications, a reform leader at home and a skilled diplomat abroad. In his lifetime Roosevelt became a personal model, particularly for the country's youth, in a way that no public figure has matched. He was one of the most popular presidents in American history. He was educated by private tutors and studied at Harvard University, graduating in 1880 as a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the most prestigious social clubs. Ill health marred his boyhood, and he suffered poor eyesight, attacks of asthma, and nervous digestion, before teenage body-building efforts transformed him into a strong, vigorous young man. After his father's sudden death in 1878, Roosevelt forsook scientific ambitions, developed political interests. Early Political Career After graduation from college, Roosevelt entered politics and abandoned the study of law when, as a Republican, he was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1881. He attracted immediate attention in the press with his upper-class background, colorful personality, and bold independence. In 1884, after serving three years in the Assembly, he left politics briefly, both from grief at the death of his wife and because he had alienated the reform wing of his party that year by supporting James G. Blaine for the presidency. Roosevelt spent the next two years ranching and hunting in the Dakota Territory, which began his identification with the Wild West. He continued to write histories, biographies, and magazine articles, producing more than a dozen books between 1880 and 1900. Back in politics in 1886, he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City, campaigned for the national Republican ticket in 1888, and served as Civil Service commissioner in Washington, D.C., from 1889 to 1895. From1895 to 1897, Roosevelt renewed political ties and enhanced his fame with his energetic, reform-minded service as New York City's police commissioner. After campaigning for his party's national ticket again in1896, he became assistant secretary of the navy and worked to expand and modernize the navy and get the United States into war with Spain over Cuba. War Hero and Vice-President The Spanish-American War made Roosevelta nationally known figure. His volunteer cavalry regiment, which included both cowboys and aristocrats like himself, was dubbed the Rough Riders and received extensive press coverage. Their charge at the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba (July 1898) was the most celebrated exploit of the war. Roosevelt became a popular hero overnight, and his favorite nickname for the rest of his life was the Colonel. He reaped a swift political reward when his party's New York boss, Senator Thomas C. Platt (1833-1910), chose him to run for governor in the face of scandals that threatened a Republican defeat. Enormous crowds greeted the candidate wherever he appeared in the 1898 campaign, and he carried his ticket to a narrow victory. Those crowds and similar outpourings when Roosevelt traveled west to a Rough Riders' reunion in 1899 propelled him toward the Republican vice-presidential nomination as William McKinley's running mate in 1900. Also favoring his nomination was Senator Platt's desire to get him out of New York. Roosevelt was an activist, independent governor,who did not submit to the Republican organization; he responded to popular disquiet over big business and showed his own concern over conservation of natural resources. Gracefully although unwillingly submitting to the vice-presidential draft, Roosevelt demonstrated hisenergy and popularity again in the 1900 campaign, as he made whirlwind tours appealing to patriotic memories of the war. He had little to do as vice-president, but his in activity ended with McKinley's assassination in September 1901, when Roosevelt became the youngest president in U.S. history. Domestic Policy Roosevelt's entry into the White House changed politics more in mood than in substance. With his vivid personality,ceaseless activity, young family, and social glamour, he became a popular idol, a position he cultivated by careful attention to the press and aflair for the dramatic. On domestic issues he moved cautiously, probably going little further in his first term than McKinley would have done. Well-publicized prosecutions of big businesses earned him acclaim as a trust buster, and his public mediation of the anthracite coal strike in1902 showed sympathies for labor and consumers. One issue on which he did move boldly was conservation, both by publicizing it long before anyother leader and by using his presidential powers, often high-handedly, to set aside 125 million acres (about 51 million ha) of western land as national forests. Roosevelt went further after his triumphant election in1904. Having consolidated his position among Republicans, he won the nomination without opposition and ran on his record, which he called the Square Deal, to win a big victory over his colorless Democratic opponent, Alton B. Parker (1852-1926). Roosevelt's second term brought two legislative milestones: passage of the Hepburn Railway Rate Act of 1905,which strengthened the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, which established the Food and Drug Administration. He later advocated further measures to deal with big business and social problems, but conservative opponents in his own party blocked those proposals. Roosevelt wielded his political power at home for the last time in 1908 by picking his friend, Secretary of War William Howard Taft, as his successor, engineering Taft's nomination and aidinghis election to the presidency. Foreign Policy Roosevelt pursued an activist foreign policy from the beginning of his presidency, in keeping with his longtime motto "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Sometime she moved quietly and delicately behind the scenes, as when he fended off possible German intervention in Venezuela in 1902 and when he worked to preserve the European balance of power in a series of crises between 1904and 1906. At other times he acted loudly and bluntly, as when he abettedthe 1903 revolution in Panama that led to United States acquisition of territory for the Panama Canal, and when he proclaimed that the United States had "police power" over Latin America in the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904). He used both public and private channels in his mediation of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 which won him the Nobel Peace Prize, the first to go to an American and when he sent a delegation to the Algeciras Conference of 1906 to help settle a conflict between Germany and France over the control of Morocco. Throughout his presidency Roosevelt labored to strengthen and modernize the armed forces. His secretaries of war, Elihu Root and Taft, introduced the general staff system to the army and streamlined reserve methods. The navy remained a special concern with Roosevelt, and he harried Congress,with partial success, to build more battleships and cruisers. In 1907 hesent America's battle fleet on a voyage around the world, both to impress Japan during a controversy over exclusion of Oriental immigrants and to display the nation's new naval prowess. At the same time, he dispatched Taft to negotiate agreements that appeased Japanese interests in Manchuria and helped defuse the dispute over immigration. Roosevelt left a record of strong diplomacy usually tempered by sensitivity and restraint, and he made his last public appearance as president in February 1909, when he reviewed the fleet returning from its world cruise. Third Party Leader Stepping down from office at the age of 50, younger than most other presidents have been when first elected, Roosevelt went abroad for more than a year, first on a hunting and nature-study safari to Africa and then on a spectacular tour of the European capitals. On his return home in the summer of 1910 he quickly became embroiled in factional fights among Republicans and slowly but steadily became estranged from his successor. Roosevelt finally broke with Taft both because he could not abide the new president's inept handling of the split between progressive and conservative Republicans and because he resented his own loss of power. Assuming command of the progressives and advocating farther-reaching economic and social reforms, Roosevelt contested the 1912 Republican presidential nomination, winning most of the primaries but losing at the convention to the same presidential party control he had earlier used to nominate Taft. Charging that he had been cheated of the nomination, Roosevelt bolted to run as the candidate of the hastily formed Progressive party. When he was wounded in an assassination attempt in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (October 1912), he made light of it, saying, "It takes more than that to kill a bull moose." Thereafter, the Progressives were nicknamed the Bull Moose party. Roosevelt outpolled Taft "a tribute to his abiding popularity" but his hopes of winning and establishing a new major party were thwarted. The Democratic nominee, Woodrow Wilson, who also appealed to progressives, carried the election. World War I After his 1912 defeat, Roosevelt spent the last six years of his life in mounting frustration, first over Wilson's enactment of much of his reform program, then over American neutrality after the outbreak of World War I in 1914, and finally over his own failure to be allowed to raise a division to fight in France after the United States entered the war in 1917. Although he continued to advocate domestic reforms, he increasingly devoted himself to calling for a strong pro-Allied foreign policy and greater military preparedness. Roosevelt was gradually reconciled with his former party opponents, including Taft. He disbanded the Progressives in 1916 to back the Republican nominee against Wilson, and it seemed certain that he would be the party's candidate in 1920. His four sons all fought in WorldWar I, and the death of the youngest, Quentin, in combat as an aviator in August 1918, was a heavy blow. Roosevelt's health deteriorated during the final years of his life, partly as a result of tropical fevers contracted on an expedition to the Amazon region of Brazil in 1914.
President
26th Us President
Trial of Roosevelt vs. Newett, TR's successful libel suit against Michigan editor who called him a drunk.
The Republican National Convention meets in Chicago and renominates incumbent Taft even though TR has won all but one primary and caucus. Roosevelt supporters bolt, charging "theft" of nomination.
Republican and Progressive national conventions meet in Chicago, at same time in different halls, in an effort at a joint nomination. On 10 June the Progressives nominate Theodore Roosevelt as the Republicans nominate Charles Evans Hughs; TR declines Progressive nomination and eventually backs Hughes.
"We have room for but one loyalty, loyalty to the United States. We have room for but one language, the language of the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Speech." -- TR
Convention of new National Progressive party (nicknamed "Bull Moose" party) adopts reform platform, and nominates TR for President and Governor Hiram W. Johnson of California for Vice President.
"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in if it is not a reasonably good place for all of us to live in... Laws are enacted for the benefit of the whole people, and must not be construed as permitting discrimination against some of the people." -- TR
President Roosevelt hosts the first conference of Governors to consider problems of conservation.
Dutch Reformed
President and Mrs. Roosevelt go to Panama to inspect building of the canal, the first time a president leaves the United States while still in office.
Theodore, age 6-1/2, watches President Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession from an upstairs window of his grandfather's house on Union Square. With him are his younger brother Elliott and a friend named Edith Kermit Carow.
Theodore Jr. was first introduced my his father to his future Secretary of State, Mr. John Hay, former secretary to President Abraham Lincoln.
Theodore Jr. entered Harvard, his prior education being mostly provided by his Aunt Anne and his own effort. On 27 September 1876, he moved into Mrs. Richardson's boardinghouse where he resided his entire college career.
This was TR's first published work.
TR discontinues law school without taking a degree.
TR graduated magna cum laude; member Phi Beta Kappa.
TR was the youngest man every elected to the Assembly by a margin of 3,490 to 1,989; he serves three one-year terms; Minority Leader in 1883, the same year he was reelected by the widest margin of any legislator in NY (by a two-to-one majority).
By 1884, this first publicly published work by TR was required reading at the U.S. Naval Academy and on all U.S. Navy vessels for many years.
TR establishes two cattle raches, Maltese Cross and Elkhorn, near Medora, (now) Billings Co., North Dakota.
TR signs a contract with the firm of Joseph Wood & Sons of Lawrence, Lang Island, NY, to build a home in Oyster Bay at the insistence of his sister Bamie, who convinced him his daughter Alice Lee would need a home. He had originally planned the hom with his wife Alice, and was planning to name it "Leeholm" in honor of her family name. The house, completed in 1885, would late be named "Sagamore Hill" in honor of Sagamore Mohannis, the Indian Chief who used the hill as a meeting place and signed his people's reights to the land over to the settlers in the 1660's.
Abram S. Hewitt, the son-in-law of Peter Cooper, defeats TR as Republican candidate for mayor of New York City. Hewitt's New York City home would later become the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
"But anyway, I had a bully time." -- TR
Appointed Commissioner by President Benjamin Harrison; resigned.
Written by TR and Henry Cabot Lodge.
President of Board of Police Commissioners; appointed by NY City Mayor William L. Strong (R), a middle-aged businessman with little or no political experience but a reformer; the other three members were Colonel Frederick D. Grant (R), an upstate politician and eldest son of the former President; Avery D. Andrews (D), a graduate of West Point and a rather undistinguished lawyer; and Andrew D. Parker (D), also a lawyer, but one of the cleverest in the city, and a rumored agent of the County Democratic organization. Received national press attention for his reforms, including "midnight rambles" in search of policemen not at their posts. Ordered that all police officers must report for target practice, thus establishing the foundation of the Police Academy, one of the first in the country.
"There is nothing of the purple in it. It is as grimy as all work for municipal reform over here must be for some decades to come; and is inconceivably arduous, disheartening, and irritating, beyond almost all other work of the kind...It is not work to be done in a rose-water basis." -- TR
Appointed by President William McKinley; Roosevelt used the massive mahogany desk once used by Gustavus Fox, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln; resigned.
"The shots that hit are the shots that count." -- TR
TR was subsequently nominated for, but denied, the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism during this engagement.
"As for the political effect of my actions, in the first place, I never can get on in politics, and in the second, I would rather have led that charge and earned my colonelcy than served three terms in the US Senate. It makes me feel as though I could now leave something to my children which will serve as an apology for my having existed ." -- TR
The Rough Riders land at Montauk, Long Island, to begin a six-week quarantine at Camp Wikoff.
TR elected with 661,715 votes with a plurality pf 17,786 votes. His opponent was Democrat Augustus Van Wyck of Brooklyn (643,921 votes).
TR took the oath of office as Governor of New York before Secretary of State John Palmer. On 2 January 1899, he was officially inaugurated in the New York State Assembly Chamber. The day was so cold that the brass instruments of the band escorting him to the State Capitol building froze into silence. Annual message to legislature, dealing with taxation, the Erie Canal, commerce, labor, the National Guard, roads, civil service, state forests and the economy.
President McKinley was easily renominated at the Republican convention in Philadelphia in June 1900. The major issue at the convention was who would be the Vice Presidential candidate. Despite his reluctance to give up the governorship to New York, Theodore Roosevelt accepted the nomination. At the Democratic convention, William Jennings Bryan was nominated again. The major issue at the convention was whether to maintain Democratic support for the silver plank. Many Democrats thought that with the return of prosperity it was no longer necessary. The campaign itself was largely a replay of the race in 1896 with Bryan campaigning rigorously and McKinley not venturing from the White House. The issue of currency and silver was no longer relevant, and instead the campaign issues were whether the United States should give independence for the territories received in its war with Spain. Byran called for their immediate independence, while Roosevelt (who did most of the campaigning) claimed that the United States had a duty to civilize the lands first. The major issue was ultimately the issue of continued prosperity. The prosperity of the McKinley era ultimately decided the election and McKinley winning margin was higher than 1896. The Republican William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt ticket received 7,219,530 votes (51.7%) to 6,358,071 (45.5%) for Democrats William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson.
President William McKinley is shot while attending the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY. Vice President Roosevelt, on a hiking trip with his family, is summoned from Mount Tahawus in the Adirondacks to Buffalo. President McKinley would die of his wounds eight days later.
At age 42, Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States and is sworn into office at about 3:15 p.m. at the Ansley Wilcox Mansion, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, the youngest man ever to become President (John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever elected to that office at the age of 43).
" The course I followed, of regarding the Executive as subject only to the people, and, under the Constitution, bound to serve the people affirmatively in cases where the Constitution does not explicitly forbid him to render the service, was substantially the course followed by both Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln." -- TR
President Roosevelt orders antitrust suit under Sherman Act to dissolve Northern Securities Company in the first of 45 antitrust suits.
President Roosevelt signed the bill authorizing the creation of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
President Roosevelt signed the Newlands Reclamation Act into law, leading to first 21 federal irrigation projects including Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Arizona.
President Roosevelt signed the Isthmian Canal Act into law.
President Roosevelt settles the Anthracite Coal strike.
President Roosevelt settles the Venezuelan Affair.
President Roosevelt signed the bill creating Wind Cave National Park in Hot Springs, SD. It was the seventh national park and the first one created to protect a cave
President Roosevelt establishes the Department of Commerce and Labor.
President Roosevelt signs the Elkins Anti-Rebate Act for Railroads.
President Roosevelt settles the Alaskan boundry dispute.
President Roosevelt proclaimed Pelican Island, Florida, as the nation's first federal bird reservation; a total of 51 bird reservations were established by his administration.
President Roosevelt's administration recognizes the Republic of Panama after its secession from Columbia.
President Roosevelt signs a treaty with Panama for the building of the Panama Canal, which was completed in 1914.
"Panama declared itself independent and wanted to complete the Panama Canal, and opened negotiations with us. I had two courses open. I might have taken the matter under advisement and put it before the Senate, in which case we should have had a number of most able speeches on the subject, and they would have been going on now, and the Panama Canal would be in the dim future yet. We would have had a half a century of discussion afterward." -- TR
President Roosevelt signed the Reciprocity Treaty with Cuba.
President Roosevelt signed at bill authorizing the establishment of Sullys Hill National Park, North Dakota. This Park was transferred to the U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture by Act of Congress, 3 March 1931, when it was redesignated as a game preserve.
President Roosevelt reelected over Democrat Alton B. Parker. Theodore Roosevelt's nomination at the Republican convention in June of 1904 was without opposition. The Democrats nominated Alton B. Parker of New York on the first ballot at their convention. The two contestants differed very little on the issues. Thus, the contest centered on the personalities of the two candidates. Roosevelt won the election easily with 56.4% of the popular vote.
"I am glad to be elected President in my own right." -- TR
President Roosevelt issued the "Roosevelt Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine in his annual message to Congress.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing the National Forest Service.
President Theodore Roosevelt wore a ring containing a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair when he was inaugurated in 1905. The hair had been cut by Dr. Charles C. Taft, one of the attending physicians the night of the assassination. The hair was purchased by John Hay on February 9, 1905, and was given to Roosevelt less than a month later. In his Autobiography, Roosevelt wrote, "When I was inaugurated on March 4, 1905, I wore a ring he (John Hay) sent me the night before, containing the hair of Abraham Lincoln. This ring was on my finger when the Chief Justice administered to me the oath of allegiance to the United States."
Acting as stand-in for his deceased brother Elliott, TR gave away his niece Eleanor Roosevelt at her wedding to her fifth cousin once removed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt sign legislation establishing the first federal game preserve at Wichita Forest, Oklahoma.
The negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese war began at Sagamore Hill when President Theodore Roosevelt invited diplomats on both sides, Russia and Japan, to his home in Oyster Bay. After meeting with all of them, he sent the diplomats out on board the presidential yacht Mayflower. He gave instructions to the captain of the yacht not to put into land until an agreement had been reached. The treaty was signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire - the closest port available after both sides hammered out an agreement. Thus the accord is called the "Treaty of Portsmouth". Having been the principle abitrator, President Roosevelt signs the Portsmouth Treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War.
European diplomats met to settle a dispute arising from the German challenge to the impending partition of Morocco by France and Spain. Although Germany declared its support for Moroccan independence, its primary intention was to break up the Anglo-French Entente of 1904. The effect of the conference was to delay the partition of Morocco to 1912, but Britain stood by France and thus strengthened the Entente. TR was the primary mediator in this dispute.
Roosevelt, the noted conservation president, had an impact on the national park system extending well beyond his term in office. As chief executive from 1901 to 1909, he signed legislation establishing five national parks. Another Roosevelt enactment had a broader effect, however: the Antiquities Act of June 8, 1906. While not creating a single park itself, the Antiquities Act enabled Roosevelt and his successors to proclaim “historic landmarks, historic or prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest” in federal ownership as national monuments. Roosevelt did not hesitate to take advantage of this new executive authority. By the end of 1906 he had proclaimed four national monuments: Devils Tower, Wyoming, on 24 September and El Morro, New Mexico, Montezuma Castle, Arizona, and Petrified Forest, Arizona, together on 8 December. He was also prepared to interpret the authority expansively, protecting a large portion of the Grand Canyon as a national monument in 1908. By the end of his term he had reserved six predominantly cultural areas and 12 predominantly natural areas in this manner, including Muir Woods (1908) and Mount Olympus (1909). Half the total were initially administered by the Agriculture Department and were later transferred to Interior Department jurisdiction. Later presidents also used the Antiquities Act to proclaim national monuments, 105 in all. Forty-nine of them retain this designation today; others have been retitled national parks or otherwise reclassified by Congress. The Antiquities Act is the original authority for about a quarter of the 378 areas composing the national park system in 1999. Recalling this legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, it seems appropriate that he is now commemorated by five park system areas, as many as honor Abraham Lincoln and more than for any other president. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in Oyster Bay, New York, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, and Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, DC, trace his career and memorialize his contributions to America. The National Park Service, administrator of these parklands and the many others Roosevelt made possible, has particular cause to honor his memory.
President Roosevelt signs the Forest Homestead Act.
President Roosevelt signs the bill authorizing the creation of Mesa Verde Nation Park near Cortez, CO. The park was established to preserve the archeological sites which "Pre-Columbian Indians" built on the mesa tops and in the alcoves of a score of rugged canyons.
President Roosevelt signs the Hepburn Act giving the Interstate Commerce Commission power to regulate railroad rates.
President Roosevelt signs the Pure Food and Drug Act and federal meat inspection laws.
Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (not Noble) for his work in the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. 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 Staes 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 it is as essential to secure a righteous peace based upon sympathy and fair dealing between the different classes of society as it is to secure such a peace among the nations of the earth; and therefore I have felt that the use I have made of the amount of the Nobel Prize was one peculiarly in accordance with the spirit of the gift."
TR did not actually pick up the prize money (or the prize itself) until 1910, when he visited Europe after his African Safari. He did not feel right accepting the prize while he was in office. TR wore an old fashioned suit with a top hat when he went to get the award. He picked up the prize in Christiania, Norway, on May 5, 1910 and part of his speech to the Nobel Prize Committee is as follows:
"I think it eminently just and proper that in most cases the recipient of the prize should keep for his own use the prize in its entirety. But in this case, while I did not act officially as President of the United States, it was nevertheless only because I was President that I was enabled to act at all; and I felt that the money must be considered as having been given me in trust for the United States. I therefore used it as a nucleus for a foundation to forward the cause of industrial peace, as being well within the general purpose of your committee; for in our complex industrial civilization of to-day the peace of righteousness and justice, the only kind of peace worth having, is at least as necessary in the industrial world as it is among nations. There is at least as much need to curb the cruel greed and arrogance of part of the world of capital, to curb the cruel greed and violence of part of the world of labor, as to check a cruel and unhealthy militarism in international relationships."
TR's idea for an industrial peace foundation never came to be. By 1918 it was clear the the foundtion would not go forward. Instead, during World War I, he donated the funds to war relief efforts.
In his book, "The Lion's Pride", Ed Renehan, Jr. writes, "He made twenty-eight different donations of various amounts. A few of the gifts included $6,900 to the Red Cross; $5,000 to Eleanor for her Y.M.C.A. project; an additional $4,000 to the Y.M.C.A. National War Work Council; and $1,000 to Edith's sister, Emily Carow, a volunteer with the Italian Red Cross at Porto Maurizo, Italy."
The actual Medal now resides in the Roosevelt Room in the White House alongside TR's Medal of Honor.
President Roosevelt orders the voyage of the Great White Fleet around the world which commences this date; it is the first circumnavigation of the globe by a national naval force.
"In my own judgement the most important service that I rendered to peace was the voyage of the battle-fleet around the world." -- TR
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve at Grand Canyon in the Arizona Territory.
President Roosevelt appoints a National Conservation Commission to prepare the first inventory of natural resources.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve at Fire Island in the Alaska Territory.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve called the National Bison Range in Montana.
North American Conservation Conferences convened at the White House.
TR led a hunting expedition to Africa to gather specimens for the Smithsonian Institution with his son Kermit; they then toured Europe; they return to New York.
TR's term as President ends with the inauguration of his successor, William Howard Taft.
TR serves as Special Ambassador to England at the funeral of King Edward VII.
TR delivers "Citizenship in a Republic" speech at the Sorbonne, Paris. "The Man in the Arena" quote from that "Citizenship in a Republic" speech becomes world-famous:
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." -- TR
TR announces his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination against incumbent President Taft, declaring "my hat is in the ring."
TR shot in the chest while entering an automobile outside the Hotel Gilpatrick by would-be assassin John Nepomuk Schrank at about 8:00 p.m. Campaigning on the "Bull Moose" ticket, TR delivers a 90-minute speech at the Auditorium in Milwaukee before seeking medical attention. The bullet would never be removed. Schrank was declared insane on 13 November 1912, and committed to the Northern State Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, WI; he died at the Central State Hospital in Waupun, WI, on 15 September 1943.
"I did not care a rap for being shot. It is a trade risk, which every prominent public man ought to accept as a matter of course." -- TR
Democrat Woodrow Wilson elected 28th President of the United States over TR, who came in second, and Republican Taft. Roosevelt received the largest percentage of votes of any third party candidate.
