Ancestors of EastMill



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William Clark Rogerson and Edna Mae Tozier




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
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           Died: 
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4 M Richard Clark Rogerson

           Born: June 9, 1913
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           Died: 
         Buried: 




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Olaf Rognaldson




Husband Olaf Rognaldson

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Wife

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Children
1 M Harald Olafsson The Black

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Julien Charles Sevigny Lafleur and Marguerite Rognon Laroche




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

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Benoit Rognon Rochette and Adelaide Soulard




Husband Benoit Rognon Rochette

           Born: December 1, 1818 - St-Augustin DE Desmaures, Cté Portneuf, Qc
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
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         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: 
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Anastasie Marois
           Marr: July 5, 1870 - St-Augustin DE Desmaures, Cté Portneuf, Qc




Death Notes: Husband - Benoit Rognon Rochette

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Death Notes: Wife - Adelaide Soulard

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Louis Joseph Tapin and Francoise Rognon Rochette




Husband Louis Joseph Tapin

           Born: 
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         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: 
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         Spouse: Pierre Gendron
           Marr: September 28, 1801 - St-François-DE-Sales, Neuville, Cté Portneuf, Qc




Death Notes: Wife - Francoise Rognon Rochette

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Ivar Rognvaldsson and Yaroslavna




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: 
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Children

Death Notes: Husband - Ivar Rognvaldsson

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Rollo Rognvaldsson and Poppa Senlis




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: 
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           Died: 
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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: 
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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

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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: 
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         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

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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

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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.
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Vincenty Urbaniak and Wilhelmina Emma Rogowski




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: 
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Michael Gerla



2 F Dorothy Helen Urbaniak

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Michael Gerla




Notes: Marriage

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Rognwald Rogvolod




Husband Rognwald Rogvolod

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Noted events in his life were:
1. Occupation, Count of Polotsk




Wife

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Children
1 F Rogneda

           Born: 0962 - Polotsk, Polotsk, Blr Of
       Baptized: 
           Died: 1002
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Vladimir  The Great
           Marr: 0977 - Polotsk, Polotsk, Blr




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Paul Lesley Rohrer and Jan Rohrer




Husband Paul Lesley Rohrer

           Born:  - Richmond, IN
       Baptized: 
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         Father: Marion Francis Rohrer
         Mother: Etta Mae Moore


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Linda Rohrer

   Other Spouse: Susan Rohrer




Wife Jan Rohrer

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Children

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Paul Lesley Rohrer and Linda Rohrer




Husband Paul Lesley Rohrer

           Born:  - Richmond, IN
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
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         Father: Marion Francis Rohrer
         Mother: Etta Mae Moore


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Jan Rohrer

   Other Spouse: Susan Rohrer




Wife Linda Rohrer

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Children
1 M Paul Rohrer

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2 M James Rohrer

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Paul Lesley Rohrer and Susan Rohrer




Husband Paul Lesley Rohrer

           Born:  - Richmond, IN
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
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         Father: Marion Francis Rohrer
         Mother: Etta Mae Moore


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Linda Rohrer

   Other Spouse: Jan Rohrer




Wife Susan Rohrer

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Charles Edward Van Sickle and Ruby Ilean Rohrer




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: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jeannie  Van Sickle
         Spouse: Holly Clarkson




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Antoine Rousseau Labonte and Marie Barbe Roinay Roannes




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




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John Roix and Sarah Tarr




Husband John Roix

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Wife Sarah Tarr

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Children
1 M Richard Roix 2

           Born:  - New Brunswick, Canada 2
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Thankful Butler 2




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Thomas Rokele




Husband Thomas Rokele

           Born: 
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           Died: 
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       Marriage: 1346 - England




Wife

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Children
1 F Amy Rokele

           Born: 1346 - Lackford, Suffolk, England
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: William Geddinge
           Marr: 1368 - England




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Joseph Vegiard Labonte and Cecile Roland




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

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Jean Rolandeau Laurendeau and Marie Thibault