Wilson won the election:
6,293,454 popular votes, 435 Electoral votes/40 states.
Roosevelt came in second:
4,119,538 votes , 88 Electoral votes/6 states.
(27.4% of the popular vote)
Taft came in third:
3,484,980 votes, 8 Electoral votes/2 states.
Sails for South America for lecture tour and jungle expedition.
Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition, sponsored by American Museum of Natural History and Brazilian government, explores Brazil's "River of Doubt," now named "Rio Roosevelt" or Rio Teodoro". Kermit again accompanied his father. TR nearly dies on the trip.
"I had to go. It was my last chance to be a boy." -- TR
"The kind of 'neutrality' which seeks to preserve 'peace' by timidly refusing to live up to our plighted word and to denounce and take action against such wrong as that committed in the case of Belgium, is unworthy of an honorable and powerful people. Dante reserved a special place of infamy in the Inferno for those base angels who dared side neither with evil or with good. Peace is ardently to be desired, but only as the handmaiden of righteousness. There can be no such peace until well-behaved, highly civilized small nations are protected from oppression and subjugation." -- TR
Trial of Barnes vs. Roosevelt: TR wins libel suit launched by Republican leader William Barnes, Jr.
TR requests permission of President Wilson to raise, equip and lead volunteer division for service in France in World War I.
"Peace is not the end. Righteousness is the end... If I must choose between righteousness and peace I choose righteousness." -- TR
President Wilson refuses TR's service request. But the Roosevelt family supports the War effort. All four of his sons enlist. His daughter Ethel serves as a Red Cross nurse at the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris, accompanying her husband, surgeon Dr. Richard Derby.
TR refuses Republican nomination for Governor of New York.
Keel laid down by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA, 20 May 1958
Launched: 03 OCT 1959; Sponsored by Mrs. Alice R. Longworth
Commissioned: 13 FEB 1961 with CDR William E. Sims [BLUE]; CDR Oliver H. Perry [GOLD]; Commanding.
Decommissioned: 28 FEB 1981
Struck from the Navy List: 24 MAR 1995
Disposed of through SRP at PSNS: 03 APR 1995
Five days after commissioning with components initially assembled for the Skipjack-class nuclear attack submarine SCAMP (SSN-588), USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN-600) departed Mare Island, bound for the east coast. On 07 March 1961, she became the first fleet ballistic missile submarine (FBM) to transit the Panama Canal. Four days later, she arrived at Cape Canaveral, Florida. After successfully firing her first Polaris A-1 missile on 20 March and completing her shakedown training, the submarine arrived at Groton, CT, on 01 May for post-shakedown availability at the Electric Boat Co. yard. She completed those repairs on 24 June and departed Groton, bound for Charleston, SC. THEODORE ROOSEVELT stopped at Norfolk, VA, along the way and arrived at Charleston on 7 July. Between 07 and 19 July, she loaded Polaris missiles at the Naval Ammunition Depot, Charleston, and made all other preparations for her first deployment. On the 19th, she stood out of Charleston on her first deterrent patrol. She concluded that patrol on 23 September at the FBM base at Holy Loch, Scotland.
Over the next three and one-half years, the submarine made 15 more deterrent patrols, departing from and returning to the Holy Loch base in each instance. Late in the spring of 1965, she departed Holy Loch on her 17th and final patrol of the deployment. She concluded that patrol and the deployment when she arrived in Charleston on 15 June. She unloaded her 16 Polaris missiles and then departed Charleston for New London, CT, where she arrived on 26 June and entered the Electric Boat Co. yard for an extensive overhaul and refueling the following month. During this yard period her weapons system was modified to allow her to carry the Polaris A-3 missile.
Returning to Holy Loch from her 21st patrol in March 1968, THEODORE ROOSEVELT ran aground off the western coast of Scotland. After dry-docking for temporary correction of the damage, she departed Holy Loch on 5 April to return to the United States for permanent repairs. Those repairs were delayed due to labor disputes and THEODORE ROOSEVELT didn't leave the yard until mid-October. After shakedown and sea-trials she once again deployed to Holy Loch in early 1969.
In mid-June, 1974, THEODORE ROOSEVELT's homeport was reassigned to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, arriving 04 November after transiting the Panama Canal and missile load-out in Bangor, Washington. TR conducted deterrent patrols from the advance base at Guam through the late 1970s.
She was decommissioned 28 February 1981 and disposed of 3 April 1995 through the Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, WA.
The keel of "Hull 624D", the fourth NIMITZ-class aircraft carrier, was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company on 31 October 1981. On 3 November 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman announced that the nation's newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier would be named for the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. TR was christened and launched on 27 October 1984, by Mrs. Barbara Lehman, wife of Secretary Lehman. On 25 October 1986, TR was commissioned and became a part of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, home ported in Norfolk, VA. USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT is known throughout the fleet by her radio callsign "Rough Rider."
CVN 71 was the first aircraft carrier to be assembled in large sections, or modules. The process started with the ship in pieces, much like a plastic model. The pieces were pre-staged in "lay-down" areas, assembled into large modules, hoisted into place, and welded together. Many of the larger systems were installed in the modules while they were still in the lay-down areas. This reduced the need for cutting and re-welding access passages. Modular construction, made possible through the use of a huge gantry crane capable of lifting 900 tons, cut 16 months off TR's construction time. These innovative construction techniques employed in TR have been used on every aircraft carrier since.
TR becomes the only President of the United States to ever win the the Medal of Honor. He also becomes the only person to hold both the Medal of Honor and the Nobel Peace Prize. TR received the medal for his actions on 01 July 1898 at Kettle Hill and San Juan Heights during the Battle of San Juan Heights in Cuba.
"The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, March 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of The Congress the Medal of Honor to LIEUTENANT COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT, UNITED STATES ARMY, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty: Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt distinguished himself by acts of bravery on 1 July, 1898, near Santiago de Cuba, Republic of Cuba, while leading a daring charge up San Juan Hill. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt, in total disregard for his personal safety, and accompanied by only four or five men, led a desperate and gallant charge up San Juan Hill, encouraging his troops to continue the assault through withering enemy fire over open countryside. Facing the enemy's heavy fire, he displayed extraordinary bravery throughout the charge, and was the frst to reach the enemy trenches, where he quickly killed one of the enemy with his pistol, allowing his men to continue the assault. His leadership and valor turned the tide in the Battle for San Juan Hill. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect greet credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army."
In an inspiring and occasionally humorous ceremony, President George W. Bush, on behalf of the American people, recieved Theodore Roosevelt's Medal of Honor from the Roosevelt family, so that it might be placed next to TR's Nobel Peace Prize in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, signifying "strength and honor" of America.
REMARKS DELIVERED IN THE ROOSEVELT ROOM, THE WHITE HOUSE
By Tweed Roosevelt, Sept. 16, 2002
"Mr. President: Theodore Roosevelt's descendents and members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association are pleased and honored to be here today in the Roosevelt Room to present his Medal of Honor to the White House. In this room in 2001, Theodore Roosevelt, posthumously of course, was awarded the Medal of Honor, for his part in the taking of San Juan Hill.
"Many people are aware of the fact that Theodore Roosevelt's son, General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was also awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on D-Day. He was the only general officer to go ashore that day, and was in the first boat to hit Omaha Beach. General Omar Bradley was once asked to describe the bravest action involving an U. S. soldier and he told the story of Uncle Ted on the beach that day.
"What many people, even my family members, are not aware of is that another Roosevelt also was awarded the Medal of Honor. George Washington Roosevelt, a young private in the Pennsylvania Volunteers, fought in the Civil War. Twice, first at Bull Run and later at Gettysburg, he single-handed captured the Confederate Colors. For this he was awarded the medal, fortunately for him, not posthumously.
"Back to TR's medal. Several years ago, the family joined the effort to have TR awarded the Medal - not because we felt that TR needed another honor, he had received more that enough already. We got involved because we thought placing the Medal here on the mantel along side TR's Nobel Peace Prize might be of some use to future presidents. This room is often used by every President to host private meetings with various foreign dignitaries, not all of whom are cooperative. When faced with an obstinate foreign leader, perhaps it might be useful for the President to point to the mantel place and say that these medals represent the highest aspirations of the United States - peace with honor; two medals, two sides of the same concept.
"In the year that the medal has been away from this room, the family has taken it on a tour of the United States from coast to coast where it has been on public display in all kinds of locations. It has been to the D-Museum in New Orleans, to many towns in North Dakota, a state of particular importance to TR, to Sagamore Hill, TR's home, to the US Aircraft Carrier, Theodore Roosevelt, just before she sailed for the war against terrorism, and to many other locations across the country. Everywhere it was greeted most warmly. TR's legacy still lives.
"As a representative of the family, I want to publicly thank all who have been involved in making the awarding of this medal a reality. Particularly we thank Representatives Lazio and McHale who together started the ball rolling in the House, and Sen. Conrad who kept it moving in the Senate. And finally, the Theodore Roosevelt Association, and especially John Gable, for all they did.
TR was awarded this medal in this room, the Roosevelt room, which he built, and we of the family think it is a most appropriate time and place to give this medal to the White House and to the Country."
The four-story brownstone in New York City was demolished in 1916, but was completely replicated following Roosevelt's death. It represents prosperous 19th century living, with forty percent of the furnishings being original Roosevelt pieces. A National Park Service Site, it is open to the public.
President Rooselvelt fell ill in 1918 and died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill, his Oyster Bay home, of coronay embolism (arterial blood clot) at age 60.
Young's Memorial Cemetery
ROOSEVELT, Theodore, aka "Teedie," (great-great-grandson of Archibald Bulloch, nephew of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, father-in-law of Nicholas Longworth), a Vice President and 26th President of the United States; born in New York City, October 27, 1858; privately tutored; graduated from Harvard University in 1880; studied law; traveled abroad; member, New York State Assembly 1882-1884; lost both his mother and first wife within 18 hours on 14 February 1884; moved to North Dakota and lived on his ranch; returned to New York City in 1886; appointed by President Benjamin Harrison a Commissioner of the United States Civil Service Commission (1889-1895), when he resigned to become president of the New York Board of Police Commissioners; resigned this position upon his appointment by President William McKinley as Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1897-1898, when he resigned to enter the war with Spain; organized the First Regiment, United States Volunteer Cavalry, popularly known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders; Governor of New York 1899-1900; elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket headed by William McKinley in 1900 and was inaugurated March 4, 1901; upon the death of President McKinley on September 14, 1901, became President of the United States; elected President of the United States in 1904, was inaugurated March 4, 1905, and served until March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate of the Progressive Party for President of the United States in 1912 and 1916; engaged in literary pursuits; died at Oyster Bay, Nassau County, N.Y., January 6, 1919; interment in Young's Memorial Cemetery.
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With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest President in the Nation's history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he vigorously led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy.
He took the view that the President as a "steward of the people" should take whatever action necessary for the public good unless expressly forbidden by law or the Constitution." I did not usurp power," he wrote, "but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power."
Roosevelt's youth differed sharply from that of the log cabin Presidents. He was born in New York City in 1858 into a wealthy family, but he too struggled--against ill health--and in his triumph became an advocate of the strenuous life.
In 1884 his first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and his mother died on the same day. Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. There he mastered his sorrow as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game--he even captured an outlaw. On a visit to London, he married Edith Carow in December 1886.
During the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment, which he led on a charge at the battle of San Juan. He was one of the most conspicuous heroes of the war.
Boss Tom Platt, needing a hero to draw attention away from scandals in New York State, accepted Roosevelt as the Republican candidate for Governor in 1898. Roosevelt won and served with distinction.
As President, Roosevelt held the ideal that the Government should be the great arbiter of the conflicting economic forces in the Nation, especially between capital and labor, guaranteeing justice to each and dispensing favors to none.
Roosevelt emerged spectacularly as a "trust buster" by forcing the dissolution of a great railroad combination in the Northwest. Other antitrust suits under the Sherman Act followed.
Roosevelt steered the United States more actively into world politics. He liked to quote a favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . . "
Aware of the strategic need for a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific, Roosevelt ensured the construction of the Panama Canal. His corollary to the Monroe Doctrine prevented the establishment of foreign bases in the Caribbean and arrogated the sole right of intervention in Latin America to the United States.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War, reached a Gentleman's Agreement on immigration with Japan, and sent the Great White Fleet on a goodwill tour of the world.
Some of Theodore Roosevelt's most effective achievements were in conservation. He added enormously to the national forests in the West, reserved lands for public use, and fostered great irrigation projects.
He crusaded endlessly on matters big and small, exciting audiences with his high-pitched voice, jutting jaw, and pounding fist. "The life of strenuous endeavor" was a must for those around him, as he romped with his five younger children and led ambassadors on hikes through Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.
Leaving the Presidency in 1909, Roosevelt went on an African safari, then jumped back into politics. In 1912 he ran for President on a Progressive ticket. To reporters he once remarked that he felt as fit as a bull moose, the name of his new party.
While campaigning in Milwaukee, he was shot in the chest by a fanatic. Roosevelt soon recovered, but his words at that time would have been applicable at the time of his death in 1919: "No man has had a happier life than I have led; a happier life in every way."
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Odds & Ends:
-- In 1884 his first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and his mother died on the same day -- his wife of Bright's disease, his mother of typhus. Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. There he mastered his sorrow as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game -- he even captured an outlaw.
-- This anecdote illustrates Roosevelt's attitude to public service:
"The Missouri Governor [Herbert S. Hadley] was not in rugged health at that time, and in the talk with Colonel Roosevelt he mentioned the possibility that the presidency, if he should be nominated and elected, might kill him. The Colonel replied that in his judgment it was worth the sacrifice; that the presidency of the United States was the greatest task that could be laid upon any man, and that to fulfill it worthily was paramount to every consideration of personal welfare."
-- For no particular reason, Roosevelt and a few companions rode 98 miles on horseback in one day, from the White House into northern Virginia and back, through terrible winter weather. A newspaper wrote: "The President rode horseback ninety-eight miles in one day, and was able to sit down comfortably for a late dinner. What's the use of Congress trying to spank a man like that?"
-- Roosevelt favored euthanasia. Referring to his South American trip, he said:
"I have always made it a practice on such trips to take a bottle of morphine with me. Because one never knows what is going to happen, and I did not mean to be caught by some accident where I should have to die a lingering death. I always meant that, if at any time death became inevitable, I would have it over with at once, without going though a long-drawn-out agony from which death was the only relief."
-- Roosevelt's White House physician was Dr. Presley M. Rixey. New York physician Dr. Alec Lambert was a close personal friends of Roosevelt's. Dr. William Osler consulted at the White House.
-- Smoking in the White House was forbidden by Roosevelt.
-- Roosevelt was a distant relative of President Martin Van Buren. He was a fifth cousin of Franklin Roosevelt; their common ancestor, Nicholas Roosevelt, lived in New York from about 1658 to 1742.
--TR was the first U.S. president to invite an African-American to the White House when he invited Brooker T. Washington for lunch. The visit stirred an outcry in the South. "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman, a Democratic senator from South Carolina, wsas particularly furious, claiming theat because of TR's actions it would be a long time before blacks "learn their place again."
Medical:"Without his glasses his vision was so bad that he couldn't recognize his own sons."
A few episodes of unconsciousness as a result of playing polo.
Roosevelt ran for President in 1912, as a third-party candidate. There were suspicions "that the strain of the campaign was proving too much for Roosevelt. His voice was bothering him seriously. Reports reached the Bull Moose headquarters that he was losing his grip, that he was repeating himself disastrously. He was forced to cancel two addresses scheduled for the Middle West because of his throat. The disability was bad enough to raise the possibility that he could speak no more."
Roosevelt did not like to speak in the open air, for it put too much of a strain on his voice.
During a stop in Milwaukee on his 1912 "Bull Moose" campaign for the presidency, Roosevelt was shot at close range by John Schrank, a psychotic New York saloonkeeper. Schrank had his .38 caliber pistol aimed at Roosevelt's head, but a bystander saw the gun and deflected Schrank's arm just as the trigger was pulled. Roosevelt did not realize he was hit until someone noticed a hole in his overcoat. When Roosevelt reached inside his coat, he found blood on his fingers. Roosevelt was extremely lucky. He had the manuscript of a long, 50-page speech in his coat pocket, folded in two, and the bullet was no doubt slowed as it passed through it. He also had a steel spectacle case in his pocket, and the bullet traversed this, too, before entering Roosevelt's chest near the right nipple. Thus, one could say that Roosevelt's long-windedness and myopia saved his life! Although the bullet traveled superiorly and medially for about 3 inches after breaking the skin, it lodged in the chest wall, without entering the pleural space. Roosevelt was examined in a Milwaukee hospital where he reluctantly allowed the surgeons to administer an injection of tetanus anti-toxin, and then was observed for 8 days in a Chicago hospital. He was discharged on 23 October 1912, only a few days before the election. The bullet had effectively stopped Roosevelt's campaign. He finished second to Woodrow Wilson , but ahead of the incumbent President, William Howard Taft . The bullet was never removed, and caused no difficulty after the wound healed.
Roosevelt reporetdly snored so loudly in a hospital that complaints were filed by almost every patient in the wing where he was recuperating. Comment: I have no hard evidence to support the reasonable supposition that this incident occurred during his recovery from the assassination attempt in 1912. Given Roosevelt's obesity in later life, snoring would not be surprising. Loud snoring raises the possibility of sleep apnea. Hypersomnolence would be an additional sign of sleep apnea. Was Roosevelt hypersomnolent? During his Presidency, at least, he was not. The White House usher observed:
"President Roosevelt slept well at night, but never in the day. He liked to read in the evening after all was quiet. The usual retiring hour was about ten-thirty, but it was always with difficulty that the President was persuaded to turn in at that time. He would promise to come along in a minute, but would immediately become absorbed in a book or magazine and it was generally after much effort and much persuasion that he would finally turn in for the night. Mrs. Roosevelt would call and call. The sound of her voice calling "The-o-dore!" is well remembered by all the older employees. She often appealed to me to go to the President and "see if you cannot persuade him to come to bed." No matter how late he sat up, he always arose at the same time in the morning and always appeared refreshed and hearty."
Nor did Roosevelt show signs of excessive daytime somnolence on the campaign trail in 1912. While stumping in Milwaukee, one of Roosevelt's intimates wrote: "We had a few minutes before dinner, and the Colonel took a little nap sitting in a rocking-chair in his room. It was the only time, in all the campaign trips I made with him, that I ever saw him sleep before bedtime."
In 1912, Roosevelt's campaign manager wrote: "We usually had our meals together in the dining-car. He was an eager and valiant trencherman, and I saw how it was that he had more than two inches of flesh and fat over his ribs for the lunatic's bullet to go through. He drank great quantities of milk, but not much of anything else. I have seen him eat a whole chicken and drink four large glasses of milk at one meal, and chicken and milk were by no means the only things served." By April 1915, ex-President Taft noticed that Roosevelt did not "have as good color as he used to have," that his face seemed "fatter and flabbier," that he looked "a bit coarser."
In 1918, as a result of a throat infection, Roosevelt developed "bilateral acute otitis media, inflammatory rheumatism, and abscess of the thigh." Both eardrums were pierced, and surgery was performed on his thigh. As a result of the otitis media, he lost his hearing in the left ear.
Even as President, Roosevelt had no trouble sleeping. But during World War I, all four of Roosevelt's sons were in the Army in Europe. TR now admitted "I wake up in the middle of the night, wondering if the boys are all right, and thinking how I could tell their mother if anything happened." The youngest son, Quentin, a pilot, was killed in action in July 1918. TR's eldest son, Theodore, was awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II for his actions on Normandy Beach on D-Day.
"His chief characteristics were vision, courage, decision, instant readiness for action, the simplest honesty and the most wholesome sanity. His mental engine ran at a higher speed than that of any other man I have ever known. His foresight was uncanny. His sympathy was so quick, his emotion so intensely human, that he penetrated the feelings of others often as if by magic."
"An infection picked up in South America still poisoned his blood. He was, in that summer of 1918, close to the end of his stormy trail."
Had Roosevelt not died at the young age of 60, it is quite likely that he would have been elected President in 1920. At the very least, "He would not need to lift a finger this time [as opposed to 1912], and the [Republican presidential] nomination would still be his." Interestingly, Harding might have been Roosevelt's Vice President. If Roosevelt had lived, say, three years longer, and Harding still had died in 1923, then the Secretary of State would have succeeded to the Presidency under the law then in effect.
Trial of Roosevelt vs. Newett, TR's successful libel suit against Michigan editor who called him a drunk.
The Republican National Convention meets in Chicago and renominates incumbent Taft even though TR has won all but one primary and caucus. Roosevelt supporters bolt, charging "theft" of nomination.
Republican and Progressive national conventions meet in Chicago, at same time in different halls, in an effort at a joint nomination. On 10 June the Progressives nominate Theodore Roosevelt as the Republicans nominate Charles Evans Hughs; TR declines Progressive nomination and eventually backs Hughes.
"We have room for but one loyalty, loyalty to the United States. We have room for but one language, the language of the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Speech." -- TR
Convention of new National Progressive party (nicknamed "Bull Moose" party) adopts reform platform, and nominates TR for President and Governor Hiram W. Johnson of California for Vice President.
"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in if it is not a reasonably good place for all of us to live in... Laws are enacted for the benefit of the whole people, and must not be construed as permitting discrimination against some of the people." -- TR
President Roosevelt hosts the first conference of Governors to consider problems of conservation.
Dutch Reformed
President and Mrs. Roosevelt go to Panama to inspect building of the canal, the first time a president leaves the United States while still in office.
Theodore, age 6-1/2, watches President Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession from an upstairs window of his grandfather's house on Union Square. With him are his younger brother Elliott and a friend named Edith Kermit Carow.
Theodore Jr. was first introduced my his father to his future Secretary of State, Mr. John Hay, former secretary to President Abraham Lincoln.
Theodore Jr. entered Harvard, his prior education being mostly provided by his Aunt Anne and his own effort. On 27 September 1876, he moved into Mrs. Richardson's boardinghouse where he resided his entire college career.
This was TR's first published work.
TR discontinues law school without taking a degree.
TR graduated magna cum laude; member Phi Beta Kappa.
TR was the youngest man every elected to the Assembly by a margin of 3,490 to 1,989; he serves three one-year terms; Minority Leader in 1883, the same year he was reelected by the widest margin of any legislator in NY (by a two-to-one majority).
By 1884, this first publicly published work by TR was required reading at the U.S. Naval Academy and on all U.S. Navy vessels for many years.
TR establishes two cattle raches, Maltese Cross and Elkhorn, near Medora, (now) Billings Co., North Dakota.
TR signs a contract with the firm of Joseph Wood & Sons of Lawrence, Lang Island, NY, to build a home in Oyster Bay at the insistence of his sister Bamie, who convinced him his daughter Alice Lee would need a home. He had originally planned the hom with his wife Alice, and was planning to name it "Leeholm" in honor of her family name. The house, completed in 1885, would late be named "Sagamore Hill" in honor of Sagamore Mohannis, the Indian Chief who used the hill as a meeting place and signed his people's reights to the land over to the settlers in the 1660's.
Abram S. Hewitt, the son-in-law of Peter Cooper, defeats TR as Republican candidate for mayor of New York City. Hewitt's New York City home would later become the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
"But anyway, I had a bully time." -- TR
Appointed Commissioner by President Benjamin Harrison; resigned.
Written by TR and Henry Cabot Lodge.
President of Board of Police Commissioners; appointed by NY City Mayor William L. Strong (R), a middle-aged businessman with little or no political experience but a reformer; the other three members were Colonel Frederick D. Grant (R), an upstate politician and eldest son of the former President; Avery D. Andrews (D), a graduate of West Point and a rather undistinguished lawyer; and Andrew D. Parker (D), also a lawyer, but one of the cleverest in the city, and a rumored agent of the County Democratic organization. Received national press attention for his reforms, including "midnight rambles" in search of policemen not at their posts. Ordered that all police officers must report for target practice, thus establishing the foundation of the Police Academy, one of the first in the country.
"There is nothing of the purple in it. It is as grimy as all work for municipal reform over here must be for some decades to come; and is inconceivably arduous, disheartening, and irritating, beyond almost all other work of the kind...It is not work to be done in a rose-water basis." -- TR
Appointed by President William McKinley; Roosevelt used the massive mahogany desk once used by Gustavus Fox, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln; resigned.
"The shots that hit are the shots that count." -- TR
TR was subsequently nominated for, but denied, the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism during this engagement.
"As for the political effect of my actions, in the first place, I never can get on in politics, and in the second, I would rather have led that charge and earned my colonelcy than served three terms in the US Senate. It makes me feel as though I could now leave something to my children which will serve as an apology for my having existed ." -- TR
The Rough Riders land at Montauk, Long Island, to begin a six-week quarantine at Camp Wikoff.
TR elected with 661,715 votes with a plurality pf 17,786 votes. His opponent was Democrat Augustus Van Wyck of Brooklyn (643,921 votes).
TR took the oath of office as Governor of New York before Secretary of State John Palmer. On 2 January 1899, he was officially inaugurated in the New York State Assembly Chamber. The day was so cold that the brass instruments of the band escorting him to the State Capitol building froze into silence. Annual message to legislature, dealing with taxation, the Erie Canal, commerce, labor, the National Guard, roads, civil service, state forests and the economy.
President McKinley was easily renominated at the Republican convention in Philadelphia in June 1900. The major issue at the convention was who would be the Vice Presidential candidate. Despite his reluctance to give up the governorship to New York, Theodore Roosevelt accepted the nomination. At the Democratic convention, William Jennings Bryan was nominated again. The major issue at the convention was whether to maintain Democratic support for the silver plank. Many Democrats thought that with the return of prosperity it was no longer necessary. The campaign itself was largely a replay of the race in 1896 with Bryan campaigning rigorously and McKinley not venturing from the White House. The issue of currency and silver was no longer relevant, and instead the campaign issues were whether the United States should give independence for the territories received in its war with Spain. Byran called for their immediate independence, while Roosevelt (who did most of the campaigning) claimed that the United States had a duty to civilize the lands first. The major issue was ultimately the issue of continued prosperity. The prosperity of the McKinley era ultimately decided the election and McKinley winning margin was higher than 1896. The Republican William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt ticket received 7,219,530 votes (51.7%) to 6,358,071 (45.5%) for Democrats William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson.
President William McKinley is shot while attending the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY. Vice President Roosevelt, on a hiking trip with his family, is summoned from Mount Tahawus in the Adirondacks to Buffalo. President McKinley would die of his wounds eight days later.
At age 42, Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States and is sworn into office at about 3:15 p.m. at the Ansley Wilcox Mansion, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, the youngest man ever to become President (John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever elected to that office at the age of 43).
"The course I followed, of regarding the Executive as subject only to the people, and, under the Constitution, bound to serve the people affirmatively in cases where the Constitution does not explicitly forbid him to render the service, was substantially the course followed by both Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln." -- TR
President Roosevelt orders antitrust suit under Sherman Act to dissolve Northern Securities Company in the first of 45 antitrust suits.
President Roosevelt signed the bill authorizing the creation of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
President Roosevelt signed the Newlands Reclamation Act into law, leading to first 21 federal irrigation projects including Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Arizona.
President Roosevelt signed the Isthmian Canal Act into law.
President Roosevelt settles the Anthracite Coal strike.
President Roosevelt settles the Venezuelan Affair.
President Roosevelt signed the bill creating Wind Cave National Park in Hot Springs, SD. It was the seventh national park and the first one created to protect a cave
President Roosevelt establishes the Department of Commerce and Labor.
President Roosevelt signs the Elkins Anti-Rebate Act for Railroads.
President Roosevelt settles the Alaskan boundry dispute.
President Roosevelt proclaimed Pelican Island, Florida, as the nation's first federal bird reservation; a total of 51 bird reservations were established by his administration.
President Roosevelt's administration recognizes the Republic of Panama after its secession from Columbia.
President Roosevelt signs a treaty with Panama for the building of the Panama Canal, which was completed in 1914.
"Panama declared itself independent and wanted to complete the Panama Canal, and opened negotiations with us. I had two courses open. I might have taken the matter under advisement and put it before the Senate, in which case we should have had a number of most able speeches on the subject, and they would have been going on now, and the Panama Canal would be in the dim future yet. We would have had a half a century of discussion afterward." -- TR
President Roosevelt signed the Reciprocity Treaty with Cuba.
President Roosevelt signed at bill authorizing the establishment of Sullys Hill National Park, North Dakota. This Park was transferred to the U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture by Act of Congress, 3 March 1931, when it was redesignated as a game preserve.
President Roosevelt reelected over Democrat Alton B. Parker. Theodore Roosevelt's nomination at the Republican convention in June of 1904 was without opposition. The Democrats nominated Alton B. Parker of New York on the first ballot at their convention. The two contestants differed very little on the issues. Thus, the contest centered on the personalities of the two candidates. Roosevelt won the election easily with 56.4% of the popular vote.
"I am glad to be elected President in my own right." -- TR
President Roosevelt issued the "Roosevelt Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine in his annual message to Congress.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing the National Forest Service.
President Theodore Roosevelt wore a ring containing a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair when he was inaugurated in 1905. The hair had been cut by Dr. Charles C. Taft, one of the attending physicians the night of the assassination. The hair was purchased by John Hay on February 9, 1905, and was given to Roosevelt less than a month later. In his Autobiography, Roosevelt wrote, "When I was inaugurated on March 4, 1905, I wore a ring he (John Hay) sent me the night before, containing the hair of Abraham Lincoln. This ring was on my finger when the Chief Justice administered to me the oath of allegiance to the United States."
Acting as stand-in for his deceased brother Elliott, TR gave away his niece Eleanor Roosevelt at her wedding to her fifth cousin once removed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt sign legislation establishing the first federal game preserve at Wichita Forest, Oklahoma.
The negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese war began at Sagamore Hill when President Theodore Roosevelt invited diplomats on both sides, Russia and Japan, to his home in Oyster Bay. After meeting with all of them, he sent the diplomats out on board the presidential yacht Mayflower. He gave instructions to the captain of the yacht not to put into land until an agreement had been reached. The treaty was signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire - the closest port available after both sides hammered out an agreement. Thus the accord is called the "Treaty of Portsmouth". Having been the principle abitrator, President Roosevelt signs the Portsmouth Treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War.
European diplomats met to settle a dispute arising from the German challenge to the impending partition of Morocco by France and Spain. Although Germany declared its support for Moroccan independence, its primary intention was to break up the Anglo-French Entente of 1904. The effect of the conference was to delay the partition of Morocco to 1912, but Britain stood by France and thus strengthened the Entente. TR was the primary mediator in this dispute.
Roosevelt, the noted conservation president, had an impact on the national park system extending well beyond his term in office. As chief executive from 1901 to 1909, he signed legislation establishing five national parks. Another Roosevelt enactment had a broader effect, however: the Antiquities Act of June 8, 1906. While not creating a single park itself, the Antiquities Act enabled Roosevelt and his successors to proclaim “historic landmarks, historic or prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest” in federal ownership as national monuments. Roosevelt did not hesitate to take advantage of this new executive authority. By the end of 1906 he had proclaimed four national monuments: Devils Tower, Wyoming, on 24 September and El Morro, New Mexico, Montezuma Castle, Arizona, and Petrified Forest, Arizona, together on 8 December. He was also prepared to interpret the authority expansively, protecting a large portion of the Grand Canyon as a national monument in 1908. By the end of his term he had reserved six predominantly cultural areas and 12 predominantly natural areas in this manner, including Muir Woods (1908) and Mount Olympus (1909). Half the total were initially administered by the Agriculture Department and were later transferred to Interior Department jurisdiction. Later presidents also used the Antiquities Act to proclaim national monuments, 105 in all. Forty-nine of them retain this designation today; others have been retitled national parks or otherwise reclassified by Congress. The Antiquities Act is the original authority for about a quarter of the 378 areas composing the national park system in 1999. Recalling this legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, it seems appropriate that he is now commemorated by five park system areas, as many as honor Abraham Lincoln and more than for any other president. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in Oyster Bay, New York, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, and Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, DC, trace his career and memorialize his contributions to America. The National Park Service, administrator of these parklands and the many others Roosevelt made possible, has particular cause to honor his memory.
President Roosevelt signs the Forest Homestead Act.
President Roosevelt signs the bill authorizing the creation of Mesa Verde Nation Park near Cortez, CO. The park was established to preserve the archeological sites which "Pre-Columbian Indians" built on the mesa tops and in the alcoves of a score of rugged canyons.
President Roosevelt signs the Hepburn Act giving the Interstate Commerce Commission power to regulate railroad rates.
President Roosevelt signs the Pure Food and Drug Act and federal meat inspection laws.
Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (not Noble) for his work in the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. 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 Staes 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 it is as essential to secure a righteous peace based upon sympathy and fair dealing between the different classes of society as it is to secure such a peace among the nations of the earth; and therefore I have felt that the use I have made of the amount of the Nobel Prize was one peculiarly in accordance with the spirit of the gift."
TR did not actually pick up the prize money (or the prize itself) until 1910, when he visited Europe after his African Safari. He did not feel right accepting the prize while he was in office. TR wore an old fashioned suit with a top hat when he went to get the award. He picked up the prize in Christiania, Norway, on May 5, 1910 and part of his speech to the Nobel Prize Committee is as follows:
"I think it eminently just and proper that in most cases the recipient of the prize should keep for his own use the prize in its entirety. But in this case, while I did not act officially as President of the United States, it was nevertheless only because I was President that I was enabled to act at all; and I felt that the money must be considered as having been given me in trust for the United States. I therefore used it as a nucleus for a foundation to forward the cause of industrial peace, as being well within the general purpose of your committee; for in our complex industrial civilization of to-day the peace of righteousness and justice, the only kind of peace worth having, is at least as necessary in the industrial world as it is among nations. There is at least as much need to curb the cruel greed and arrogance of part of the world of capital, to curb the cruel greed and violence of part of the world of labor, as to check a cruel and unhealthy militarism in international relationships."
TR's idea for an industrial peace foundation never came to be. By 1918 it was clear the the foundtion would not go forward. Instead, during World War I, he donated the funds to war relief efforts.
In his book, "The Lion's Pride", Ed Renehan, Jr. writes, "He made twenty-eight different donations of various amounts. A few of the gifts included $6,900 to the Red Cross; $5,000 to Eleanor for her Y.M.C.A. project; an additional $4,000 to the Y.M.C.A. National War Work Council; and $1,000 to Edith's sister, Emily Carow, a volunteer with the Italian Red Cross at Porto Maurizo, Italy."
The actual Medal now resides in the Roosevelt Room in the White House alongside TR's Medal of Honor.
President Roosevelt orders the voyage of the Great White Fleet around the world which commences this date; it is the first circumnavigation of the globe by a national naval force.
"In my own judgement the most important service that I rendered to peace was the voyage of the battle-fleet around the world." -- TR
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve at Grand Canyon in the Arizona Territory.
President Roosevelt appoints a National Conservation Commission to prepare the first inventory of natural resources.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve at Fire Island in the Alaska Territory.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve called the National Bison Range in Montana.
North American Conservation Conferences convened at the White House.
TR led a hunting expedition to Africa to gather specimens for the Smithsonian Institution with his son Kermit; they then toured Europe; they return to New York.
TR's term as President ends with the inauguration of his successor, William Howard Taft.
TR serves as Special Ambassador to England at the funeral of King Edward VII.
TR delivers "Citizenship in a Republic" speech at the Sorbonne, Paris. "The Man in the Arena" quote from that "Citizenship in a Republic" speech becomes world-famous:
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." -- TR
TR announces his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination against incumbent President Taft, declaring "my hat is in the ring."
TR shot in the chest while entering an automobile outside the Hotel Gilpatrick by would-be assassin John Nepomuk Schrank at about 8:00 p.m. Campaigning on the "Bull Moose" ticket, TR delivers a 90-minute speech at the Auditorium in Milwaukee before seeking medical attention. The bullet would never be removed. Schrank was declared insane on 13 November 1912, and committed to the Northern State Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, WI; he died at the Central State Hospital in Waupun, WI, on 15 September 1943.
"I did not care a rap for being shot. It is a trade risk, which every prominent public man ought to accept as a matter of course." -- TR
Democrat Woodrow Wilson elected 28th President of the United States over TR, who came in second, and Republican Taft. Roosevelt received the largest percentage of votes of any third party candidate.
Wilson won the election:
6,293,454 popular votes, 435 Electoral votes/40 states.
Roosevelt came in second:
4,119,538 votes , 88 Electoral votes/6 states.
(27.4% of the popular vote)
Taft came in third:
3,484,980 votes, 8 Electoral votes/2 states.
Sails for South America for lecture tour and jungle expedition.
Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition, sponsored by American Museum of Natural History and Brazilian government, explores Brazil's "River of Doubt," now named "Rio Roosevelt" or Rio Teodoro". Kermit again accompanied his father. TR nearly dies on the trip.
"I had to go. It was my last chance to be a boy." -- TR
"The kind of 'neutrality' which seeks to preserve 'peace' by timidly refusing to live up to our plighted word and to denounce and take action against such wrong as that committed in the case of Belgium, is unworthy of an honorable and powerful people. Dante reserved a special place of infamy in the Inferno for those base angels who dared side neither with evil or with good. Peace is ardently to be desired, but only as the handmaiden of righteousness. There can be no such peace until well-behaved, highly civilized small nations are protected from oppression and subjugation." -- TR
Trial of Barnes vs. Roosevelt: TR wins libel suit launched by Republican leader William Barnes, Jr.
TR requests permission of President Wilson to raise, equip and lead volunteer division for service in France in World War I.
"Peace is not the end. Righteousness is the end... If I must choose between righteousness and peace I choose righteousness." -- TR
President Wilson refuses TR's service request. But the Roosevelt family supports the War effort. All four of his sons enlist. His daughter Ethel serves as a Red Cross nurse at the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris, accompanying her husband, surgeon Dr. Richard Derby.
TR refuses Republican nomination for Governor of New York.
Keel laid down by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA, 20 May 1958
Launched: 03 OCT 1959; Sponsored by Mrs. Alice R. Longworth
Commissioned: 13 FEB 1961 with CDR William E. Sims [BLUE]; CDR Oliver H. Perry [GOLD]; Commanding.
Decommissioned: 28 FEB 1981
Struck from the Navy List: 24 MAR 1995
Disposed of through SRP at PSNS: 03 APR 1995
Five days after commissioning with components initially assembled for the Skipjack-class nuclear attack submarine SCAMP (SSN-588), USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN-600) departed Mare Island, bound for the east coast. On 07 March 1961, she became the first fleet ballistic missile submarine (FBM) to transit the Panama Canal. Four days later, she arrived at Cape Canaveral, Florida. After successfully firing her first Polaris A-1 missile on 20 March and completing her shakedown training, the submarine arrived at Groton, CT, on 01 May for post-shakedown availability at the Electric Boat Co. yard. She completed those repairs on 24 June and departed Groton, bound for Charleston, SC. THEODORE ROOSEVELT stopped at Norfolk, VA, along the way and arrived at Charleston on 7 July. Between 07 and 19 July, she loaded Polaris missiles at the Naval Ammunition Depot, Charleston, and made all other preparations for her first deployment. On the 19th, she stood out of Charleston on her first deterrent patrol. She concluded that patrol on 23 September at the FBM base at Holy Loch, Scotland.
Over the next three and one-half years, the submarine made 15 more deterrent patrols, departing from and returning to the Holy Loch base in each instance. Late in the spring of 1965, she departed Holy Loch on her 17th and final patrol of the deployment. She concluded that patrol and the deployment when she arrived in Charleston on 15 June. She unloaded her 16 Polaris missiles and then departed Charleston for New London, CT, where she arrived on 26 June and entered the Electric Boat Co. yard for an extensive overhaul and refueling the following month. During this yard period her weapons system was modified to allow her to carry the Polaris A-3 missile.
Returning to Holy Loch from her 21st patrol in March 1968, THEODORE ROOSEVELT ran aground off the western coast of Scotland. After dry-docking for temporary correction of the damage, she departed Holy Loch on 5 April to return to the United States for permanent repairs. Those repairs were delayed due to labor disputes and THEODORE ROOSEVELT didn't leave the yard until mid-October. After shakedown and sea-trials she once again deployed to Holy Loch in early 1969.
In mid-June, 1974, THEODORE ROOSEVELT's homeport was reassigned to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, arriving 04 November after transiting the Panama Canal and missile load-out in Bangor, Washington. TR conducted deterrent patrols from the advance base at Guam through the late 1970s.
She was decommissioned 28 February 1981 and disposed of 3 April 1995 through the Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, WA.
The keel of "Hull 624D", the fourth NIMITZ-class aircraft carrier, was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company on 31 October 1981. On 3 November 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman announced that the nation's newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier would be named for the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. TR was christened and launched on 27 October 1984, by Mrs. Barbara Lehman, wife of Secretary Lehman. On 25 October 1986, TR was commissioned and became a part of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, home ported in Norfolk, VA. USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT is known throughout the fleet by her radio callsign "Rough Rider."
CVN 71 was the first aircraft carrier to be assembled in large sections, or modules. The process started with the ship in pieces, much like a plastic model. The pieces were pre-staged in "lay-down" areas, assembled into large modules, hoisted into place, and welded together. Many of the larger systems were installed in the modules while they were still in the lay-down areas. This reduced the need for cutting and re-welding access passages. Modular construction, made possible through the use of a huge gantry crane capable of lifting 900 tons, cut 16 months off TR's construction time. These innovative construction techniques employed in TR have been used on every aircraft carrier since.
TR becomes the only President of the United States to ever win the the Medal of Honor. He also becomes the only person to hold both the Medal of Honor and the Nobel Peace Prize. TR received the medal for his actions on 01 July 1898 at Kettle Hill and San Juan Heights during the Battle of San Juan Heights in Cuba.
"The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, March 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of The Congress the Medal of Honor to LIEUTENANT COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT, UNITED STATES ARMY, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty: Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt distinguished himself by acts of bravery on 1 July, 1898, near Santiago de Cuba, Republic of Cuba, while leading a daring charge up San Juan Hill. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt, in total disregard for his personal safety, and accompanied by only four or five men, led a desperate and gallant charge up San Juan Hill, encouraging his troops to continue the assault through withering enemy fire over open countryside. Facing the enemy's heavy fire, he displayed extraordinary bravery throughout the charge, and was the frst to reach the enemy trenches, where he quickly killed one of the enemy with his pistol, allowing his men to continue the assault. His leadership and valor turned the tide in the Battle for San Juan Hill. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect greet credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army."
In an inspiring and occasionally humorous ceremony, President George W. Bush, on behalf of the American people, recieved Theodore Roosevelt's Medal of Honor from the Roosevelt family, so that it might be placed next to TR's Nobel Peace Prize in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, signifying "strength and honor" of America.
REMARKS DELIVERED IN THE ROOSEVELT ROOM, THE WHITE HOUSE
By Tweed Roosevelt, Sept. 16, 2002
"Mr. President: Theodore Roosevelt's descendents and members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association are pleased and honored to be here today in the Roosevelt Room to present his Medal of Honor to the White House. In this room in 2001, Theodore Roosevelt, posthumously of course, was awarded the Medal of Honor, for his part in the taking of San Juan Hill.
"Many people are aware of the fact that Theodore Roosevelt's son, General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was also awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on D-Day. He was the only general officer to go ashore that day, and was in the first boat to hit Omaha Beach. General Omar Bradley was once asked to describe the bravest action involving an U. S. soldier and he told the story of Uncle Ted on the beach that day.
"What many people, even my family members, are not aware of is that another Roosevelt also was awarded the Medal of Honor. George Washington Roosevelt, a young private in the Pennsylvania Volunteers, fought in the Civil War. Twice, first at Bull Run and later at Gettysburg, he single-handed captured the Confederate Colors. For this he was awarded the medal, fortunately for him, not posthumously.
"Back to TR's medal. Several years ago, the family joined the effort to have TR awarded the Medal - not because we felt that TR needed another honor, he had received more that enough already. We got involved because we thought placing the Medal here on the mantel along side TR's Nobel Peace Prize might be of some use to future presidents. This room is often used by every President to host private meetings with various foreign dignitaries, not all of whom are cooperative. When faced with an obstinate foreign leader, perhaps it might be useful for the President to point to the mantel place and say that these medals represent the highest aspirations of the United States - peace with honor; two medals, two sides of the same concept.
"In the year that the medal has been away from this room, the family has taken it on a tour of the United States from coast to coast where it has been on public display in all kinds of locations. It has been to the D-Museum in New Orleans, to many towns in North Dakota, a state of particular importance to TR, to Sagamore Hill, TR's home, to the US Aircraft Carrier, Theodore Roosevelt, just before she sailed for the war against terrorism, and to many other locations across the country. Everywhere it was greeted most warmly. TR's legacy still lives.
"As a representative of the family, I want to publicly thank all who have been involved in making the awarding of this medal a reality. Particularly we thank Representatives Lazio and McHale who together started the ball rolling in the House, and Sen. Conrad who kept it moving in the Senate. And finally, the Theodore Roosevelt Association, and especially John Gable, for all they did.
TR was awarded this medal in this room, the Roosevelt room, which he built, and we of the family think it is a most appropriate time and place to give this medal to the White House and to the Country."
The four-story brownstone in New York City was demolished in 1916, but was completely replicated following Roosevelt's death. It represents prosperous 19th century living, with forty percent of the furnishings being original Roosevelt pieces. A National Park Service Site, it is open to the public.
President Rooselvelt fell ill in 1918 and died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill, his Oyster Bay home, of coronay embolism (arterial blood clot) at age 60.
Young's Memorial Cemetery
ROOSEVELT, Theodore, aka "Teedie," (great-great-grandson of Archibald Bulloch, nephew of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, father-in-law of Nicholas Longworth), a Vice President and 26th President of the United States; born in New York City, October 27, 1858; privately tutored; graduated from Harvard University in 1880; studied law; traveled abroad; member, New York State Assembly 1882-1884; lost both his mother and first wife within 18 hours on 14 February 1884; moved to North Dakota and lived on his ranch; returned to New York City in 1886; appointed by President Benjamin Harrison a Commissioner of the United States Civil Service Commission (1889-1895), when he resigned to become president of the New York Board of Police Commissioners; resigned this position upon his appointment by President William McKinley as Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1897-1898, when he resigned to enter the war with Spain; organized the First Regiment, United States Volunteer Cavalry, popularly known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders; Governor of New York 1899-1900; elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket headed by William McKinley in 1900 and was inaugurated March 4, 1901; upon the death of President McKinley on September 14, 1901, became President of the United States; elected President of the United States in 1904, was inaugurated March 4, 1905, and served until March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate of the Progressive Party for President of the United States in 1912 and 1916; engaged in literary pursuits; died at Oyster Bay, Nassau County, N.Y., January 6, 1919; interment in Young's Memorial Cemetery.
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With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest President in the Nation's history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he vigorously led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy.
He took the view that the President as a "steward of the people" should take whatever action necessary for the public good unless expressly forbidden by law or the Constitution." I did not usurp power," he wrote, "but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power."
Roosevelt's youth differed sharply from that of the log cabin Presidents. He was born in New York City in 1858 into a wealthy family, but he too struggled--against ill health--and in his triumph became an advocate of the strenuous life.