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

Y
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Claude Rolet




Husband Claude Rolet

           Born: 1560 - Paris, Seine, France
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           Died: 
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       Marriage: 




Wife

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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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Bruce Rolf and Ella Mae Shorey




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

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Benjamin Rolfe and Sarah Walker




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

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Ezra Rolfe




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: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children

General Notes: Husband - Ezra Rolfe

Please be sure to reference where you obtain the info - thanks.
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Nathaniel Rolfe and Hannah Rolfe




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.
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



5 M Benjamin Rolfe

           Born: May 31, 1752 - Haver Hill, Essex, Massachusetts
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



6 F Polly Rolfe

           Born: 1754 - Haverhill, Essex, Mass.
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



7 F Jane Rolfe

           Born: 1756 - Haverhill, Essex, Mass.
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



8 M Henry Rolfe

           Born: 1759 - Haverhill, Essex, Mass.
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



9 F Elizabeth Rolfe

           Born: 1763 - Haverhill, Essex, Mass.
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




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Henry Rolfe and Elizabeth Toppan




Husband Henry Rolfe

           Born: October 21, 1706 - Newbury, Essex, Mass.
       Baptized: 
           Died:  - Newbury, Essex, Mass
         Buried: 


         Father: Henry A. Rolfe
         Mother: Hannah Toppan


       Marriage: December 6, 1738 - Newbury, Essex, MA




Wife Elizabeth Toppan

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children

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Henry A. Rolfe and Hannah Toppan




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.
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



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.
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



7 F Mary Rolfe

           Born: 1722 - Newbury, Essex, Mass.
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




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John Rolfe




Husband John Rolfe 5 6

           Born: 1550 - Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England
       Baptized: 
           Died: September 12, 1625 - Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England
         Buried: 


         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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Children

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John Shelley and Margaret Rolfe




Husband John Shelley

           Born: 1346
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: John Shelley
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 




Wife Margaret Rolfe

           Born: 1354
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: John Rolph
         Mother: 





Children
1 M William Shelley

           Born: 1376
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




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Richard Whittier and Mary Rolfe




Husband Richard Whittier

           Born: 1585 - England
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife Mary Rolfe

           Born: 
       Baptized: July 16, 1582
           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children
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.

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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
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Pat Rolfe and Meaghan Elizabeth Trueman




Husband Pat Rolfe

           Born: 
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       Marriage: 




Wife Meaghan Elizabeth Trueman

           Born: 
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           Died: 
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         Father: Stephen M. Trueman
         Mother: Bonnie Sue Ann Bird





Children
1 M Donovan Rolfe

           Born: 
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           Died: 
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2 F Jessica Rolfe

           Born: 
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Walter Rolfsson




Husband Walter Rolfsson

           Born: 
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         Father: Rollo Rognvaldsson
         Mother: Gisela  Princess France


       Marriage: 




Wife

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Children
1 M Walter De Caen

           Born: 
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Georges Saint Ours and Urbaine Rolland




Husband Georges Saint Ours

           Born: 
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       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Anne De Roybon - June 21, 1551




Wife Urbaine Rolland

           Born: 
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Jean Soulard and Adrienne Adriane Rolland St Georges




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

           Born: 
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Children

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Henry Rolle




Husband Henry Rolle

           Born: 1458 - London, Midsex, Eng.
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife

           Born: 
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Children
1 F Anne Rolle

           Born: 1484 - London, Midsex, Eng.
       Baptized: 
           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
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Adrien Senecal Senard and Guillemette Rolleville




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

           Born: 
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Children
1 F Catherine Senecal

           Born: 1649 - Benouville, Caën, Calvados, Normandie, France
       Baptized: 
           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




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Abigail Rollins




Husband

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Wife Abigail Rollins

           Born: September 3, 1792
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
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         Father: James Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Osgood





Children

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Amos Pillsbury Rollins




Husband Amos Pillsbury Rollins

           Born: February 21, 1821
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
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         Father: James Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Osgood


       Marriage: April 19, 1846




Wife

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Andrew H. Rollins and Victorine B. Wyman