In 1884 his first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and his mother died on the same day. Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. There he mastered his sorrow as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game--he even captured an outlaw. On a visit to London, he married Edith Carow in December 1886.
During the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment, which he led on a charge at the battle of San Juan. He was one of the most conspicuous heroes of the war.
Boss Tom Platt, needing a hero to draw attention away from scandals in New York State, accepted Roosevelt as the Republican candidate for Governor in 1898. Roosevelt won and served with distinction.
As President, Roosevelt held the ideal that the Government should be the great arbiter of the conflicting economic forces in the Nation, especially between capital and labor, guaranteeing justice to each and dispensing favors to none.
Roosevelt emerged spectacularly as a "trust buster" by forcing the dissolution of a great railroad combination in the Northwest. Other antitrust suits under the Sherman Act followed.
Roosevelt steered the United States more actively into world politics. He liked to quote a favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . . "
Aware of the strategic need for a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific, Roosevelt ensured the construction of the Panama Canal. His corollary to the Monroe Doctrine prevented the establishment of foreign bases in the Caribbean and arrogated the sole right of intervention in Latin America to the United States.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War, reached a Gentleman's Agreement on immigration with Japan, and sent the Great White Fleet on a goodwill tour of the world.
Some of Theodore Roosevelt's most effective achievements were in conservation. He added enormously to the national forests in the West, reserved lands for public use, and fostered great irrigation projects.
He crusaded endlessly on matters big and small, exciting audiences with his high-pitched voice, jutting jaw, and pounding fist. "The life of strenuous endeavor" was a must for those around him, as he romped with his five younger children and led ambassadors on hikes through Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.
Leaving the Presidency in 1909, Roosevelt went on an African safari, then jumped back into politics. In 1912 he ran for President on a Progressive ticket. To reporters he once remarked that he felt as fit as a bull moose, the name of his new party.
While campaigning in Milwaukee, he was shot in the chest by a fanatic. Roosevelt soon recovered, but his words at that time would have been applicable at the time of his death in 1919: "No man has had a happier life than I have led; a happier life in every way."
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National Progressive Candidate for President of the United States (defeated)
EDUCATION: Graduated Harvard College
"The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks"
"Notes on Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay"
Columbia Law School
Republican
NY State Assembly, 21st District
"The Naval War of 1812"
2d Lieutenant, Company B, 8th NY Regt., National Guard
Captain, Company B, 8th NY Regt., National Guard
Sagamore Hills
Chairman, Committee on Cities
Delegate, Republican National Convention
"Hunting Trips of a Ranchman"
Mayor of New York City
"Thomas Hart Benton"
"Gouverneur Morris"
"Essays in Practical Politics"
"Ranch Life and the HuntingTrail"
Civil Service Commissioner
"The Winning of the West, Vols. 1 & 2"
"History of the City of New York"
"The Wilderness Hunter"
"The Winning of the West, Volume 3"
"Hero Tales from American History"
New York Police Commissioner
"The Winning of the West, Volume 4"
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
"American Ideals"
"The Naval Policy of America as Outlined in Messages of the Presidents of the United States from the Beginning to the Present Day"
Lieutenant Colonel, 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry ("The Rough Riders")
Battle at Las Guasimas, Cuba
Battle of San Juan Heights
Colonel, 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry ("The Rough Riders")
Republican Candidate for Governor of New York State
OCCUPATION: Governor of New York
"Oliver Cromwell"
"The Rough Riders"
OCCUPATION: 25th Vice President of the United States, 26th President of the United States (1st Term) (Republican)
Newlands Reclamation Act
Isthmian Canal Act
"Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter"
OCCUPATION: 26th President of the United States (2nd Term) (Republican)
Antiquities Act
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the Treaty of Portsmouth
Editor, "Outlook" magazine
"Autobiography"
"America and the World War"
"Diaries of Boyhood and Youth"
"Works"
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN 600)
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)
Awarded the Medal of Honor (posthumous)
National Progressive Candidate for President of the United States (defeated)
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Husband Theodore Teddy Roosevelt Jr 26Th Us President 19011909 33 34 45 46 47 48
Born: October 27, 1858 - New York, New York 45 47 49 50
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Died: January 6, 1919 - Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, Nassau (Long Island City, Queens), NY 29 33 46
Buried: January 8, 1919 - Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY 29
Father: Theodore Roosevelt Sr 33 34 39 43 51 52 53 54 55 56
Mother: Martha Mattie Bulloch 33 34 57
Marriage: December 2, 1886 - London, Middlesex, Eng
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General Notes: Husband - Theodore Teddy Roosevelt Jr 26Th Us President 19011909
Through his mother President Theodore Roosevelt was 17th in descent from Robert III, King of Scots.
Trial of Roosevelt vs. Newett, TR's successful libel suit against Michigan editor who called him a drunk.
The Republican National Convention meets in Chicago and renominates incumbent Taft even though TR has won all but one primary and caucus. Roosevelt supporters bolt, charging "theft" of nomination.
Republican and Progressive national conventions meet in Chicago, at same time in different halls, in an effort at a joint nomination. On 10 June the Progressives nominate Theodore Roosevelt as the Republicans nominate Charles Evans Hughs; TR declines Progressive nomination and eventually backs Hughes.
"We have room for but one loyalty, loyalty to the United States. We have room for but one language, the language of the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Speech." -- TR
Convention of new National Progressive party (nicknamed "Bull Moose" party) adopts reform platform, and nominates TR for President and Governor Hiram W. Johnson of California for Vice President.
"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in if it is not a reasonably good place for all of us to live in... Laws are enacted for the benefit of the whole people, and must not be construed as permitting discrimination against some of the people." -- TR
President Roosevelt hosts the first conference of Governors to consider problems of conservation.
Dutch Reformed
President and Mrs. Roosevelt go to Panama to inspect building of the canal, the first time a president leaves the United States while still in office.
Theodore, age 6-1/2, watches President Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession from an upstairs window of his grandfather's house on Union Square. With him are his younger brother Elliott and a friend named Edith Kermit Carow.
Theodore Jr. was first introduced my his father to his future Secretary of State, Mr. John Hay, former secretary to President Abraham Lincoln.
Theodore Jr. entered Harvard, his prior education being mostly provided by his Aunt Anne and his own effort. On 27 September 1876, he moved into Mrs. Richardson's boardinghouse where he resided his entire college career.
This was TR's first published work.
TR discontinues law school without taking a degree.
TR graduated magna cum laude; member Phi Beta Kappa.
TR was the youngest man every elected to the Assembly by a margin of 3,490 to 1,989; he serves three one-year terms; Minority Leader in 1883, the same year he was reelected by the widest margin of any legislator in NY (by a two-to-one majority).
By 1884, this first publicly published work by TR was required reading at the U.S. Naval Academy and on all U.S. Navy vessels for many years.
TR establishes two cattle raches, Maltese Cross and Elkhorn, near Medora, (now) Billings Co., North Dakota.
TR signs a contract with the firm of Joseph Wood & Sons of Lawrence, Lang Island, NY, to build a home in Oyster Bay at the insistence of his sister Bamie, who convinced him his daughter Alice Lee would need a home. He had originally planned the hom with his wife Alice, and was planning to name it "Leeholm" in honor of her family name. The house, completed in 1885, would late be named "Sagamore Hill" in honor of Sagamore Mohannis, the Indian Chief who used the hill as a meeting place and signed his people's reights to the land over to the settlers in the 1660's.
Abram S. Hewitt, the son-in-law of Peter Cooper, defeats TR as Republican candidate for mayor of New York City. Hewitt's New York City home would later become the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
"But anyway, I had a bully time." -- TR
Appointed Commissioner by President Benjamin Harrison; resigned.
Written by TR and Henry Cabot Lodge.
President of Board of Police Commissioners; appointed by NY City Mayor William L. Strong (R), a middle-aged businessman with little or no political experience but a reformer; the other three members were Colonel Frederick D. Grant (R), an upstate politician and eldest son of the former President; Avery D. Andrews (D), a graduate of West Point and a rather undistinguished lawyer; and Andrew D. Parker (D), also a lawyer, but one of the cleverest in the city, and a rumored agent of the County Democratic organization. Received national press attention for his reforms, including "midnight rambles" in search of policemen not at their posts. Ordered that all police officers must report for target practice, thus establishing the foundation of the Police Academy, one of the first in the country.
"There is nothing of the purple in it. It is as grimy as all work for municipal reform over here must be for some decades to come; and is inconceivably arduous, disheartening, and irritating, beyond almost all other work of the kind...It is not work to be done in a rose-water basis." -- TR
Appointed by President William McKinley; Roosevelt used the massive mahogany desk once used by Gustavus Fox, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln; resigned.
"The shots that hit are the shots that count." -- TR
TR was subsequently nominated for, but denied, the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism during this engagement.
"As for the political effect of my actions, in the first place, I never can get on in politics, and in the second, I would rather have led that charge and earned my colonelcy than served three terms in the US Senate. It makes me feel as though I could now leave something to my children which will serve as an apology for my having existed ." -- TR
The Rough Riders land at Montauk, Long Island, to begin a six-week quarantine at Camp Wikoff.
TR elected with 661,715 votes with a plurality pf 17,786 votes. His opponent was Democrat Augustus Van Wyck of Brooklyn (643,921 votes).
TR took the oath of office as Governor of New York before Secretary of State John Palmer. On 2 January 1899, he was officially inaugurated in the New York State Assembly Chamber. The day was so cold that the brass instruments of the band escorting him to the State Capitol building froze into silence. Annual message to legislature, dealing with taxation, the Erie Canal, commerce, labor, the National Guard, roads, civil service, state forests and the economy.
President McKinley was easily renominated at the Republican convention in Philadelphia in June 1900. The major issue at the convention was who would be the Vice Presidential candidate. Despite his reluctance to give up the governorship to New York, Theodore Roosevelt accepted the nomination. At the Democratic convention, William Jennings Bryan was nominated again. The major issue at the convention was whether to maintain Democratic support for the silver plank. Many Democrats thought that with the return of prosperity it was no longer necessary. The campaign itself was largely a replay of the race in 1896 with Bryan campaigning rigorously and McKinley not venturing from the White House. The issue of currency and silver was no longer relevant, and instead the campaign issues were whether the United States should give independence for the territories received in its war with Spain. Byran called for their immediate independence, while Roosevelt (who did most of the campaigning) claimed that the United States had a duty to civilize the lands first. The major issue was ultimately the issue of continued prosperity. The prosperity of the McKinley era ultimately decided the election and McKinley winning margin was higher than 1896. The Republican William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt ticket received 7,219,530 votes (51.7%) to 6,358,071 (45.5%) for Democrats William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson.
President William McKinley is shot while attending the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY. Vice President Roosevelt, on a hiking trip with his family, is summoned from Mount Tahawus in the Adirondacks to Buffalo. President McKinley would die of his wounds eight days later.
At age 42, Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States and is sworn into office at about 3:15 p.m. at the Ansley Wilcox Mansion, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, the youngest man ever to become President (John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever elected to that office at the age of 43).
"The course I followed, of regarding the Executive as subject only to the people, and, under the Constitution, bound to serve the people affirmatively in cases where the Constitution does not explicitly forbid him to render the service, was substantially the course followed by both Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln." -- TR
President Roosevelt orders antitrust suit under Sherman Act to dissolve Northern Securities Company in the first of 45 antitrust suits.
President Roosevelt signed the bill authorizing the creation of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
President Roosevelt signed the Newlands Reclamation Act into law, leading to first 21 federal irrigation projects including Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Arizona.
President Roosevelt signed the Isthmian Canal Act into law.
President Roosevelt settles the Anthracite Coal strike.
President Roosevelt settles the Venezuelan Affair.
President Roosevelt signed the bill creating Wind Cave National Park in Hot Springs, SD. It was the seventh national park and the first one created to protect a cave
President Roosevelt establishes the Department of Commerce and Labor.
President Roosevelt signs the Elkins Anti-Rebate Act for Railroads.
President Roosevelt settles the Alaskan boundry dispute.
President Roosevelt proclaimed Pelican Island, Florida, as the nation's first federal bird reservation; a total of 51 bird reservations were established by his administration.
President Roosevelt's administration recognizes the Republic of Panama after its secession from Columbia.
President Roosevelt signs a treaty with Panama for the building of the Panama Canal, which was completed in 1914.
"Panama declared itself independent and wanted to complete the Panama Canal, and opened negotiations with us. I had two courses open. I might have taken the matter under advisement and put it before the Senate, in which case we should have had a number of most able speeches on the subject, and they would have been going on now, and the Panama Canal would be in the dim future yet. We would have had a half a century of discussion afterward." -- TR
President Roosevelt signed the Reciprocity Treaty with Cuba.
President Roosevelt signed at bill authorizing the establishment of Sullys Hill National Park, North Dakota. This Park was transferred to the U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture by Act of Congress, 3 March 1931, when it was redesignated as a game preserve.
President Roosevelt reelected over Democrat Alton B. Parker. Theodore Roosevelt's nomination at the Republican convention in June of 1904 was without opposition. The Democrats nominated Alton B. Parker of New York on the first ballot at their convention. The two contestants differed very little on the issues. Thus, the contest centered on the personalities of the two candidates. Roosevelt won the election easily with 56.4% of the popular vote.
"I am glad to be elected President in my own right." -- TR
President Roosevelt issued the "Roosevelt Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine in his annual message to Congress.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing the National Forest Service.
President Theodore Roosevelt wore a ring containing a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair when he was inaugurated in 1905. The hair had been cut by Dr. Charles C. Taft, one of the attending physicians the night of the assassination. The hair was purchased by John Hay on February 9, 1905, and was given to Roosevelt less than a month later. In his Autobiography, Roosevelt wrote, "When I was inaugurated on March 4, 1905, I wore a ring he (John Hay) sent me the night before, containing the hair of Abraham Lincoln. This ring was on my finger when the Chief Justice administered to me the oath of allegiance to the United States."
Acting as stand-in for his deceased brother Elliott, TR gave away his niece Eleanor Roosevelt at her wedding to her fifth cousin once removed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt sign legislation establishing the first federal game preserve at Wichita Forest, Oklahoma.
The negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese war began at Sagamore Hill when President Theodore Roosevelt invited diplomats on both sides, Russia and Japan, to his home in Oyster Bay. After meeting with all of them, he sent the diplomats out on board the presidential yacht Mayflower. He gave instructions to the captain of the yacht not to put into land until an agreement had been reached. The treaty was signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire - the closest port available after both sides hammered out an agreement. Thus the accord is called the "Treaty of Portsmouth". Having been the principle abitrator, President Roosevelt signs the Portsmouth Treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War.
European diplomats met to settle a dispute arising from the German challenge to the impending partition of Morocco by France and Spain. Although Germany declared its support for Moroccan independence, its primary intention was to break up the Anglo-French Entente of 1904. The effect of the conference was to delay the partition of Morocco to 1912, but Britain stood by France and thus strengthened the Entente. TR was the primary mediator in this dispute.
Roosevelt, the noted conservation president, had an impact on the national park system extending well beyond his term in office. As chief executive from 1901 to 1909, he signed legislation establishing five national parks. Another Roosevelt enactment had a broader effect, however: the Antiquities Act of June 8, 1906. While not creating a single park itself, the Antiquities Act enabled Roosevelt and his successors to proclaim ôhistoric landmarks, historic or prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interestö in federal ownership as national monuments. Roosevelt did not hesitate to take advantage of this new executive authority. By the end of 1906 he had proclaimed four national monuments: Devils Tower, Wyoming, on 24 September and El Morro, New Mexico, Montezuma Castle, Arizona, and Petrified Forest, Arizona, together on 8 December. He was also prepared to interpret the authority expansively, protecting a large portion of the Grand Canyon as a national monument in 1908. By the end of his term he had reserved six predominantly cultural areas and 12 predominantly natural areas in this manner, including Muir Woods (1908) and Mount Olympus (1909). Half the total were initially administered by the Agriculture Department and were later transferred to Interior Department jurisdiction. Later presidents also used the Antiquities Act to proclaim national monuments, 105 in all. Forty-nine of them retain this designation today; others have been retitled national parks or otherwise reclassified by Congress. The Antiquities Act is the original authority for about a quarter of the 378 areas composing the national park system in 1999. Recalling this legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, it seems appropriate that he is now commemorated by five park system areas, as many as honor Abraham Lincoln and more than for any other president. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in Oyster Bay, New York, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, and Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, DC, trace his career and memorialize his contributions to America. The National Park Service, administrator of these parklands and the many others Roosevelt made possible, has particular cause to honor his memory.
President Roosevelt signs the Forest Homestead Act.
President Roosevelt signs the bill authorizing the creation of Mesa Verde Nation Park near Cortez, CO. The park was established to preserve the archeological sites which "Pre-Columbian Indians" built on the mesa tops and in the alcoves of a score of rugged canyons.
President Roosevelt signs the Hepburn Act giving the Interstate Commerce Commission power to regulate railroad rates.
President Roosevelt signs the Pure Food and Drug Act and federal meat inspection laws.
Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (not Noble) for his work in the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. 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 Staes 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 it is as essential to secure a righteous peace based upon sympathy and fair dealing between the different classes of society as it is to secure such a peace among the nations of the earth; and therefore I have felt that the use I have made of the amount of the Nobel Prize was one peculiarly in accordance with the spirit of the gift."
TR did not actually pick up the prize money (or the prize itself) until 1910, when he visited Europe after his African Safari. He did not feel right accepting the prize while he was in office. TR wore an old fashioned suit with a top hat when he went to get the award. He picked up the prize in Christiania, Norway, on May 5, 1910 and part of his speech to the Nobel Prize Committee is as follows:
"I think it eminently just and proper that in most cases the recipient of the prize should keep for his own use the prize in its entirety. But in this case, while I did not act officially as President of the United States, it was nevertheless only because I was President that I was enabled to act at all; and I felt that the money must be considered as having been given me in trust for the United States. I therefore used it as a nucleus for a foundation to forward the cause of industrial peace, as being well within the general purpose of your committee; for in our complex industrial civilization of to-day the peace of righteousness and justice, the only kind of peace worth having, is at least as necessary in the industrial world as it is among nations. There is at least as much need to curb the cruel greed and arrogance of part of the world of capital, to curb the cruel greed and violence of part of the world of labor, as to check a cruel and unhealthy militarism in international relationships."
TR's idea for an industrial peace foundation never came to be. By 1918 it was clear the the foundtion would not go forward. Instead, during World War I, he donated the funds to war relief efforts.
In his book, "The Lion's Pride", Ed Renehan, Jr. writes, "He made twenty-eight different donations of various amounts. A few of the gifts included $6,900 to the Red Cross; $5,000 to Eleanor for her Y.M.C.A. project; an additional $4,000 to the Y.M.C.A. National War Work Council; and $1,000 to Edith's sister, Emily Carow, a volunteer with the Italian Red Cross at Porto Maurizo, Italy."
The actual Medal now resides in the Roosevelt Room in the White House alongside TR's Medal of Honor.
President Roosevelt orders the voyage of the Great White Fleet around the world which commences this date; it is the first circumnavigation of the globe by a national naval force.
"In my own judgement the most important service that I rendered to peace was the voyage of the battle-fleet around the world." -- TR
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve at Grand Canyon in the Arizona Territory.
President Roosevelt appoints a National Conservation Commission to prepare the first inventory of natural resources.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve at Fire Island in the Alaska Territory.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve called the National Bison Range in Montana.
North American Conservation Conferences convened at the White House.
TR led a hunting expedition to Africa to gather specimens for the Smithsonian Institution with his son Kermit; they then toured Europe; they return to New York.
TR's term as President ends with the inauguration of his successor, William Howard Taft.
TR serves as Special Ambassador to England at the funeral of King Edward VII.
TR delivers "Citizenship in a Republic" speech at the Sorbonne, Paris. "The Man in the Arena" quote from that "Citizenship in a Republic" speech becomes world-famous:
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." -- TR
TR announces his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination against incumbent President Taft, declaring "my hat is in the ring."
TR shot in the chest while entering an automobile outside the Hotel Gilpatrick by would-be assassin John Nepomuk Schrank at about 8:00 p.m. Campaigning on the "Bull Moose" ticket, TR delivers a 90-minute speech at the Auditorium in Milwaukee before seeking medical attention. The bullet would never be removed. Schrank was declared insane on 13 November 1912, and committed to the Northern State Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, WI; he died at the Central State Hospital in Waupun, WI, on 15 September 1943.
"I did not care a rap for being shot. It is a trade risk, which every prominent public man ought to accept as a matter of course." -- TR
Democrat Woodrow Wilson elected 28th President of the United States over TR, who came in second, and Republican Taft. Roosevelt received the largest percentage of votes of any third party candidate.
Wilson won the election:
6,293,454 popular votes, 435 Electoral votes/40 states.
Roosevelt came in second:
4,119,538 votes , 88 Electoral votes/6 states.
(27.4% of the popular vote)
Taft came in third:
3,484,980 votes, 8 Electoral votes/2 states.
Sails for South America for lecture tour and jungle expedition.
Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition, sponsored by American Museum of Natural History and Brazilian government, explores Brazil's "River of Doubt," now named "Rio Roosevelt" or Rio Teodoro". Kermit again accompanied his father. TR nearly dies on the trip.
"I had to go. It was my last chance to be a boy." -- TR
"The kind of 'neutrality' which seeks to preserve 'peace' by timidly refusing to live up to our plighted word and to denounce and take action against such wrong as that committed in the case of Belgium, is unworthy of an honorable and powerful people. Dante reserved a special place of infamy in the Inferno for those base angels who dared side neither with evil or with good. Peace is ardently to be desired, but only as the handmaiden of righteousness. There can be no such peace until well-behaved, highly civilized small nations are protected from oppression and subjugation." -- TR
Trial of Barnes vs. Roosevelt: TR wins libel suit launched by Republican leader William Barnes, Jr.
TR requests permission of President Wilson to raise, equip and lead volunteer division for service in France in World War I.
"Peace is not the end. Righteousness is the end... If I must choose between righteousness and peace I choose righteousness." -- TR
President Wilson refuses TR's service request. But the Roosevelt family supports the War effort. All four of his sons enlist. His daughter Ethel serves as a Red Cross nurse at the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris, accompanying her husband, surgeon Dr. Richard Derby.
TR refuses Republican nomination for Governor of New York.
Keel laid down by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA, 20 May 1958
Launched: 03 OCT 1959; Sponsored by Mrs. Alice R. Longworth
Commissioned: 13 FEB 1961 with CDR William E. Sims [BLUE]; CDR Oliver H. Perry [GOLD]; Commanding.
Decommissioned: 28 FEB 1981
Struck from the Navy List: 24 MAR 1995
Disposed of through SRP at PSNS: 03 APR 1995
Five days after commissioning with components initially assembled for the Skipjack-class nuclear attack submarine SCAMP (SSN-588), USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN-600) departed Mare Island, bound for the east coast. On 07 March 1961, she became the first fleet ballistic missile submarine (FBM) to transit the Panama Canal. Four days later, she arrived at Cape Canaveral, Florida. After successfully firing her first Polaris A-1 missile on 20 March and completing her shakedown training, the submarine arrived at Groton, CT, on 01 May for post-shakedown availability at the Electric Boat Co. yard. She completed those repairs on 24 June and departed Groton, bound for Charleston, SC. THEODORE ROOSEVELT stopped at Norfolk, VA, along the way and arrived at Charleston on 7 July. Between 07 and 19 July, she loaded Polaris missiles at the Naval Ammunition Depot, Charleston, and made all other preparations for her first deployment. On the 19th, she stood out of Charleston on her first deterrent patrol. She concluded that patrol on 23 September at the FBM base at Holy Loch, Scotland.
Over the next three and one-half years, the submarine made 15 more deterrent patrols, departing from and returning to the Holy Loch base in each instance. Late in the spring of 1965, she departed Holy Loch on her 17th and final patrol of the deployment. She concluded that patrol and the deployment when she arrived in Charleston on 15 June. She unloaded her 16 Polaris missiles and then departed Charleston for New London, CT, where she arrived on 26 June and entered the Electric Boat Co. yard for an extensive overhaul and refueling the following month. During this yard period her weapons system was modified to allow her to carry the Polaris A-3 missile.
Returning to Holy Loch from her 21st patrol in March 1968, THEODORE ROOSEVELT ran aground off the western coast of Scotland. After dry-docking for temporary correction of the damage, she departed Holy Loch on 5 April to return to the United States for permanent repairs. Those repairs were delayed due to labor disputes and THEODORE ROOSEVELT didn't leave the yard until mid-October. After shakedown and sea-trials she once again deployed to Holy Loch in early 1969.
In mid-June, 1974, THEODORE ROOSEVELT's homeport was reassigned to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, arriving 04 November after transiting the Panama Canal and missile load-out in Bangor, Washington. TR conducted deterrent patrols from the advance base at Guam through the late 1970s.
She was decommissioned 28 February 1981 and disposed of 3 April 1995 through the Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, WA.
The keel of "Hull 624D", the fourth NIMITZ-class aircraft carrier, was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company on 31 October 1981. On 3 November 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman announced that the nation's newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier would be named for the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. TR was christened and launched on 27 October 1984, by Mrs. Barbara Lehman, wife of Secretary Lehman. On 25 October 1986, TR was commissioned and became a part of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, home ported in Norfolk, VA. USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT is known throughout the fleet by her radio callsign "Rough Rider."
CVN 71 was the first aircraft carrier to be assembled in large sections, or modules. The process started with the ship in pieces, much like a plastic model. The pieces were pre-staged in "lay-down" areas, assembled into large modules, hoisted into place, and welded together. Many of the larger systems were installed in the modules while they were still in the lay-down areas. This reduced the need for cutting and re-welding access passages. Modular construction, made possible through the use of a huge gantry crane capable of lifting 900 tons, cut 16 months off TR's construction time. These innovative construction techniques employed in TR have been used on every aircraft carrier since.
TR becomes the only President of the United States to ever win the the Medal of Honor. He also becomes the only person to hold both the Medal of Honor and the Nobel Peace Prize. TR received the medal for his actions on 01 July 1898 at Kettle Hill and San Juan Heights during the Battle of San Juan Heights in Cuba.
"The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, March 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of The Congress the Medal of Honor to LIEUTENANT COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT, UNITED STATES ARMY, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty: Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt distinguished himself by acts of bravery on 1 July, 1898, near Santiago de Cuba, Republic of Cuba, while leading a daring charge up San Juan Hill. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt, in total disregard for his personal safety, and accompanied by only four or five men, led a desperate and gallant charge up San Juan Hill, encouraging his troops to continue the assault through withering enemy fire over open countryside. Facing the enemy's heavy fire, he displayed extraordinary bravery throughout the charge, and was the frst to reach the enemy trenches, where he quickly killed one of the enemy with his pistol, allowing his men to continue the assault. His leadership and valor turned the tide in the Battle for San Juan Hill. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect greet credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army."
In an inspiring and occasionally humorous ceremony, President George W. Bush, on behalf of the American people, recieved Theodore Roosevelt's Medal of Honor from the Roosevelt family, so that it might be placed next to TR's Nobel Peace Prize in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, signifying "strength and honor" of America.
REMARKS DELIVERED IN THE ROOSEVELT ROOM, THE WHITE HOUSE
By Tweed Roosevelt, Sept. 16, 2002
"Mr. President: Theodore Roosevelt's descendents and members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association are pleased and honored to be here today in the Roosevelt Room to present his Medal of Honor to the White House. In this room in 2001, Theodore Roosevelt, posthumously of course, was awarded the Medal of Honor, for his part in the taking of San Juan Hill.
"Many people are aware of the fact that Theodore Roosevelt's son, General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was also awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on D-Day. He was the only general officer to go ashore that day, and was in the first boat to hit Omaha Beach. General Omar Bradley was once asked to describe the bravest action involving an U. S. soldier and he told the story of Uncle Ted on the beach that day.
"What many people, even my family members, are not aware of is that another Roosevelt also was awarded the Medal of Honor. George Washington Roosevelt, a young private in the Pennsylvania Volunteers, fought in the Civil War. Twice, first at Bull Run and later at Gettysburg, he single-handed captured the Confederate Colors. For this he was awarded the medal, fortunately for him, not posthumously.
"Back to TR's medal. Several years ago, the family joined the effort to have TR awarded the Medal - not because we felt that TR needed another honor, he had received more that enough already. We got involved because we thought placing the Medal here on the mantel along side TR's Nobel Peace Prize might be of some use to future presidents. This room is often used by every President to host private meetings with various foreign dignitaries, not all of whom are cooperative. When faced with an obstinate foreign leader, perhaps it might be useful for the President to point to the mantel place and say that these medals represent the highest aspirations of the United States - peace with honor; two medals, two sides of the same concept.
"In the year that the medal has been away from this room, the family has taken it on a tour of the United States from coast to coast where it has been on public display in all kinds of locations. It has been to the D-Museum in New Orleans, to many towns in North Dakota, a state of particular importance to TR, to Sagamore Hill, TR's home, to the US Aircraft Carrier, Theodore Roosevelt, just before she sailed for the war against terrorism, and to many other locations across the country. Everywhere it was greeted most warmly. TR's legacy still lives.
"As a representative of the family, I want to publicly thank all who have been involved in making the awarding of this medal a reality. Particularly we thank Representatives Lazio and McHale who together started the ball rolling in the House, and Sen. Conrad who kept it moving in the Senate. And finally, the Theodore Roosevelt Association, and especially John Gable, for all they did.
TR was awarded this medal in this room, the Roosevelt room, which he built, and we of the family think it is a most appropriate time and place to give this medal to the White House and to the Country."
The four-story brownstone in New York City was demolished in 1916, but was completely replicated following Roosevelt's death. It represents prosperous 19th century living, with forty percent of the furnishings being original Roosevelt pieces. A National Park Service Site, it is open to the public.
President Rooselvelt fell ill in 1918 and died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill, his Oyster Bay home, of coronay embolism (arterial blood clot) at age 60.
Young's Memorial Cemetery
ROOSEVELT, Theodore, aka "Teedie," (great-great-grandson of Archibald Bulloch, nephew of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, father-in-law of Nicholas Longworth), a Vice President and 26th President of the United States; born in New York City, October 27, 1858; privately tutored; graduated from Harvard University in 1880; studied law; traveled abroad; member, New York State Assembly 1882-1884; lost both his mother and first wife within 18 hours on 14 February 1884; moved to North Dakota and lived on his ranch; returned to New York City in 1886; appointed by President Benjamin Harrison a Commissioner of the United States Civil Service Commission (1889-1895), when he resigned to become president of the New York Board of Police Commissioners; resigned this position upon his appointment by President William McKinley as Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1897-1898, when he resigned to enter the war with Spain; organized the First Regiment, United States Volunteer Cavalry, popularly known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders; Governor of New York 1899-1900; elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket headed by William McKinley in 1900 and was inaugurated March 4, 1901; upon the death of President McKinley on September 14, 1901, became President of the United States; elected President of the United States in 1904, was inaugurated March 4, 1905, and served until March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate of the Progressive Party for President of the United States in 1912 and 1916; engaged in literary pursuits; died at Oyster Bay, Nassau County, N.Y., January 6, 1919; interment in Young's Memorial Cemetery.
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With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest President in the Nation's history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he vigorously led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy.
He took the view that the President as a "steward of the people" should take whatever action necessary for the public good unless expressly forbidden by law or the Constitution." I did not usurp power," he wrote, "but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power."
Roosevelt's youth differed sharply from that of the log cabin Presidents. He was born in New York City in 1858 into a wealthy family, but he too struggled--against ill health--and in his triumph became an advocate of the strenuous life.
In 1884 his first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and his mother died on the same day. Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. There he mastered his sorrow as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game--he even captured an outlaw. On a visit to London, he married Edith Carow in December 1886.
During the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment, which he led on a charge at the battle of San Juan. He was one of the most conspicuous heroes of the war.
Boss Tom Platt, needing a hero to draw attention away from scandals in New York State, accepted Roosevelt as the Republican candidate for Governor in 1898. Roosevelt won and served with distinction.
As President, Roosevelt held the ideal that the Government should be the great arbiter of the conflicting economic forces in the Nation, especially between capital and labor, guaranteeing justice to each and dispensing favors to none.
Roosevelt emerged spectacularly as a "trust buster" by forcing the dissolution of a great railroad combination in the Northwest. Other antitrust suits under the Sherman Act followed.
Roosevelt steered the United States more actively into world politics. He liked to quote a favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . . "
Aware of the strategic need for a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific, Roosevelt ensured the construction of the Panama Canal. His corollary to the Monroe Doctrine prevented the establishment of foreign bases in the Caribbean and arrogated the sole right of intervention in Latin America to the United States.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War, reached a Gentleman's Agreement on immigration with Japan, and sent the Great White Fleet on a goodwill tour of the world.
Some of Theodore Roosevelt's most effective achievements were in conservation. He added enormously to the national forests in the West, reserved lands for public use, and fostered great irrigation projects.
He crusaded endlessly on matters big and small, exciting audiences with his high-pitched voice, jutting jaw, and pounding fist. "The life of strenuous endeavor" was a must for those around him, as he romped with his five younger children and led ambassadors on hikes through Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.
Leaving the Presidency in 1909, Roosevelt went on an African safari, then jumped back into politics. In 1912 he ran for President on a Progressive ticket. To reporters he once remarked that he felt as fit as a bull moose, the name of his new party.
While campaigning in Milwaukee, he was shot in the chest by a fanatic. Roosevelt soon recovered, but his words at that time would have been applicable at the time of his death in 1919: "No man has had a happier life than I have led; a happier life in every way."
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Odds & Ends:
-- In 1884 his first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and his mother died on the same day -- his wife of Bright's disease, his mother of typhus. Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. There he mastered his sorrow as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game -- he even captured an outlaw.
-- This anecdote illustrates Roosevelt's attitude to public service:
"The Missouri Governor [Herbert S. Hadley] was not in rugged health at that time, and in the talk with Colonel Roosevelt he mentioned the possibility that the presidency, if he should be nominated and elected, might kill him. The Colonel replied that in his judgment it was worth the sacrifice; that the presidency of the United States was the greatest task that could be laid upon any man, and that to fulfill it worthily was paramount to every consideration of personal welfare."
-- For no particular reason, Roosevelt and a few companions rode 98 miles on horseback in one day, from the White House into northern Virginia and back, through terrible winter weather. A newspaper wrote: "The President rode horseback ninety-eight miles in one day, and was able to sit down comfortably for a late dinner. What's the use of Congress trying to spank a man like that?"
-- Roosevelt favored euthanasia. Referring to his South American trip, he said:
"I have always made it a practice on such trips to take a bottle of morphine with me. Because one never knows what is going to happen, and I did not mean to be caught by some accident where I should have to die a lingering death. I always meant that, if at any time death became inevitable, I would have it over with at once, without going though a long-drawn-out agony from which death was the only relief."
-- Roosevelt's White House physician was Dr. Presley M. Rixey. New York physician Dr. Alec Lambert was a close personal friends of Roosevelt's. Dr. William Osler consulted at the White House.
-- Smoking in the White House was forbidden by Roosevelt.
-- Roosevelt was a distant relative of President Martin Van Buren. He was a fifth cousin of Franklin Roosevelt; their common ancestor, Nicholas Roosevelt, lived in New York from about 1658 to 1742.
--TR was the first U.S. president to invite an African-American to the White House when he invited Brooker T. Washington for lunch. The visit stirred an outcry in the South. "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman, a Democratic senator from South Carolina, wsas particularly furious, claiming theat because of TR's actions it would be a long time before blacks "learn their place again."
Medical : "[Without his glasses his vision was so bad that he couldn't recognize his own sons."
A few episodes of unconsciousness as a result of playing polo.
Roosevelt ran for President in 1912, as a third-party candidate. There were suspicions
"that the strain of the campaign was proving too much for Roosevelt. His voice was bothering him seriously. Reports reached the Bull Moose headquarters that he was losing his grip, that he was repeating himself disastrously. He was forced to cancel two addresses scheduled for the Middle West because of his throat. The disability was bad enough to raise the possibility that he could speak no more."
Roosevelt did not like to speak in the open air, for it put too much of a strain on his voice.
During a stop in Milwaukee on his 1912 "Bull Moose" campaign for the presidency, Roosevelt was shot at close range by John Schrank, a psychotic New York saloonkeeper. Schrank had his .38 caliber pistol aimed at Roosevelt's head, but a bystander saw the gun and deflected Schrank's arm just as the trigger was pulled. Roosevelt did not realize he was hit until someone noticed a hole in his overcoat. When Roosevelt reached inside his coat, he found blood on his fingers. Roosevelt was extremely lucky. He had the manuscript of a long, 50-page speech in his coat pocket, folded in two, and the bullet was no doubt slowed as it passed through it. He also had a steel spectacle case in his pocket, and the bullet traversed this, too, before entering Roosevelt's chest near the right nipple. Thus, one could say that Roosevelt's long-windedness and myopia saved his life! Although the bullet traveled superiorly and medially for about 3 inches after breaking the skin, it lodged in the chest wall, without entering the pleural space. Roosevelt was examined in a Milwaukee hospital where he reluctantly allowed the surgeons to administer an injection of tetanus anti-toxin, and then was observed for 8 days in a Chicago hospital. He was discharged on 23 October 1912, only a few days before the election. The bullet had effectively stopped Roosevelt's campaign. He finished second to Woodrow Wilson , but ahead of the incumbent President, William Howard Taft . The bullet was never removed, and caused no difficulty after the wound healed.
Roosevelt reporetdly snored so loudly in a hospital that complaints were filed by almost every patient in the wing where he was recuperating. Comment: I have no hard evidence to support the reasonable supposition that this incident occurred during his recovery from the assassination attempt in 1912. Given Roosevelt's obesity in later life, snoring would not be surprising. Loud snoring raises the possibility of sleep apnea. Hypersomnolence would be an additional sign of sleep apnea. Was Roosevelt hypersomnolent? During his Presidency, at least, he was not. The White House usher observed:
"President Roosevelt slept well at night, but never in the day. He liked to read in the evening after all was quiet. The usual retiring hour was about ten-thirty, but it was always with difficulty that the President was persuaded to turn in at that time. He would promise to come along in a minute, but would immediately become absorbed in a book or magazine and it was generally after much effort and much persuasion that he would finally turn in for the night. Mrs. Roosevelt would call and call. The sound of her voice calling "The-o-dore!" is well remembered by all the older employees. She often appealed to me to go to the President and "see if you cannot persuade him to come to bed." No matter how late he sat up, he always arose at the same time in the morning and always appeared refreshed and hearty."
Nor did Roosevelt show signs of excessive daytime somnolence on the campaign trail in 1912. While stumping in Milwaukee, one of Roosevelt's intimates wrote: "We had a few minutes before dinner, and the Colonel took a little nap sitting in a rocking-chair in his room. It was the only time, in all the campaign trips I made with him, that I ever saw him sleep before bedtime."
In 1912, Roosevelt's campaign manager wrote: "We usually had our meals together in the dining-car. He was an eager and valiant trencherman, and I saw how it was that he had more than two inches of flesh and fat over his ribs for the lunatic's bullet to go through. He drank great quantities of milk, but not much of anything else. I have seen him eat a whole chicken and drink four large glasses of milk at one meal, and chicken and milk were by no means the only things served." By April 1915, ex-President Taft noticed that Roosevelt did not "have as good color as he used to have," that his face seemed "fatter and flabbier," that he looked "a bit coarser."
In 1918, as a result of a throat infection, Roosevelt developed "bilateral acute otitis media, inflammatory rheumatism, and abscess of the thigh." Both eardrums were pierced, and surgery was performed on his thigh. As a result of the otitis media, he lost his hearing in the left ear.
Even as President, Roosevelt had no trouble sleeping. But during World War I, all four of Roosevelt's sons were in the Army in Europe. TR now admitted "I wake up in the middle of the night, wondering if the boys are all right, and thinking how I could tell their mother if anything happened." The youngest son, Quentin, a pilot, was killed in action in July 1918. TR's eldest son, Theodore, was awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II for his actions on Normandy Beach on D-Day.
"His chief characteristics were vision, courage, decision, instant readiness for action, the simplest honesty and the most wholesome sanity. His mental engine ran at a higher speed than that of any other man I have ever known. His foresight was uncanny. His sympathy was so quick, his emotion so intensely human, that he penetrated the feelings of others often as if by magic."
"An infection picked up in South America still poisoned his blood. He was, in that summer of 1918, close to the end of his stormy trail."
Had Roosevelt not died at the young age of 60, it is quite likely that he would have been elected President in 1920. At the very least, "He would not need to lift a finger this time [as opposed to 1912], and the [Republican presidential] nomination would still be his." Interestingly, Harding might have been Roosevelt's Vice President. If Roosevelt had lived, say, three years longer, and Harding still had died in 1923, then the Secretary of State would have succeeded to the Presidency under the law then in effect.
DEATH: CAUSE Pulmonary embolism
National Progressive Candidate for President of the United States (defeated)
GRADUATED: Harvard College
"The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks"
"Notes on Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay"
Columbia Law School
Republican
NY State Assembly, 21st District
"The Naval War of 1812"
2d Lieutenant, Company B, 8th NY Regt., National Guard
Captain, Company B, 8th NY Regt., National Guard
Chairman, Committee on Cities
Delegate, Republican National Convention
"Hunting Trips of a Ranchman"
Mayor of New York City
"Thomas Hart Benton"
"Gouverneur Morris"
"Essays in Practical Politics"
"Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail"
Civil Service Commissioner
"The Winning of the West, Vols. 1 & 2"
"History of the City of New York"
"The Wilderness Hunter"
"The Winning of the West, Volume 3"
"Hero Tales from American History"
New York Police Commissioner
"The Winning of the West, Volume 4"
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
"American Ideals"
"The Naval Policy of America as Outlined in Messages of the Presidents of the United States from the Beginning to the Present Day"
Lieutenant Colonel, 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry ("The Rough Riders")
Battle at Las Guasimas, Cuba
Battle of San Juan Heights
Colonel, 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry ("The Rough Riders")
Republican Candidate for Governor of New York State
Governor of New York
"Oliver Cromwell"
"The Rough Riders"
25th Vice President of the United States
Assassination
OCCUPATION: 26th President of the United States (1st Term) (Republican)
Newlands Reclamation Act
Isthmian Canal Act
"Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter"
Antiquities Act
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the Treaty of Portsmouth
OCCUPATION: Editor, "Outlook" magazine
"Autobiography"
"America and the World War"
"Diaries of Boyhood and Youth"
"Works"
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN 600)
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)
Awarded the Medal of Honor (posthumous)
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He was the first president to exploit the public dimensions of his office in an age of mass communications, a reform leader at home and a skilled diplomat abroad. In his lifetime Roosevelt became a personal model, particularly for the country's youth, in a way that no public figure has matched. He was one of the most popular presidents in American history. He was educated by private tutors and studied at Harvard University, graduating in 1880 as a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the most prestigious social clubs. Ill health marred his boyhood, and he suffered poor eyesight, attacks of asthma, and nervous digestion, before teenage body-building efforts transformed him into a strong, vigorous young man. After his father's sudden death in 1878, Roosevelt forsook scientific ambitions, developed political interests. Early Political Career After graduation from college, Roosevelt entered politics and abandoned the study of law when, as a Republican, he was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1881. He attracted immediate attention in the press with his upper-class background, colorful personality, and bold independence. In 1884, after serving three years in the Assembly, he left politics briefly, both from grief at the death of his wife and because he had alienated the reform wing of his party that year by supporting James G. Blaine for the presidency. Roosevelt spent the next two years ranching and hunting in the Dakota Territory, which began his identification with the Wild West. He continued to write histories, biographies, and magazine articles, producing more than a dozen books between 1880 and 1900. Back in politics in 1886, he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City, campaigned for the national Republican ticket in 1888, and served as Civil Service commissioner in Washington, D.C., from 1889 to 1895. From1895 to 1897, Roosevelt renewed political ties and enhanced his fame with his energetic, reform-minded service as New York City's police commissioner. After campaigning for his party's national ticket again in1896, he became assistant secretary of the navy and worked to expand and modernize the navy and get the United States into war with Spain over Cuba. War Hero and Vice-President The Spanish-American War made Roosevelta nationally known figure. His volunteer cavalry regiment, which included both cowboys and aristocrats like himself, was dubbed the Rough Riders and received extensive press coverage. Their charge at the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba (July 1898) was the most celebrated exploit of the war. Roosevelt became a popular hero overnight, and his favorite nickname for the rest of his life was the Colonel. He reaped a swift political reward when his party's New York boss, Senator Thomas C. Platt (1833-1910), chose him to run for governor in the face of scandals that threatened a Republican defeat. Enormous crowds greeted the candidate wherever he appeared in the 1898 campaign, and he carried his ticket to a narrow victory. Those crowds and similar outpourings when Roosevelt traveled west to a Rough Riders' reunion in 1899 propelled him toward the Republican vice-presidential nomination as William McKinley's running mate in 1900. Also favoring his nomination was Senator Platt's desire to get him out of New York. Roosevelt was an activist, independent governor,who did not submit to the Republican organization; he responded to popular disquiet over big business and showed his own concern over conservation of natural resources. Gracefully although unwillingly submitting to the vice-presidential draft, Roosevelt demonstrated hisenergy and popularity again in the 1900 campaign, as he made whirlwind tours appealing to patriotic memories of the war. He had little to do as vice-president, but his in activity ended with McKinley's assassination in September 1901, when Roosevelt became the youngest president in U.S. history. Domestic Policy Roosevelt's entry into the White House changed politics more in mood than in substance. With his vivid personality,ceaseless activity, young family, and social glamour, he became a popular idol, a position he cultivated by careful attention to the press and aflair for the dramatic. On domestic issues he moved cautiously, probably going little further in his first term than McKinley would have done. Well-publicized prosecutions of big businesses earned him acclaim as a trust buster, and his public mediation of the anthracite coal strike in1902 showed sympathies for labor and consumers. One issue on which he did move boldly was conservation, both by publicizing it long before anyother leader and by using his presidential powers, often high-handedly, to set aside 125 million acres (about 51 million ha) of western land as national forests. Roosevelt went further after his triumphant election in1904. Having consolidated his position among Republicans, he won the nomination without opposition and ran on his record, which he called the Square Deal, to win a big victory over his colorless Democratic opponent, Alton B. Parker (1852-1926). Roosevelt's second term brought two legislative milestones: passage of the Hepburn Railway Rate Act of 1905,which strengthened the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, which established the Food and Drug Administration. He later advocated further measures to deal with big business and social problems, but conservative opponents in his own party blocked those proposals. Roosevelt wielded his political power at home for the last time in 1908 by picking his friend, Secretary of War William Howard Taft, as his successor, engineering Taft's nomination and aidinghis election to the presidency. Foreign Policy Roosevelt pursued an activist foreign policy from the beginning of his presidency, in keeping with his longtime motto "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Sometime she moved quietly and delicately behind the scenes, as when he fended off possible German intervention in Venezuela in 1902 and when he worked to preserve the European balance of power in a series of crises between 1904and 1906. At other times he acted loudly and bluntly, as when he abettedthe 1903 revolution in Panama that led to United States acquisition of territory for the Panama Canal, and when he proclaimed that the United States had "police power" over Latin America in the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904). He used both public and private channels in his mediation of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 which won him the Nobel Peace Prize, the first to go to an American and when he sent a delegation to the Algeciras Conference of 1906 to help settle a conflict between Germany and France over the control of Morocco. Throughout his presidency Roosevelt labored to strengthen and modernize the armed forces. His secretaries of war, Elihu Root and Taft, introduced the general staff system to the army and streamlined reserve methods. The navy remained a special concern with Roosevelt, and he harried Congress,with partial success, to build more battleships and cruisers. In 1907 hesent America's battle fleet on a voyage around the world, both to impress Japan during a controversy over exclusion of Oriental immigrants and to display the nation's new naval prowess. At the same time, he dispatched Taft to negotiate agreements that appeased Japanese interests in Manchuria and helped defuse the dispute over immigration. Roosevelt left a record of strong diplomacy usually tempered by sensitivity and restraint, and he made his last public appearance as president in February 1909, when he reviewed the fleet returning from its world cruise. Third Party Leader Stepping down from office at the age of 50, younger than most other presidents have been when first elected, Roosevelt went abroad for more than a year, first on a hunting and nature-study safari to Africa and then on a spectacular tour of the European capitals. On his return home in the summer of 1910 he quickly became embroiled in factional fights among Republicans and slowly but steadily became estranged from his successor. Roosevelt finally broke with Taft both because he could not abide the new president's inept handling of the split between progressive and conservative Republicans and because he resented his own loss of power. Assuming command of the progressives and advocating farther-reaching economic and social reforms, Roosevelt contested the 1912 Republican presidential nomination, winning most of the primaries but losing at the convention to the same presidential party control he had earlier used to nominate Taft. Charging that he had been cheated of the nomination, Roosevelt bolted to run as the candidate of the hastily formed Progressive party. When he was wounded in an assassination attempt in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (October 1912), he made light of it, saying, "It takes more than that to kill a bull moose." Thereafter, the Progressives were nicknamed the Bull Moose party. Roosevelt outpolled Taft "a tribute to his abiding popularity" but his hopes of winning and establishing a new major party were thwarted. The Democratic nominee, Woodrow Wilson, who also appealed to progressives, carried the election. World War I After his 1912 defeat, Roosevelt spent the last six years of his life in mounting frustration, first over Wilson's enactment of much of his reform program, then over American neutrality after the outbreak of World War I in 1914, and finally over his own failure to be allowed to raise a division to fight in France after the United States entered the war in 1917. Although he continued to advocate domestic reforms, he increasingly devoted himself to calling for a strong pro-Allied foreign policy and greater military preparedness. Roosevelt was gradually reconciled with his former party opponents, including Taft. He disbanded the Progressives in 1916 to back the Republican nominee against Wilson, and it seemed certain that he would be the party's candidate in 1920. His four sons all fought in WorldWar I, and the death of the youngest, Quentin, in combat as an aviator in August 1918, was a heavy blow. Roosevelt's health deteriorated during the final years of his life, partly as a result of tropical fevers contracted on an expedition to the Amazon region of Brazil in 1914.