Husband Andrew H. Rollins

           Born: June 26, 1884 - Ellsworth, Maine
       Baptized: 
           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: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: Elton E. Black
           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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Ann Rollins




Husband

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Wife Ann Rollins

           Born: December 17, 1779
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
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         Father: Eliphalet Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Glidden





Children

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Danny Gene Rollins and Barbara Yvonne Waisner




Husband Danny Gene Rollins

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Wife Barbara Yvonne Waisner

           Born: 
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         Father: George Roe Waisner
         Mother: Luella Lorraine Neffendorf





Children
1 F Adrianna Lynne Rollins

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2 M Derrick Charles Rollins

           Born: 
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David Rollins




Husband David Rollins

           Born: 1775
       Baptized: 
           Died: December 19, 1870 - Pittston, ME
         Buried: 


         Father: Eliphalet Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Glidden


       Marriage: September 20, 1802




Wife

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Children

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David Rollins




Husband David Rollins

           Born: 1775
       Baptized: 
           Died: December 19, 1870 - Pittston, ME
         Buried: 


         Father: Eliphalet Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Glidden


       Marriage: August 29, 1803




Wife

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Eliphalet Rollins




Husband Eliphalet Rollins

           Born: November 4, 1798
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
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         Father: James Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Osgood


       Marriage: 1826




Wife

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Eliphalet Rollins




Husband Eliphalet Rollins

           Born: 1756
       Baptized: 
           Died: 1843 - Andover
         Buried: 


         Father: Eliphalet Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Glidden


       Marriage: 1783




Wife

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Children

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Enoch Palmer Rollins




Husband Enoch Palmer Rollins

           Born: August 9, 1799
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
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         Father: James Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Osgood


       Marriage: April 9, 1825




Wife

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Fred Sanborn Rollins




Husband Fred Sanborn Rollins

           Born: October 3, 1854 - Meredith, Belknap Co, NH
       Baptized: 
           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




Wife

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Children

General Notes: Husband - Fred Sanborn Rollins

Occupation: Painter, Living in Portsmouth, NH in 1880 Census.
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Hallie Lillian Rollins




Husband

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Wife Hallie Lillian Rollins

           Born: November 7, 1872 - Corinna, Penobscot Co, ME
       Baptized: 
           Died: December 7, 1935 - Corinna, Penobscot Co, ME
         Buried:  - Village Cem, Corinna, Penobscot Co, ME


         Father: Charles Henry Rollins
         Mother: Josephine Fisher Knowles





Children

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Hannah Rollins




Husband

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Wife Hannah Rollins

           Born: 1706
       Baptized: 
           Died: May 4, 1758
         Buried: 


         Father: Joseph Rollins
         Mother: Hannah





Children

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Charles E. Tilton and Helen Jane Rollins




Husband Charles E. Tilton 11

           Born: 
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         Father: Jonathan Tilton 12
         Mother: Clarissa Fifield 13


       Marriage: 




Wife Helen Jane Rollins 11

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Children

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James Rollins




Husband James Rollins

           Born: February 1, 1802
       Baptized: 
           Died: 1838 - Porto Rico
         Buried: 


         Father: James Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Osgood


       Marriage: April 17, 1831




Wife

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Children

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John Rollins




Husband John Rollins

           Born: June 12, 1751
       Baptized: 
           Died: February 22, 1813 - Hampton Falls, NH
         Buried: 


         Father: Joseph Rollins
         Mother: Hannah Redman


       Marriage: 1774




Wife

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John Rollins




Husband John Rollins

           Born: June 16, 1764
       Baptized: 
           Died: March 19, 1816 - Loudon, NH
         Buried: 


         Father: Eliphalet Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Glidden


       Marriage: March 8, 1792




Wife

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John Rollins




Husband John Rollins

           Born: 
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           Died: 1776 - Damariscotta, ME
         Buried: 


         Father: Thomas Rawlins
         Mother: Rachel Cox


       Marriage: July 31, 1722




Wife

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Jonathan Rollins




Husband Jonathan Rollins

           Born: March 10, 1773 - Loudon, NH
       Baptized: 
           Died: September 7, 1832 - Loudon, NH
         Buried: 