President
26th Us President
Trial of Roosevelt vs. Newett, TR's successful libel suit against Michigan editor who called him a drunk.
The Republican National Convention meets in Chicago and renominates incumbent Taft even though TR has won all but one primary and caucus. Roosevelt supporters bolt, charging "theft" of nomination.
Republican and Progressive national conventions meet in Chicago, at same time in different halls, in an effort at a joint nomination. On 10 June the Progressives nominate Theodore Roosevelt as the Republicans nominate Charles Evans Hughs; TR declines Progressive nomination and eventually backs Hughes.
"We have room for but one loyalty, loyalty to the United States. We have room for but one language, the language of the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Speech." -- TR
Convention of new National Progressive party (nicknamed "Bull Moose" party) adopts reform platform, and nominates TR for President and Governor Hiram W. Johnson of California for Vice President.
"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in if it is not a reasonably good place for all of us to live in... Laws are enacted for the benefit of the whole people, and must not be construed as permitting discrimination against some of the people." -- TR
President Roosevelt hosts the first conference of Governors to consider problems of conservation.
Dutch Reformed
President and Mrs. Roosevelt go to Panama to inspect building of the canal, the first time a president leaves the United States while still in office.
Theodore, age 6-1/2, watches President Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession from an upstairs window of his grandfather's house on Union Square. With him are his younger brother Elliott and a friend named Edith Kermit Carow.
Theodore Jr. was first introduced my his father to his future Secretary of State, Mr. John Hay, former secretary to President Abraham Lincoln.
Theodore Jr. entered Harvard, his prior education being mostly provided by his Aunt Anne and his own effort. On 27 September 1876, he moved into Mrs. Richardson's boardinghouse where he resided his entire college career.
This was TR's first published work.
TR discontinues law school without taking a degree.
TR graduated magna cum laude; member Phi Beta Kappa.
TR was the youngest man every elected to the Assembly by a margin of 3,490 to 1,989; he serves three one-year terms; Minority Leader in 1883, the same year he was reelected by the widest margin of any legislator in NY (by a two-to-one majority).
By 1884, this first publicly published work by TR was required reading at the U.S. Naval Academy and on all U.S. Navy vessels for many years.
TR establishes two cattle raches, Maltese Cross and Elkhorn, near Medora, (now) Billings Co., North Dakota.
TR signs a contract with the firm of Joseph Wood & Sons of Lawrence, Lang Island, NY, to build a home in Oyster Bay at the insistence of his sister Bamie, who convinced him his daughter Alice Lee would need a home. He had originally planned the hom with his wife Alice, and was planning to name it "Leeholm" in honor of her family name. The house, completed in 1885, would late be named "Sagamore Hill" in honor of Sagamore Mohannis, the Indian Chief who used the hill as a meeting place and signed his people's reights to the land over to the settlers in the 1660's.
Abram S. Hewitt, the son-in-law of Peter Cooper, defeats TR as Republican candidate for mayor of New York City. Hewitt's New York City home would later become the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
"But anyway, I had a bully time." -- TR
Appointed Commissioner by President Benjamin Harrison; resigned.
Written by TR and Henry Cabot Lodge.
President of Board of Police Commissioners; appointed by NY City Mayor William L. Strong (R), a middle-aged businessman with little or no political experience but a reformer; the other three members were Colonel Frederick D. Grant (R), an upstate politician and eldest son of the former President; Avery D. Andrews (D), a graduate of West Point and a rather undistinguished lawyer; and Andrew D. Parker (D), also a lawyer, but one of the cleverest in the city, and a rumored agent of the County Democratic organization. Received national press attention for his reforms, including "midnight rambles" in search of policemen not at their posts. Ordered that all police officers must report for target practice, thus establishing the foundation of the Police Academy, one of the first in the country.
"There is nothing of the purple in it. It is as grimy as all work for municipal reform over here must be for some decades to come; and is inconceivably arduous, disheartening, and irritating, beyond almost all other work of the kind...It is not work to be done in a rose-water basis." -- TR
Appointed by President William McKinley; Roosevelt used the massive mahogany desk once used by Gustavus Fox, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln; resigned.
"The shots that hit are the shots that count." -- TR
TR was subsequently nominated for, but denied, the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism during this engagement.
"As for the political effect of my actions, in the first place, I never can get on in politics, and in the second, I would rather have led that charge and earned my colonelcy than served three terms in the US Senate. It makes me feel as though I could now leave something to my children which will serve as an apology for my having existed ." -- TR
The Rough Riders land at Montauk, Long Island, to begin a six-week quarantine at Camp Wikoff.
TR elected with 661,715 votes with a plurality pf 17,786 votes. His opponent was Democrat Augustus Van Wyck of Brooklyn (643,921 votes).
TR took the oath of office as Governor of New York before Secretary of State John Palmer. On 2 January 1899, he was officially inaugurated in the New York State Assembly Chamber. The day was so cold that the brass instruments of the band escorting him to the State Capitol building froze into silence. Annual message to legislature, dealing with taxation, the Erie Canal, commerce, labor, the National Guard, roads, civil service, state forests and the economy.
President McKinley was easily renominated at the Republican convention in Philadelphia in June 1900. The major issue at the convention was who would be the Vice Presidential candidate. Despite his reluctance to give up the governorship to New York, Theodore Roosevelt accepted the nomination. At the Democratic convention, William Jennings Bryan was nominated again. The major issue at the convention was whether to maintain Democratic support for the silver plank. Many Democrats thought that with the return of prosperity it was no longer necessary. The campaign itself was largely a replay of the race in 1896 with Bryan campaigning rigorously and McKinley not venturing from the White House. The issue of currency and silver was no longer relevant, and instead the campaign issues were whether the United States should give independence for the territories received in its war with Spain. Byran called for their immediate independence, while Roosevelt (who did most of the campaigning) claimed that the United States had a duty to civilize the lands first. The major issue was ultimately the issue of continued prosperity. The prosperity of the McKinley era ultimately decided the election and McKinley winning margin was higher than 1896. The Republican William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt ticket received 7,219,530 votes (51.7%) to 6,358,071 (45.5%) for Democrats William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson.
President William McKinley is shot while attending the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY. Vice President Roosevelt, on a hiking trip with his family, is summoned from Mount Tahawus in the Adirondacks to Buffalo. President McKinley would die of his wounds eight days later.
At age 42, Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States and is sworn into office at about 3:15 p.m. at the Ansley Wilcox Mansion, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, the youngest man ever to become President (John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever elected to that office at the age of 43).
" The course I followed, of regarding the Executive as subject only to the people, and, under the Constitution, bound to serve the people affirmatively in cases where the Constitution does not explicitly forbid him to render the service, was substantially the course followed by both Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln." -- TR
President Roosevelt orders antitrust suit under Sherman Act to dissolve Northern Securities Company in the first of 45 antitrust suits.
President Roosevelt signed the bill authorizing the creation of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
President Roosevelt signed the Newlands Reclamation Act into law, leading to first 21 federal irrigation projects including Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Arizona.
President Roosevelt signed the Isthmian Canal Act into law.
President Roosevelt settles the Anthracite Coal strike.
President Roosevelt settles the Venezuelan Affair.
President Roosevelt signed the bill creating Wind Cave National Park in Hot Springs, SD. It was the seventh national park and the first one created to protect a cave
President Roosevelt establishes the Department of Commerce and Labor.
President Roosevelt signs the Elkins Anti-Rebate Act for Railroads.
President Roosevelt settles the Alaskan boundry dispute.
President Roosevelt proclaimed Pelican Island, Florida, as the nation's first federal bird reservation; a total of 51 bird reservations were established by his administration.
President Roosevelt's administration recognizes the Republic of Panama after its secession from Columbia.
President Roosevelt signs a treaty with Panama for the building of the Panama Canal, which was completed in 1914.
"Panama declared itself independent and wanted to complete the Panama Canal, and opened negotiations with us. I had two courses open. I might have taken the matter under advisement and put it before the Senate, in which case we should have had a number of most able speeches on the subject, and they would have been going on now, and the Panama Canal would be in the dim future yet. We would have had a half a century of discussion afterward." -- TR
President Roosevelt signed the Reciprocity Treaty with Cuba.
President Roosevelt signed at bill authorizing the establishment of Sullys Hill National Park, North Dakota. This Park was transferred to the U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture by Act of Congress, 3 March 1931, when it was redesignated as a game preserve.
President Roosevelt reelected over Democrat Alton B. Parker. Theodore Roosevelt's nomination at the Republican convention in June of 1904 was without opposition. The Democrats nominated Alton B. Parker of New York on the first ballot at their convention. The two contestants differed very little on the issues. Thus, the contest centered on the personalities of the two candidates. Roosevelt won the election easily with 56.4% of the popular vote.
"I am glad to be elected President in my own right." -- TR
President Roosevelt issued the "Roosevelt Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine in his annual message to Congress.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing the National Forest Service.
President Theodore Roosevelt wore a ring containing a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair when he was inaugurated in 1905. The hair had been cut by Dr. Charles C. Taft, one of the attending physicians the night of the assassination. The hair was purchased by John Hay on February 9, 1905, and was given to Roosevelt less than a month later. In his Autobiography, Roosevelt wrote, "When I was inaugurated on March 4, 1905, I wore a ring he (John Hay) sent me the night before, containing the hair of Abraham Lincoln. This ring was on my finger when the Chief Justice administered to me the oath of allegiance to the United States."
Acting as stand-in for his deceased brother Elliott, TR gave away his niece Eleanor Roosevelt at her wedding to her fifth cousin once removed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt sign legislation establishing the first federal game preserve at Wichita Forest, Oklahoma.
The negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese war began at Sagamore Hill when President Theodore Roosevelt invited diplomats on both sides, Russia and Japan, to his home in Oyster Bay. After meeting with all of them, he sent the diplomats out on board the presidential yacht Mayflower. He gave instructions to the captain of the yacht not to put into land until an agreement had been reached. The treaty was signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire - the closest port available after both sides hammered out an agreement. Thus the accord is called the "Treaty of Portsmouth". Having been the principle abitrator, President Roosevelt signs the Portsmouth Treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War.
European diplomats met to settle a dispute arising from the German challenge to the impending partition of Morocco by France and Spain. Although Germany declared its support for Moroccan independence, its primary intention was to break up the Anglo-French Entente of 1904. The effect of the conference was to delay the partition of Morocco to 1912, but Britain stood by France and thus strengthened the Entente. TR was the primary mediator in this dispute.
Roosevelt, the noted conservation president, had an impact on the national park system extending well beyond his term in office. As chief executive from 1901 to 1909, he signed legislation establishing five national parks. Another Roosevelt enactment had a broader effect, however: the Antiquities Act of June 8, 1906. While not creating a single park itself, the Antiquities Act enabled Roosevelt and his successors to proclaim “historic landmarks, historic or prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest” in federal ownership as national monuments. Roosevelt did not hesitate to take advantage of this new executive authority. By the end of 1906 he had proclaimed four national monuments: Devils Tower, Wyoming, on 24 September and El Morro, New Mexico, Montezuma Castle, Arizona, and Petrified Forest, Arizona, together on 8 December. He was also prepared to interpret the authority expansively, protecting a large portion of the Grand Canyon as a national monument in 1908. By the end of his term he had reserved six predominantly cultural areas and 12 predominantly natural areas in this manner, including Muir Woods (1908) and Mount Olympus (1909). Half the total were initially administered by the Agriculture Department and were later transferred to Interior Department jurisdiction. Later presidents also used the Antiquities Act to proclaim national monuments, 105 in all. Forty-nine of them retain this designation today; others have been retitled national parks or otherwise reclassified by Congress. The Antiquities Act is the original authority for about a quarter of the 378 areas composing the national park system in 1999. Recalling this legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, it seems appropriate that he is now commemorated by five park system areas, as many as honor Abraham Lincoln and more than for any other president. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in Oyster Bay, New York, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, and Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, DC, trace his career and memorialize his contributions to America. The National Park Service, administrator of these parklands and the many others Roosevelt made possible, has particular cause to honor his memory.
President Roosevelt signs the Forest Homestead Act.
President Roosevelt signs the bill authorizing the creation of Mesa Verde Nation Park near Cortez, CO. The park was established to preserve the archeological sites which "Pre-Columbian Indians" built on the mesa tops and in the alcoves of a score of rugged canyons.
President Roosevelt signs the Hepburn Act giving the Interstate Commerce Commission power to regulate railroad rates.
President Roosevelt signs the Pure Food and Drug Act and federal meat inspection laws.
Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (not Noble) for his work in the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. 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 Staes 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 it is as essential to secure a righteous peace based upon sympathy and fair dealing between the different classes of society as it is to secure such a peace among the nations of the earth; and therefore I have felt that the use I have made of the amount of the Nobel Prize was one peculiarly in accordance with the spirit of the gift."
TR did not actually pick up the prize money (or the prize itself) until 1910, when he visited Europe after his African Safari. He did not feel right accepting the prize while he was in office. TR wore an old fashioned suit with a top hat when he went to get the award. He picked up the prize in Christiania, Norway, on May 5, 1910 and part of his speech to the Nobel Prize Committee is as follows:
"I think it eminently just and proper that in most cases the recipient of the prize should keep for his own use the prize in its entirety. But in this case, while I did not act officially as President of the United States, it was nevertheless only because I was President that I was enabled to act at all; and I felt that the money must be considered as having been given me in trust for the United States. I therefore used it as a nucleus for a foundation to forward the cause of industrial peace, as being well within the general purpose of your committee; for in our complex industrial civilization of to-day the peace of righteousness and justice, the only kind of peace worth having, is at least as necessary in the industrial world as it is among nations. There is at least as much need to curb the cruel greed and arrogance of part of the world of capital, to curb the cruel greed and violence of part of the world of labor, as to check a cruel and unhealthy militarism in international relationships."
TR's idea for an industrial peace foundation never came to be. By 1918 it was clear the the foundtion would not go forward. Instead, during World War I, he donated the funds to war relief efforts.
In his book, "The Lion's Pride", Ed Renehan, Jr. writes, "He made twenty-eight different donations of various amounts. A few of the gifts included $6,900 to the Red Cross; $5,000 to Eleanor for her Y.M.C.A. project; an additional $4,000 to the Y.M.C.A. National War Work Council; and $1,000 to Edith's sister, Emily Carow, a volunteer with the Italian Red Cross at Porto Maurizo, Italy."
The actual Medal now resides in the Roosevelt Room in the White House alongside TR's Medal of Honor.
President Roosevelt orders the voyage of the Great White Fleet around the world which commences this date; it is the first circumnavigation of the globe by a national naval force.
"In my own judgement the most important service that I rendered to peace was the voyage of the battle-fleet around the world." -- TR
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve at Grand Canyon in the Arizona Territory.
President Roosevelt appoints a National Conservation Commission to prepare the first inventory of natural resources.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve at Fire Island in the Alaska Territory.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve called the National Bison Range in Montana.
North American Conservation Conferences convened at the White House.
TR led a hunting expedition to Africa to gather specimens for the Smithsonian Institution with his son Kermit; they then toured Europe; they return to New York.
TR's term as President ends with the inauguration of his successor, William Howard Taft.
TR serves as Special Ambassador to England at the funeral of King Edward VII.
TR delivers "Citizenship in a Republic" speech at the Sorbonne, Paris. "The Man in the Arena" quote from that "Citizenship in a Republic" speech becomes world-famous:
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." -- TR
TR announces his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination against incumbent President Taft, declaring "my hat is in the ring."
TR shot in the chest while entering an automobile outside the Hotel Gilpatrick by would-be assassin John Nepomuk Schrank at about 8:00 p.m. Campaigning on the "Bull Moose" ticket, TR delivers a 90-minute speech at the Auditorium in Milwaukee before seeking medical attention. The bullet would never be removed. Schrank was declared insane on 13 November 1912, and committed to the Northern State Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, WI; he died at the Central State Hospital in Waupun, WI, on 15 September 1943.
"I did not care a rap for being shot. It is a trade risk, which every prominent public man ought to accept as a matter of course." -- TR
Democrat Woodrow Wilson elected 28th President of the United States over TR, who came in second, and Republican Taft. Roosevelt received the largest percentage of votes of any third party candidate.
Wilson won the election:
6,293,454 popular votes, 435 Electoral votes/40 states.
Roosevelt came in second:
4,119,538 votes , 88 Electoral votes/6 states.
(27.4% of the popular vote)
Taft came in third:
3,484,980 votes, 8 Electoral votes/2 states.
Sails for South America for lecture tour and jungle expedition.
Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition, sponsored by American Museum of Natural History and Brazilian government, explores Brazil's "River of Doubt," now named "Rio Roosevelt" or Rio Teodoro". Kermit again accompanied his father. TR nearly dies on the trip.
"I had to go. It was my last chance to be a boy." -- TR
"The kind of 'neutrality' which seeks to preserve 'peace' by timidly refusing to live up to our plighted word and to denounce and take action against such wrong as that committed in the case of Belgium, is unworthy of an honorable and powerful people. Dante reserved a special place of infamy in the Inferno for those base angels who dared side neither with evil or with good. Peace is ardently to be desired, but only as the handmaiden of righteousness. There can be no such peace until well-behaved, highly civilized small nations are protected from oppression and subjugation." -- TR
Trial of Barnes vs. Roosevelt: TR wins libel suit launched by Republican leader William Barnes, Jr.
TR requests permission of President Wilson to raise, equip and lead volunteer division for service in France in World War I.
"Peace is not the end. Righteousness is the end... If I must choose between righteousness and peace I choose righteousness." -- TR
President Wilson refuses TR's service request. But the Roosevelt family supports the War effort. All four of his sons enlist. His daughter Ethel serves as a Red Cross nurse at the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris, accompanying her husband, surgeon Dr. Richard Derby.
TR refuses Republican nomination for Governor of New York.
Keel laid down by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA, 20 May 1958
Launched: 03 OCT 1959; Sponsored by Mrs. Alice R. Longworth
Commissioned: 13 FEB 1961 with CDR William E. Sims [BLUE]; CDR Oliver H. Perry [GOLD]; Commanding.
Decommissioned: 28 FEB 1981
Struck from the Navy List: 24 MAR 1995
Disposed of through SRP at PSNS: 03 APR 1995
Five days after commissioning with components initially assembled for the Skipjack-class nuclear attack submarine SCAMP (SSN-588), USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN-600) departed Mare Island, bound for the east coast. On 07 March 1961, she became the first fleet ballistic missile submarine (FBM) to transit the Panama Canal. Four days later, she arrived at Cape Canaveral, Florida. After successfully firing her first Polaris A-1 missile on 20 March and completing her shakedown training, the submarine arrived at Groton, CT, on 01 May for post-shakedown availability at the Electric Boat Co. yard. She completed those repairs on 24 June and departed Groton, bound for Charleston, SC. THEODORE ROOSEVELT stopped at Norfolk, VA, along the way and arrived at Charleston on 7 July. Between 07 and 19 July, she loaded Polaris missiles at the Naval Ammunition Depot, Charleston, and made all other preparations for her first deployment. On the 19th, she stood out of Charleston on her first deterrent patrol. She concluded that patrol on 23 September at the FBM base at Holy Loch, Scotland.
Over the next three and one-half years, the submarine made 15 more deterrent patrols, departing from and returning to the Holy Loch base in each instance. Late in the spring of 1965, she departed Holy Loch on her 17th and final patrol of the deployment. She concluded that patrol and the deployment when she arrived in Charleston on 15 June. She unloaded her 16 Polaris missiles and then departed Charleston for New London, CT, where she arrived on 26 June and entered the Electric Boat Co. yard for an extensive overhaul and refueling the following month. During this yard period her weapons system was modified to allow her to carry the Polaris A-3 missile.
Returning to Holy Loch from her 21st patrol in March 1968, THEODORE ROOSEVELT ran aground off the western coast of Scotland. After dry-docking for temporary correction of the damage, she departed Holy Loch on 5 April to return to the United States for permanent repairs. Those repairs were delayed due to labor disputes and THEODORE ROOSEVELT didn't leave the yard until mid-October. After shakedown and sea-trials she once again deployed to Holy Loch in early 1969.
In mid-June, 1974, THEODORE ROOSEVELT's homeport was reassigned to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, arriving 04 November after transiting the Panama Canal and missile load-out in Bangor, Washington. TR conducted deterrent patrols from the advance base at Guam through the late 1970s.
She was decommissioned 28 February 1981 and disposed of 3 April 1995 through the Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, WA.
The keel of "Hull 624D", the fourth NIMITZ-class aircraft carrier, was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company on 31 October 1981. On 3 November 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman announced that the nation's newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier would be named for the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. TR was christened and launched on 27 October 1984, by Mrs. Barbara Lehman, wife of Secretary Lehman. On 25 October 1986, TR was commissioned and became a part of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, home ported in Norfolk, VA. USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT is known throughout the fleet by her radio callsign "Rough Rider."
CVN 71 was the first aircraft carrier to be assembled in large sections, or modules. The process started with the ship in pieces, much like a plastic model. The pieces were pre-staged in "lay-down" areas, assembled into large modules, hoisted into place, and welded together. Many of the larger systems were installed in the modules while they were still in the lay-down areas. This reduced the need for cutting and re-welding access passages. Modular construction, made possible through the use of a huge gantry crane capable of lifting 900 tons, cut 16 months off TR's construction time. These innovative construction techniques employed in TR have been used on every aircraft carrier since.
TR becomes the only President of the United States to ever win the the Medal of Honor. He also becomes the only person to hold both the Medal of Honor and the Nobel Peace Prize. TR received the medal for his actions on 01 July 1898 at Kettle Hill and San Juan Heights during the Battle of San Juan Heights in Cuba.
"The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, March 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of The Congress the Medal of Honor to LIEUTENANT COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT, UNITED STATES ARMY, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty: Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt distinguished himself by acts of bravery on 1 July, 1898, near Santiago de Cuba, Republic of Cuba, while leading a daring charge up San Juan Hill. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt, in total disregard for his personal safety, and accompanied by only four or five men, led a desperate and gallant charge up San Juan Hill, encouraging his troops to continue the assault through withering enemy fire over open countryside. Facing the enemy's heavy fire, he displayed extraordinary bravery throughout the charge, and was the frst to reach the enemy trenches, where he quickly killed one of the enemy with his pistol, allowing his men to continue the assault. His leadership and valor turned the tide in the Battle for San Juan Hill. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect greet credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army."
In an inspiring and occasionally humorous ceremony, President George W. Bush, on behalf of the American people, recieved Theodore Roosevelt's Medal of Honor from the Roosevelt family, so that it might be placed next to TR's Nobel Peace Prize in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, signifying "strength and honor" of America.
REMARKS DELIVERED IN THE ROOSEVELT ROOM, THE WHITE HOUSE
By Tweed Roosevelt, Sept. 16, 2002
"Mr. President: Theodore Roosevelt's descendents and members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association are pleased and honored to be here today in the Roosevelt Room to present his Medal of Honor to the White House. In this room in 2001, Theodore Roosevelt, posthumously of course, was awarded the Medal of Honor, for his part in the taking of San Juan Hill.
"Many people are aware of the fact that Theodore Roosevelt's son, General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was also awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on D-Day. He was the only general officer to go ashore that day, and was in the first boat to hit Omaha Beach. General Omar Bradley was once asked to describe the bravest action involving an U. S. soldier and he told the story of Uncle Ted on the beach that day.
"What many people, even my family members, are not aware of is that another Roosevelt also was awarded the Medal of Honor. George Washington Roosevelt, a young private in the Pennsylvania Volunteers, fought in the Civil War. Twice, first at Bull Run and later at Gettysburg, he single-handed captured the Confederate Colors. For this he was awarded the medal, fortunately for him, not posthumously.
"Back to TR's medal. Several years ago, the family joined the effort to have TR awarded the Medal - not because we felt that TR needed another honor, he had received more that enough already. We got involved because we thought placing the Medal here on the mantel along side TR's Nobel Peace Prize might be of some use to future presidents. This room is often used by every President to host private meetings with various foreign dignitaries, not all of whom are cooperative. When faced with an obstinate foreign leader, perhaps it might be useful for the President to point to the mantel place and say that these medals represent the highest aspirations of the United States - peace with honor; two medals, two sides of the same concept.
"In the year that the medal has been away from this room, the family has taken it on a tour of the United States from coast to coast where it has been on public display in all kinds of locations. It has been to the D-Museum in New Orleans, to many towns in North Dakota, a state of particular importance to TR, to Sagamore Hill, TR's home, to the US Aircraft Carrier, Theodore Roosevelt, just before she sailed for the war against terrorism, and to many other locations across the country. Everywhere it was greeted most warmly. TR's legacy still lives.
"As a representative of the family, I want to publicly thank all who have been involved in making the awarding of this medal a reality. Particularly we thank Representatives Lazio and McHale who together started the ball rolling in the House, and Sen. Conrad who kept it moving in the Senate. And finally, the Theodore Roosevelt Association, and especially John Gable, for all they did.
TR was awarded this medal in this room, the Roosevelt room, which he built, and we of the family think it is a most appropriate time and place to give this medal to the White House and to the Country."
The four-story brownstone in New York City was demolished in 1916, but was completely replicated following Roosevelt's death. It represents prosperous 19th century living, with forty percent of the furnishings being original Roosevelt pieces. A National Park Service Site, it is open to the public.
President Rooselvelt fell ill in 1918 and died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill, his Oyster Bay home, of coronay embolism (arterial blood clot) at age 60.
Young's Memorial Cemetery
ROOSEVELT, Theodore, aka "Teedie," (great-great-grandson of Archibald Bulloch, nephew of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, father-in-law of Nicholas Longworth), a Vice President and 26th President of the United States; born in New York City, October 27, 1858; privately tutored; graduated from Harvard University in 1880; studied law; traveled abroad; member, New York State Assembly 1882-1884; lost both his mother and first wife within 18 hours on 14 February 1884; moved to North Dakota and lived on his ranch; returned to New York City in 1886; appointed by President Benjamin Harrison a Commissioner of the United States Civil Service Commission (1889-1895), when he resigned to become president of the New York Board of Police Commissioners; resigned this position upon his appointment by President William McKinley as Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1897-1898, when he resigned to enter the war with Spain; organized the First Regiment, United States Volunteer Cavalry, popularly known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders; Governor of New York 1899-1900; elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket headed by William McKinley in 1900 and was inaugurated March 4, 1901; upon the death of President McKinley on September 14, 1901, became President of the United States; elected President of the United States in 1904, was inaugurated March 4, 1905, and served until March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate of the Progressive Party for President of the United States in 1912 and 1916; engaged in literary pursuits; died at Oyster Bay, Nassau County, N.Y., January 6, 1919; interment in Young's Memorial Cemetery.
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With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest President in the Nation's history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he vigorously led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy.
He took the view that the President as a "steward of the people" should take whatever action necessary for the public good unless expressly forbidden by law or the Constitution." I did not usurp power," he wrote, "but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power."
Roosevelt's youth differed sharply from that of the log cabin Presidents. He was born in New York City in 1858 into a wealthy family, but he too struggled--against ill health--and in his triumph became an advocate of the strenuous life.
In 1884 his first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and his mother died on the same day. Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. There he mastered his sorrow as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game--he even captured an outlaw. On a visit to London, he married Edith Carow in December 1886.
During the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment, which he led on a charge at the battle of San Juan. He was one of the most conspicuous heroes of the war.
Boss Tom Platt, needing a hero to draw attention away from scandals in New York State, accepted Roosevelt as the Republican candidate for Governor in 1898. Roosevelt won and served with distinction.
As President, Roosevelt held the ideal that the Government should be the great arbiter of the conflicting economic forces in the Nation, especially between capital and labor, guaranteeing justice to each and dispensing favors to none.
Roosevelt emerged spectacularly as a "trust buster" by forcing the dissolution of a great railroad combination in the Northwest. Other antitrust suits under the Sherman Act followed.
Roosevelt steered the United States more actively into world politics. He liked to quote a favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . . "
Aware of the strategic need for a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific, Roosevelt ensured the construction of the Panama Canal. His corollary to the Monroe Doctrine prevented the establishment of foreign bases in the Caribbean and arrogated the sole right of intervention in Latin America to the United States.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War, reached a Gentleman's Agreement on immigration with Japan, and sent the Great White Fleet on a goodwill tour of the world.
Some of Theodore Roosevelt's most effective achievements were in conservation. He added enormously to the national forests in the West, reserved lands for public use, and fostered great irrigation projects.
He crusaded endlessly on matters big and small, exciting audiences with his high-pitched voice, jutting jaw, and pounding fist. "The life of strenuous endeavor" was a must for those around him, as he romped with his five younger children and led ambassadors on hikes through Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.
Leaving the Presidency in 1909, Roosevelt went on an African safari, then jumped back into politics. In 1912 he ran for President on a Progressive ticket. To reporters he once remarked that he felt as fit as a bull moose, the name of his new party.
While campaigning in Milwaukee, he was shot in the chest by a fanatic. Roosevelt soon recovered, but his words at that time would have been applicable at the time of his death in 1919: "No man has had a happier life than I have led; a happier life in every way."
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Odds & Ends:
-- In 1884 his first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and his mother died on the same day -- his wife of Bright's disease, his mother of typhus. Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. There he mastered his sorrow as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game -- he even captured an outlaw.
-- This anecdote illustrates Roosevelt's attitude to public service:
"The Missouri Governor [Herbert S. Hadley] was not in rugged health at that time, and in the talk with Colonel Roosevelt he mentioned the possibility that the presidency, if he should be nominated and elected, might kill him. The Colonel replied that in his judgment it was worth the sacrifice; that the presidency of the United States was the greatest task that could be laid upon any man, and that to fulfill it worthily was paramount to every consideration of personal welfare."
-- For no particular reason, Roosevelt and a few companions rode 98 miles on horseback in one day, from the White House into northern Virginia and back, through terrible winter weather. A newspaper wrote: "The President rode horseback ninety-eight miles in one day, and was able to sit down comfortably for a late dinner. What's the use of Congress trying to spank a man like that?"
-- Roosevelt favored euthanasia. Referring to his South American trip, he said:
"I have always made it a practice on such trips to take a bottle of morphine with me. Because one never knows what is going to happen, and I did not mean to be caught by some accident where I should have to die a lingering death. I always meant that, if at any time death became inevitable, I would have it over with at once, without going though a long-drawn-out agony from which death was the only relief."
-- Roosevelt's White House physician was Dr. Presley M. Rixey. New York physician Dr. Alec Lambert was a close personal friends of Roosevelt's. Dr. William Osler consulted at the White House.
-- Smoking in the White House was forbidden by Roosevelt.
-- Roosevelt was a distant relative of President Martin Van Buren. He was a fifth cousin of Franklin Roosevelt; their common ancestor, Nicholas Roosevelt, lived in New York from about 1658 to 1742.
--TR was the first U.S. president to invite an African-American to the White House when he invited Brooker T. Washington for lunch. The visit stirred an outcry in the South. "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman, a Democratic senator from South Carolina, wsas particularly furious, claiming theat because of TR's actions it would be a long time before blacks "learn their place again."
Medical:"Without his glasses his vision was so bad that he couldn't recognize his own sons."
A few episodes of unconsciousness as a result of playing polo.
Roosevelt ran for President in 1912, as a third-party candidate. There were suspicions "that the strain of the campaign was proving too much for Roosevelt. His voice was bothering him seriously. Reports reached the Bull Moose headquarters that he was losing his grip, that he was repeating himself disastrously. He was forced to cancel two addresses scheduled for the Middle West because of his throat. The disability was bad enough to raise the possibility that he could speak no more."
Roosevelt did not like to speak in the open air, for it put too much of a strain on his voice.
During a stop in Milwaukee on his 1912 "Bull Moose" campaign for the presidency, Roosevelt was shot at close range by John Schrank, a psychotic New York saloonkeeper. Schrank had his .38 caliber pistol aimed at Roosevelt's head, but a bystander saw the gun and deflected Schrank's arm just as the trigger was pulled. Roosevelt did not realize he was hit until someone noticed a hole in his overcoat. When Roosevelt reached inside his coat, he found blood on his fingers. Roosevelt was extremely lucky. He had the manuscript of a long, 50-page speech in his coat pocket, folded in two, and the bullet was no doubt slowed as it passed through it. He also had a steel spectacle case in his pocket, and the bullet traversed this, too, before entering Roosevelt's chest near the right nipple. Thus, one could say that Roosevelt's long-windedness and myopia saved his life! Although the bullet traveled superiorly and medially for about 3 inches after breaking the skin, it lodged in the chest wall, without entering the pleural space. Roosevelt was examined in a Milwaukee hospital where he reluctantly allowed the surgeons to administer an injection of tetanus anti-toxin, and then was observed for 8 days in a Chicago hospital. He was discharged on 23 October 1912, only a few days before the election. The bullet had effectively stopped Roosevelt's campaign. He finished second to Woodrow Wilson , but ahead of the incumbent President, William Howard Taft . The bullet was never removed, and caused no difficulty after the wound healed.
Roosevelt reporetdly snored so loudly in a hospital that complaints were filed by almost every patient in the wing where he was recuperating. Comment: I have no hard evidence to support the reasonable supposition that this incident occurred during his recovery from the assassination attempt in 1912. Given Roosevelt's obesity in later life, snoring would not be surprising. Loud snoring raises the possibility of sleep apnea. Hypersomnolence would be an additional sign of sleep apnea. Was Roosevelt hypersomnolent? During his Presidency, at least, he was not. The White House usher observed:
"President Roosevelt slept well at night, but never in the day. He liked to read in the evening after all was quiet. The usual retiring hour was about ten-thirty, but it was always with difficulty that the President was persuaded to turn in at that time. He would promise to come along in a minute, but would immediately become absorbed in a book or magazine and it was generally after much effort and much persuasion that he would finally turn in for the night. Mrs. Roosevelt would call and call. The sound of her voice calling "The-o-dore!" is well remembered by all the older employees. She often appealed to me to go to the President and "see if you cannot persuade him to come to bed." No matter how late he sat up, he always arose at the same time in the morning and always appeared refreshed and hearty."
Nor did Roosevelt show signs of excessive daytime somnolence on the campaign trail in 1912. While stumping in Milwaukee, one of Roosevelt's intimates wrote: "We had a few minutes before dinner, and the Colonel took a little nap sitting in a rocking-chair in his room. It was the only time, in all the campaign trips I made with him, that I ever saw him sleep before bedtime."
In 1912, Roosevelt's campaign manager wrote: "We usually had our meals together in the dining-car. He was an eager and valiant trencherman, and I saw how it was that he had more than two inches of flesh and fat over his ribs for the lunatic's bullet to go through. He drank great quantities of milk, but not much of anything else. I have seen him eat a whole chicken and drink four large glasses of milk at one meal, and chicken and milk were by no means the only things served." By April 1915, ex-President Taft noticed that Roosevelt did not "have as good color as he used to have," that his face seemed "fatter and flabbier," that he looked "a bit coarser."
In 1918, as a result of a throat infection, Roosevelt developed "bilateral acute otitis media, inflammatory rheumatism, and abscess of the thigh." Both eardrums were pierced, and surgery was performed on his thigh. As a result of the otitis media, he lost his hearing in the left ear.
Even as President, Roosevelt had no trouble sleeping. But during World War I, all four of Roosevelt's sons were in the Army in Europe. TR now admitted "I wake up in the middle of the night, wondering if the boys are all right, and thinking how I could tell their mother if anything happened." The youngest son, Quentin, a pilot, was killed in action in July 1918. TR's eldest son, Theodore, was awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II for his actions on Normandy Beach on D-Day.
"His chief characteristics were vision, courage, decision, instant readiness for action, the simplest honesty and the most wholesome sanity. His mental engine ran at a higher speed than that of any other man I have ever known. His foresight was uncanny. His sympathy was so quick, his emotion so intensely human, that he penetrated the feelings of others often as if by magic."
"An infection picked up in South America still poisoned his blood. He was, in that summer of 1918, close to the end of his stormy trail."
Had Roosevelt not died at the young age of 60, it is quite likely that he would have been elected President in 1920. At the very least, "He would not need to lift a finger this time [as opposed to 1912], and the [Republican presidential] nomination would still be his." Interestingly, Harding might have been Roosevelt's Vice President. If Roosevelt had lived, say, three years longer, and Harding still had died in 1923, then the Secretary of State would have succeeded to the Presidency under the law then in effect.
Trial of Roosevelt vs. Newett, TR's successful libel suit against Michigan editor who called him a drunk.
The Republican National Convention meets in Chicago and renominates incumbent Taft even though TR has won all but one primary and caucus. Roosevelt supporters bolt, charging "theft" of nomination.
Republican and Progressive national conventions meet in Chicago, at same time in different halls, in an effort at a joint nomination. On 10 June the Progressives nominate Theodore Roosevelt as the Republicans nominate Charles Evans Hughs; TR declines Progressive nomination and eventually backs Hughes.
"We have room for but one loyalty, loyalty to the United States. We have room for but one language, the language of the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Speech." -- TR
Convention of new National Progressive party (nicknamed "Bull Moose" party) adopts reform platform, and nominates TR for President and Governor Hiram W. Johnson of California for Vice President.
"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in if it is not a reasonably good place for all of us to live in... Laws are enacted for the benefit of the whole people, and must not be construed as permitting discrimination against some of the people." -- TR
President Roosevelt hosts the first conference of Governors to consider problems of conservation.
Dutch Reformed
President and Mrs. Roosevelt go to Panama to inspect building of the canal, the first time a president leaves the United States while still in office.
Theodore, age 6-1/2, watches President Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession from an upstairs window of his grandfather's house on Union Square. With him are his younger brother Elliott and a friend named Edith Kermit Carow.
Theodore Jr. was first introduced my his father to his future Secretary of State, Mr. John Hay, former secretary to President Abraham Lincoln.
Theodore Jr. entered Harvard, his prior education being mostly provided by his Aunt Anne and his own effort. On 27 September 1876, he moved into Mrs. Richardson's boardinghouse where he resided his entire college career.
This was TR's first published work.
TR discontinues law school without taking a degree.
TR graduated magna cum laude; member Phi Beta Kappa.
TR was the youngest man every elected to the Assembly by a margin of 3,490 to 1,989; he serves three one-year terms; Minority Leader in 1883, the same year he was reelected by the widest margin of any legislator in NY (by a two-to-one majority).
By 1884, this first publicly published work by TR was required reading at the U.S. Naval Academy and on all U.S. Navy vessels for many years.
TR establishes two cattle raches, Maltese Cross and Elkhorn, near Medora, (now) Billings Co., North Dakota.
TR signs a contract with the firm of Joseph Wood & Sons of Lawrence, Lang Island, NY, to build a home in Oyster Bay at the insistence of his sister Bamie, who convinced him his daughter Alice Lee would need a home. He had originally planned the hom with his wife Alice, and was planning to name it "Leeholm" in honor of her family name. The house, completed in 1885, would late be named "Sagamore Hill" in honor of Sagamore Mohannis, the Indian Chief who used the hill as a meeting place and signed his people's reights to the land over to the settlers in the 1660's.
Abram S. Hewitt, the son-in-law of Peter Cooper, defeats TR as Republican candidate for mayor of New York City. Hewitt's New York City home would later become the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
"But anyway, I had a bully time." -- TR
Appointed Commissioner by President Benjamin Harrison; resigned.
Written by TR and Henry Cabot Lodge.
President of Board of Police Commissioners; appointed by NY City Mayor William L. Strong (R), a middle-aged businessman with little or no political experience but a reformer; the other three members were Colonel Frederick D. Grant (R), an upstate politician and eldest son of the former President; Avery D. Andrews (D), a graduate of West Point and a rather undistinguished lawyer; and Andrew D. Parker (D), also a lawyer, but one of the cleverest in the city, and a rumored agent of the County Democratic organization. Received national press attention for his reforms, including "midnight rambles" in search of policemen not at their posts. Ordered that all police officers must report for target practice, thus establishing the foundation of the Police Academy, one of the first in the country.
"There is nothing of the purple in it. It is as grimy as all work for municipal reform over here must be for some decades to come; and is inconceivably arduous, disheartening, and irritating, beyond almost all other work of the kind...It is not work to be done in a rose-water basis." -- TR
Appointed by President William McKinley; Roosevelt used the massive mahogany desk once used by Gustavus Fox, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln; resigned.
"The shots that hit are the shots that count." -- TR
TR was subsequently nominated for, but denied, the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism during this engagement.
"As for the political effect of my actions, in the first place, I never can get on in politics, and in the second, I would rather have led that charge and earned my colonelcy than served three terms in the US Senate. It makes me feel as though I could now leave something to my children which will serve as an apology for my having existed ." -- TR
The Rough Riders land at Montauk, Long Island, to begin a six-week quarantine at Camp Wikoff.
TR elected with 661,715 votes with a plurality pf 17,786 votes. His opponent was Democrat Augustus Van Wyck of Brooklyn (643,921 votes).
TR took the oath of office as Governor of New York before Secretary of State John Palmer. On 2 January 1899, he was officially inaugurated in the New York State Assembly Chamber. The day was so cold that the brass instruments of the band escorting him to the State Capitol building froze into silence. Annual message to legislature, dealing with taxation, the Erie Canal, commerce, labor, the National Guard, roads, civil service, state forests and the economy.
President McKinley was easily renominated at the Republican convention in Philadelphia in June 1900. The major issue at the convention was who would be the Vice Presidential candidate. Despite his reluctance to give up the governorship to New York, Theodore Roosevelt accepted the nomination. At the Democratic convention, William Jennings Bryan was nominated again. The major issue at the convention was whether to maintain Democratic support for the silver plank. Many Democrats thought that with the return of prosperity it was no longer necessary. The campaign itself was largely a replay of the race in 1896 with Bryan campaigning rigorously and McKinley not venturing from the White House. The issue of currency and silver was no longer relevant, and instead the campaign issues were whether the United States should give independence for the territories received in its war with Spain. Byran called for their immediate independence, while Roosevelt (who did most of the campaigning) claimed that the United States had a duty to civilize the lands first. The major issue was ultimately the issue of continued prosperity. The prosperity of the McKinley era ultimately decided the election and McKinley winning margin was higher than 1896. The Republican William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt ticket received 7,219,530 votes (51.7%) to 6,358,071 (45.5%) for Democrats William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson.
President William McKinley is shot while attending the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY. Vice President Roosevelt, on a hiking trip with his family, is summoned from Mount Tahawus in the Adirondacks to Buffalo. President McKinley would die of his wounds eight days later.
At age 42, Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States and is sworn into office at about 3:15 p.m. at the Ansley Wilcox Mansion, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, the youngest man ever to become President (John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever elected to that office at the age of 43).
"The course I followed, of regarding the Executive as subject only to the people, and, under the Constitution, bound to serve the people affirmatively in cases where the Constitution does not explicitly forbid him to render the service, was substantially the course followed by both Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln." -- TR
President Roosevelt orders antitrust suit under Sherman Act to dissolve Northern Securities Company in the first of 45 antitrust suits.
President Roosevelt signed the bill authorizing the creation of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
President Roosevelt signed the Newlands Reclamation Act into law, leading to first 21 federal irrigation projects including Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Arizona.
President Roosevelt signed the Isthmian Canal Act into law.
President Roosevelt settles the Anthracite Coal strike.
President Roosevelt settles the Venezuelan Affair.
President Roosevelt signed the bill creating Wind Cave National Park in Hot Springs, SD. It was the seventh national park and the first one created to protect a cave
President Roosevelt establishes the Department of Commerce and Labor.
President Roosevelt signs the Elkins Anti-Rebate Act for Railroads.
President Roosevelt settles the Alaskan boundry dispute.
President Roosevelt proclaimed Pelican Island, Florida, as the nation's first federal bird reservation; a total of 51 bird reservations were established by his administration.
President Roosevelt's administration recognizes the Republic of Panama after its secession from Columbia.
President Roosevelt signs a treaty with Panama for the building of the Panama Canal, which was completed in 1914.
"Panama declared itself independent and wanted to complete the Panama Canal, and opened negotiations with us. I had two courses open. I might have taken the matter under advisement and put it before the Senate, in which case we should have had a number of most able speeches on the subject, and they would have been going on now, and the Panama Canal would be in the dim future yet. We would have had a half a century of discussion afterward." -- TR
President Roosevelt signed the Reciprocity Treaty with Cuba.
President Roosevelt signed at bill authorizing the establishment of Sullys Hill National Park, North Dakota. This Park was transferred to the U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture by Act of Congress, 3 March 1931, when it was redesignated as a game preserve.
President Roosevelt reelected over Democrat Alton B. Parker. Theodore Roosevelt's nomination at the Republican convention in June of 1904 was without opposition. The Democrats nominated Alton B. Parker of New York on the first ballot at their convention. The two contestants differed very little on the issues. Thus, the contest centered on the personalities of the two candidates. Roosevelt won the election easily with 56.4% of the popular vote.
"I am glad to be elected President in my own right." -- TR
President Roosevelt issued the "Roosevelt Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine in his annual message to Congress.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing the National Forest Service.
President Theodore Roosevelt wore a ring containing a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair when he was inaugurated in 1905. The hair had been cut by Dr. Charles C. Taft, one of the attending physicians the night of the assassination. The hair was purchased by John Hay on February 9, 1905, and was given to Roosevelt less than a month later. In his Autobiography, Roosevelt wrote, "When I was inaugurated on March 4, 1905, I wore a ring he (John Hay) sent me the night before, containing the hair of Abraham Lincoln. This ring was on my finger when the Chief Justice administered to me the oath of allegiance to the United States."
Acting as stand-in for his deceased brother Elliott, TR gave away his niece Eleanor Roosevelt at her wedding to her fifth cousin once removed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt sign legislation establishing the first federal game preserve at Wichita Forest, Oklahoma.
The negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese war began at Sagamore Hill when President Theodore Roosevelt invited diplomats on both sides, Russia and Japan, to his home in Oyster Bay. After meeting with all of them, he sent the diplomats out on board the presidential yacht Mayflower. He gave instructions to the captain of the yacht not to put into land until an agreement had been reached. The treaty was signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire - the closest port available after both sides hammered out an agreement. Thus the accord is called the "Treaty of Portsmouth". Having been the principle abitrator, President Roosevelt signs the Portsmouth Treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War.
European diplomats met to settle a dispute arising from the German challenge to the impending partition of Morocco by France and Spain. Although Germany declared its support for Moroccan independence, its primary intention was to break up the Anglo-French Entente of 1904. The effect of the conference was to delay the partition of Morocco to 1912, but Britain stood by France and thus strengthened the Entente. TR was the primary mediator in this dispute.
Roosevelt, the noted conservation president, had an impact on the national park system extending well beyond his term in office. As chief executive from 1901 to 1909, he signed legislation establishing five national parks. Another Roosevelt enactment had a broader effect, however: the Antiquities Act of June 8, 1906. While not creating a single park itself, the Antiquities Act enabled Roosevelt and his successors to proclaim “historic landmarks, historic or prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest” in federal ownership as national monuments. Roosevelt did not hesitate to take advantage of this new executive authority. By the end of 1906 he had proclaimed four national monuments: Devils Tower, Wyoming, on 24 September and El Morro, New Mexico, Montezuma Castle, Arizona, and Petrified Forest, Arizona, together on 8 December. He was also prepared to interpret the authority expansively, protecting a large portion of the Grand Canyon as a national monument in 1908. By the end of his term he had reserved six predominantly cultural areas and 12 predominantly natural areas in this manner, including Muir Woods (1908) and Mount Olympus (1909). Half the total were initially administered by the Agriculture Department and were later transferred to Interior Department jurisdiction. Later presidents also used the Antiquities Act to proclaim national monuments, 105 in all. Forty-nine of them retain this designation today; others have been retitled national parks or otherwise reclassified by Congress. The Antiquities Act is the original authority for about a quarter of the 378 areas composing the national park system in 1999. Recalling this legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, it seems appropriate that he is now commemorated by five park system areas, as many as honor Abraham Lincoln and more than for any other president. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in Oyster Bay, New York, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, and Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, DC, trace his career and memorialize his contributions to America. The National Park Service, administrator of these parklands and the many others Roosevelt made possible, has particular cause to honor his memory.
President Roosevelt signs the Forest Homestead Act.
President Roosevelt signs the bill authorizing the creation of Mesa Verde Nation Park near Cortez, CO. The park was established to preserve the archeological sites which "Pre-Columbian Indians" built on the mesa tops and in the alcoves of a score of rugged canyons.
President Roosevelt signs the Hepburn Act giving the Interstate Commerce Commission power to regulate railroad rates.
President Roosevelt signs the Pure Food and Drug Act and federal meat inspection laws.
Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (not Noble) for his work in the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. 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 Staes 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 it is as essential to secure a righteous peace based upon sympathy and fair dealing between the different classes of society as it is to secure such a peace among the nations of the earth; and therefore I have felt that the use I have made of the amount of the Nobel Prize was one peculiarly in accordance with the spirit of the gift."
TR did not actually pick up the prize money (or the prize itself) until 1910, when he visited Europe after his African Safari. He did not feel right accepting the prize while he was in office. TR wore an old fashioned suit with a top hat when he went to get the award. He picked up the prize in Christiania, Norway, on May 5, 1910 and part of his speech to the Nobel Prize Committee is as follows:
"I think it eminently just and proper that in most cases the recipient of the prize should keep for his own use the prize in its entirety. But in this case, while I did not act officially as President of the United States, it was nevertheless only because I was President that I was enabled to act at all; and I felt that the money must be considered as having been given me in trust for the United States. I therefore used it as a nucleus for a foundation to forward the cause of industrial peace, as being well within the general purpose of your committee; for in our complex industrial civilization of to-day the peace of righteousness and justice, the only kind of peace worth having, is at least as necessary in the industrial world as it is among nations. There is at least as much need to curb the cruel greed and arrogance of part of the world of capital, to curb the cruel greed and violence of part of the world of labor, as to check a cruel and unhealthy militarism in international relationships."
TR's idea for an industrial peace foundation never came to be. By 1918 it was clear the the foundtion would not go forward. Instead, during World War I, he donated the funds to war relief efforts.
In his book, "The Lion's Pride", Ed Renehan, Jr. writes, "He made twenty-eight different donations of various amounts. A few of the gifts included $6,900 to the Red Cross; $5,000 to Eleanor for her Y.M.C.A. project; an additional $4,000 to the Y.M.C.A. National War Work Council; and $1,000 to Edith's sister, Emily Carow, a volunteer with the Italian Red Cross at Porto Maurizo, Italy."
The actual Medal now resides in the Roosevelt Room in the White House alongside TR's Medal of Honor.
President Roosevelt orders the voyage of the Great White Fleet around the world which commences this date; it is the first circumnavigation of the globe by a national naval force.
"In my own judgement the most important service that I rendered to peace was the voyage of the battle-fleet around the world." -- TR
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve at Grand Canyon in the Arizona Territory.
President Roosevelt appoints a National Conservation Commission to prepare the first inventory of natural resources.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve at Fire Island in the Alaska Territory.
President Roosevelt signs legislation establishing a federal game preserve called the National Bison Range in Montana.
North American Conservation Conferences convened at the White House.
TR led a hunting expedition to Africa to gather specimens for the Smithsonian Institution with his son Kermit; they then toured Europe; they return to New York.
TR's term as President ends with the inauguration of his successor, William Howard Taft.
TR serves as Special Ambassador to England at the funeral of King Edward VII.
TR delivers "Citizenship in a Republic" speech at the Sorbonne, Paris. "The Man in the Arena" quote from that "Citizenship in a Republic" speech becomes world-famous:
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." -- TR
TR announces his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination against incumbent President Taft, declaring "my hat is in the ring."
TR shot in the chest while entering an automobile outside the Hotel Gilpatrick by would-be assassin John Nepomuk Schrank at about 8:00 p.m. Campaigning on the "Bull Moose" ticket, TR delivers a 90-minute speech at the Auditorium in Milwaukee before seeking medical attention. The bullet would never be removed. Schrank was declared insane on 13 November 1912, and committed to the Northern State Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, WI; he died at the Central State Hospital in Waupun, WI, on 15 September 1943.
"I did not care a rap for being shot. It is a trade risk, which every prominent public man ought to accept as a matter of course." -- TR
Democrat Woodrow Wilson elected 28th President of the United States over TR, who came in second, and Republican Taft. Roosevelt received the largest percentage of votes of any third party candidate.
Wilson won the election:
6,293,454 popular votes, 435 Electoral votes/40 states.
Roosevelt came in second:
4,119,538 votes , 88 Electoral votes/6 states.
(27.4% of the popular vote)
Taft came in third:
3,484,980 votes, 8 Electoral votes/2 states.
Sails for South America for lecture tour and jungle expedition.
Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition, sponsored by American Museum of Natural History and Brazilian government, explores Brazil's "River of Doubt," now named "Rio Roosevelt" or Rio Teodoro". Kermit again accompanied his father. TR nearly dies on the trip.
"I had to go. It was my last chance to be a boy." -- TR
"The kind of 'neutrality' which seeks to preserve 'peace' by timidly refusing to live up to our plighted word and to denounce and take action against such wrong as that committed in the case of Belgium, is unworthy of an honorable and powerful people. Dante reserved a special place of infamy in the Inferno for those base angels who dared side neither with evil or with good. Peace is ardently to be desired, but only as the handmaiden of righteousness. There can be no such peace until well-behaved, highly civilized small nations are protected from oppression and subjugation." -- TR
Trial of Barnes vs. Roosevelt: TR wins libel suit launched by Republican leader William Barnes, Jr.
TR requests permission of President Wilson to raise, equip and lead volunteer division for service in France in World War I.
"Peace is not the end. Righteousness is the end... If I must choose between righteousness and peace I choose righteousness." -- TR
President Wilson refuses TR's service request. But the Roosevelt family supports the War effort. All four of his sons enlist. His daughter Ethel serves as a Red Cross nurse at the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris, accompanying her husband, surgeon Dr. Richard Derby.
TR refuses Republican nomination for Governor of New York.
Keel laid down by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA, 20 May 1958
Launched: 03 OCT 1959; Sponsored by Mrs. Alice R. Longworth
Commissioned: 13 FEB 1961 with CDR William E. Sims [BLUE]; CDR Oliver H. Perry [GOLD]; Commanding.
Decommissioned: 28 FEB 1981
Struck from the Navy List: 24 MAR 1995
Disposed of through SRP at PSNS: 03 APR 1995
Five days after commissioning with components initially assembled for the Skipjack-class nuclear attack submarine SCAMP (SSN-588), USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN-600) departed Mare Island, bound for the east coast. On 07 March 1961, she became the first fleet ballistic missile submarine (FBM) to transit the Panama Canal. Four days later, she arrived at Cape Canaveral, Florida. After successfully firing her first Polaris A-1 missile on 20 March and completing her shakedown training, the submarine arrived at Groton, CT, on 01 May for post-shakedown availability at the Electric Boat Co. yard. She completed those repairs on 24 June and departed Groton, bound for Charleston, SC. THEODORE ROOSEVELT stopped at Norfolk, VA, along the way and arrived at Charleston on 7 July. Between 07 and 19 July, she loaded Polaris missiles at the Naval Ammunition Depot, Charleston, and made all other preparations for her first deployment. On the 19th, she stood out of Charleston on her first deterrent patrol. She concluded that patrol on 23 September at the FBM base at Holy Loch, Scotland.
Over the next three and one-half years, the submarine made 15 more deterrent patrols, departing from and returning to the Holy Loch base in each instance. Late in the spring of 1965, she departed Holy Loch on her 17th and final patrol of the deployment. She concluded that patrol and the deployment when she arrived in Charleston on 15 June. She unloaded her 16 Polaris missiles and then departed Charleston for New London, CT, where she arrived on 26 June and entered the Electric Boat Co. yard for an extensive overhaul and refueling the following month. During this yard period her weapons system was modified to allow her to carry the Polaris A-3 missile.
Returning to Holy Loch from her 21st patrol in March 1968, THEODORE ROOSEVELT ran aground off the western coast of Scotland. After dry-docking for temporary correction of the damage, she departed Holy Loch on 5 April to return to the United States for permanent repairs. Those repairs were delayed due to labor disputes and THEODORE ROOSEVELT didn't leave the yard until mid-October. After shakedown and sea-trials she once again deployed to Holy Loch in early 1969.
In mid-June, 1974, THEODORE ROOSEVELT's homeport was reassigned to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, arriving 04 November after transiting the Panama Canal and missile load-out in Bangor, Washington. TR conducted deterrent patrols from the advance base at Guam through the late 1970s.
She was decommissioned 28 February 1981 and disposed of 3 April 1995 through the Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, WA.
The keel of "Hull 624D", the fourth NIMITZ-class aircraft carrier, was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company on 31 October 1981. On 3 November 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman announced that the nation's newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier would be named for the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. TR was christened and launched on 27 October 1984, by Mrs. Barbara Lehman, wife of Secretary Lehman. On 25 October 1986, TR was commissioned and became a part of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, home ported in Norfolk, VA. USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT is known throughout the fleet by her radio callsign "Rough Rider."
CVN 71 was the first aircraft carrier to be assembled in large sections, or modules. The process started with the ship in pieces, much like a plastic model. The pieces were pre-staged in "lay-down" areas, assembled into large modules, hoisted into place, and welded together. Many of the larger systems were installed in the modules while they were still in the lay-down areas. This reduced the need for cutting and re-welding access passages. Modular construction, made possible through the use of a huge gantry crane capable of lifting 900 tons, cut 16 months off TR's construction time. These innovative construction techniques employed in TR have been used on every aircraft carrier since.
TR becomes the only President of the United States to ever win the the Medal of Honor. He also becomes the only person to hold both the Medal of Honor and the Nobel Peace Prize. TR received the medal for his actions on 01 July 1898 at Kettle Hill and San Juan Heights during the Battle of San Juan Heights in Cuba.
"The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, March 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of The Congress the Medal of Honor to LIEUTENANT COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT, UNITED STATES ARMY, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty: Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt distinguished himself by acts of bravery on 1 July, 1898, near Santiago de Cuba, Republic of Cuba, while leading a daring charge up San Juan Hill. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt, in total disregard for his personal safety, and accompanied by only four or five men, led a desperate and gallant charge up San Juan Hill, encouraging his troops to continue the assault through withering enemy fire over open countryside. Facing the enemy's heavy fire, he displayed extraordinary bravery throughout the charge, and was the frst to reach the enemy trenches, where he quickly killed one of the enemy with his pistol, allowing his men to continue the assault. His leadership and valor turned the tide in the Battle for San Juan Hill. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect greet credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army."
In an inspiring and occasionally humorous ceremony, President George W. Bush, on behalf of the American people, recieved Theodore Roosevelt's Medal of Honor from the Roosevelt family, so that it might be placed next to TR's Nobel Peace Prize in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, signifying "strength and honor" of America.
REMARKS DELIVERED IN THE ROOSEVELT ROOM, THE WHITE HOUSE
By Tweed Roosevelt, Sept. 16, 2002
"Mr. President: Theodore Roosevelt's descendents and members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association are pleased and honored to be here today in the Roosevelt Room to present his Medal of Honor to the White House. In this room in 2001, Theodore Roosevelt, posthumously of course, was awarded the Medal of Honor, for his part in the taking of San Juan Hill.
"Many people are aware of the fact that Theodore Roosevelt's son, General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was also awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on D-Day. He was the only general officer to go ashore that day, and was in the first boat to hit Omaha Beach. General Omar Bradley was once asked to describe the bravest action involving an U. S. soldier and he told the story of Uncle Ted on the beach that day.
"What many people, even my family members, are not aware of is that another Roosevelt also was awarded the Medal of Honor. George Washington Roosevelt, a young private in the Pennsylvania Volunteers, fought in the Civil War. Twice, first at Bull Run and later at Gettysburg, he single-handed captured the Confederate Colors. For this he was awarded the medal, fortunately for him, not posthumously.
"Back to TR's medal. Several years ago, the family joined the effort to have TR awarded the Medal - not because we felt that TR needed another honor, he had received more that enough already. We got involved because we thought placing the Medal here on the mantel along side TR's Nobel Peace Prize might be of some use to future presidents. This room is often used by every President to host private meetings with various foreign dignitaries, not all of whom are cooperative. When faced with an obstinate foreign leader, perhaps it might be useful for the President to point to the mantel place and say that these medals represent the highest aspirations of the United States - peace with honor; two medals, two sides of the same concept.
"In the year that the medal has been away from this room, the family has taken it on a tour of the United States from coast to coast where it has been on public display in all kinds of locations. It has been to the D-Museum in New Orleans, to many towns in North Dakota, a state of particular importance to TR, to Sagamore Hill, TR's home, to the US Aircraft Carrier, Theodore Roosevelt, just before she sailed for the war against terrorism, and to many other locations across the country. Everywhere it was greeted most warmly. TR's legacy still lives.
"As a representative of the family, I want to publicly thank all who have been involved in making the awarding of this medal a reality. Particularly we thank Representatives Lazio and McHale who together started the ball rolling in the House, and Sen. Conrad who kept it moving in the Senate. And finally, the Theodore Roosevelt Association, and especially John Gable, for all they did.
TR was awarded this medal in this room, the Roosevelt room, which he built, and we of the family think it is a most appropriate time and place to give this medal to the White House and to the Country."
The four-story brownstone in New York City was demolished in 1916, but was completely replicated following Roosevelt's death. It represents prosperous 19th century living, with forty percent of the furnishings being original Roosevelt pieces. A National Park Service Site, it is open to the public.
President Rooselvelt fell ill in 1918 and died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill, his Oyster Bay home, of coronay embolism (arterial blood clot) at age 60.
Young's Memorial Cemetery
ROOSEVELT, Theodore, aka "Teedie," (great-great-grandson of Archibald Bulloch, nephew of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, father-in-law of Nicholas Longworth), a Vice President and 26th President of the United States; born in New York City, October 27, 1858; privately tutored; graduated from Harvard University in 1880; studied law; traveled abroad; member, New York State Assembly 1882-1884; lost both his mother and first wife within 18 hours on 14 February 1884; moved to North Dakota and lived on his ranch; returned to New York City in 1886; appointed by President Benjamin Harrison a Commissioner of the United States Civil Service Commission (1889-1895), when he resigned to become president of the New York Board of Police Commissioners; resigned this position upon his appointment by President William McKinley as Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1897-1898, when he resigned to enter the war with Spain; organized the First Regiment, United States Volunteer Cavalry, popularly known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders; Governor of New York 1899-1900; elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket headed by William McKinley in 1900 and was inaugurated March 4, 1901; upon the death of President McKinley on September 14, 1901, became President of the United States; elected President of the United States in 1904, was inaugurated March 4, 1905, and served until March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate of the Progressive Party for President of the United States in 1912 and 1916; engaged in literary pursuits; died at Oyster Bay, Nassau County, N.Y., January 6, 1919; interment in Young's Memorial Cemetery.
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With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest President in the Nation's history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he vigorously led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy.
He took the view that the President as a "steward of the people" should take whatever action necessary for the public good unless expressly forbidden by law or the Constitution." I did not usurp power," he wrote, "but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power."
Roosevelt's youth differed sharply from that of the log cabin Presidents. He was born in New York City in 1858 into a wealthy family, but he too struggled--against ill health--and in his triumph became an advocate of the strenuous life.
In 1884 his first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and his mother died on the same day. Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. There he mastered his sorrow as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game--he even captured an outlaw. On a visit to London, he married Edith Carow in December 1886.
During the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment, which he led on a charge at the battle of San Juan. He was one of the most conspicuous heroes of the war.
Boss Tom Platt, needing a hero to draw attention away from scandals in New York State, accepted Roosevelt as the Republican candidate for Governor in 1898. Roosevelt won and served with distinction.
As President, Roosevelt held the ideal that the Government should be the great arbiter of the conflicting economic forces in the Nation, especially between capital and labor, guaranteeing justice to each and dispensing favors to none.
Roosevelt emerged spectacularly as a "trust buster" by forcing the dissolution of a great railroad combination in the Northwest. Other antitrust suits under the Sherman Act followed.
Roosevelt steered the United States more actively into world politics. He liked to quote a favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . . "
Aware of the strategic need for a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific, Roosevelt ensured the construction of the Panama Canal. His corollary to the Monroe Doctrine prevented the establishment of foreign bases in the Caribbean and arrogated the sole right of intervention in Latin America to the United States.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War, reached a Gentleman's Agreement on immigration with Japan, and sent the Great White Fleet on a goodwill tour of the world.
Some of Theodore Roosevelt's most effective achievements were in conservation. He added enormously to the national forests in the West, reserved lands for public use, and fostered great irrigation projects.
He crusaded endlessly on matters big and small, exciting audiences with his high-pitched voice, jutting jaw, and pounding fist. "The life of strenuous endeavor" was a must for those around him, as he romped with his five younger children and led ambassadors on hikes through Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.
Leaving the Presidency in 1909, Roosevelt went on an African safari, then jumped back into politics. In 1912 he ran for President on a Progressive ticket. To reporters he once remarked that he felt as fit as a bull moose, the name of his new party.
While campaigning in Milwaukee, he was shot in the chest by a fanatic. Roosevelt soon recovered, but his words at that time would have been applicable at the time of his death in 1919: "No man has had a happier life than I have led; a happier life in every way."
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National Progressive Candidate for President of the United States (defeated)
EDUCATION: Graduated Harvard College
"The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks"
"Notes on Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay"
Columbia Law School
Republican
NY State Assembly, 21st District
"The Naval War of 1812"
2d Lieutenant, Company B, 8th NY Regt., National Guard
Captain, Company B, 8th NY Regt., National Guard
Sagamore Hills
Chairman, Committee on Cities
Delegate, Republican National Convention
"Hunting Trips of a Ranchman"
Mayor of New York City
"Thomas Hart Benton"
"Gouverneur Morris"
"Essays in Practical Politics"
"Ranch Life and the HuntingTrail"
Civil Service Commissioner
"The Winning of the West, Vols. 1 & 2"
"History of the City of New York"
"The Wilderness Hunter"
"The Winning of the West, Volume 3"
"Hero Tales from American History"
New York Police Commissioner
"The Winning of the West, Volume 4"
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
"American Ideals"
"The Naval Policy of America as Outlined in Messages of the Presidents of the United States from the Beginning to the Present Day"
Lieutenant Colonel, 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry ("The Rough Riders")
Battle at Las Guasimas, Cuba
Battle of San Juan Heights
Colonel, 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry ("The Rough Riders")
Republican Candidate for Governor of New York State
OCCUPATION: Governor of New York
"Oliver Cromwell"
"The Rough Riders"
OCCUPATION: 25th Vice President of the United States, 26th President of the United States (1st Term) (Republican)
Newlands Reclamation Act
Isthmian Canal Act
"Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter"
OCCUPATION: 26th President of the United States (2nd Term) (Republican)
Antiquities Act
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the Treaty of Portsmouth
Editor, "Outlook" magazine
"Autobiography"
"America and the World War"
"Diaries of Boyhood and Youth"
"Works"
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN 600)
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)
Awarded the Medal of Honor (posthumous)
National Progressive Candidate for President of the United States (defeated)
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Husband Caleb Root
Born:
Baptized:
Died: June 10, 1712
Buried:
Father: John Root
Mother: Mary Kilbourne
Marriage: August 9, 1693
Wife Elizabeth Salmon
Born:
Baptized:
Died:
Buried:
Children
Husband Dea. Thomas Root
Born: 1667
Baptized:
Died: 1758
Buried:
Father: Thomas Root
Mother: Abigail Alvord
Marriage:
Wife Thankful Strong
Born: April 15, 1672
Baptized:
Died: April 16, 1742
Buried:
Father: Jedediah Strong
Mother: Freedom Woodward
Children
Husband Simeon Stiles
Born: 1726
Baptized:
Died: 1808
Buried:
Father: Ephraim Stiles
Mother:
Marriage:
Wife Experience Root
Born: - Westfield, MA
Baptized:
Died: March 2, 1797
Buried:
Father: Joshua Root
Mother: Margaret Gilbert
Children