         Father: Eliphalet Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Glidden


       Marriage: April 4, 1797




Wife

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Joshua Rollins




Husband Joshua Rollins

           Born: August 9, 1713
       Baptized: 
           Died: April 19, 1800
         Buried: 


         Father: Joseph Rollins
         Mother: Hannah


       Marriage: 1735




Wife

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Children

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Lucy M. Rollins




Husband

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Wife Lucy M. Rollins

           Born: January 20, 1814
       Baptized: 
           Died: November 25, 1848 - Waterville
         Buried: 


         Father: James Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Osgood





Children

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Nathaniel Rollins




Husband Nathaniel Rollins

           Born: January 18, 1759
       Baptized: 
           Died: February 8, 1826 - Hallowell, ME
         Buried: 


         Father: Eliphalet Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Glidden


       Marriage: March 10, 1786




Wife

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Children

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Simeon Rollins




Husband Simeon Rollins

           Born: 
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           Died: January 11, 1840 - Andover, NH
         Buried: 


         Father: Joseph Rollins
         Mother: Hannah Redman


       Marriage: April 3, 1778




Wife

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Trueworthy Rollins




Husband Trueworthy Rollins

           Born: November 4, 1798
       Baptized: 
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         Father: James Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Osgood


       Marriage: January 1821




Wife

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Children

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Parker Goding Wyman and Violanta Rollins




Husband Parker Goding Wyman

           Born: April 21, 1840 - Weld, Maine
       Baptized: 
           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
       Baptized: 
           Died: November 27, 1926
         Buried:  - Water's Hill Cem. Livermore, Maine



Children
1 F Florence Lavinia Wyman

           Born: September 24, 1868 - Canton, Maine
       Baptized: 
           Died: 1961 - Massachusetts
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Charles Henry Whitman
           Marr: June 20, 1900 - Chelsea, Maine



2 F Lillian Emily Wyman

           Born: December 1, 1872 - Canton, Maine
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



3 F Elizabeth Angelina Wyman

           Born: December 30, 1873 - Canton, Maine
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



4 F Laura Evelyn Wyman

           Born: September 23, 1876 - Maine
       Baptized: 
           Died: August 8, 1960 - Winthrop, Maine
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Napolean Fuller
           Marr: October 7, 1907 - Maine



5 F Edna L. Wyman

           Born: April 30, 1887 - Maine
       Baptized: 
           Died: September 13, 1976 - Wayne, Maine
         Buried: 
         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

Alias:<ALIA> /Lizzie/
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William Rollins




Husband William Rollins

           Born: January 20, 1811
       Baptized: 
           Died: August 29, 1852
         Buried: 


         Father: James Rollins
         Mother: Abigail Osgood


       Marriage: January 19, 1839




Wife

           Born: 
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Children

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Phineas Reddington Wright Mormon Battalion and Alta Rolph




Husband Phineas Reddington Wright Mormon Battalion

           Born: April 10, 1823 - Erie, NY
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
            AFN: BQ2S-K9
       Marriage: 




Wife Alta Rolph

           Born: April 10, 1823 - Erie, NY
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
            AFN: 2C8V-R6


         Father: Social Rolph
         Mother: Julia Clapp





Children

Death Notes: Husband - Phineas Reddington Wright Mormon Battalion

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Death Notes: Wife - Alta Rolph

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John Rolph




Husband John Rolph

           Born: 1326 - Downe Bromley Kent England
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children
1 F Margaret Rolfe

           Born: 1354
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Shelley




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Mikhail Vsevolodovich and Mariya Romanova




Husband Mikhail Vsevolodovich

           Born:  - Kiev Ukraine
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife Mariya Romanova

           Born:  - Galich
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Roman Mstislavich
         Mother: Predslva Ryurikovna





Children
1 M Rostislav Mikhailovich

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Anna Hungary




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Corbulo Domitius Rome and Cassia Longina Rome




Husband Corbulo Domitius Rome

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife Cassia Longina Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Lucius Cassius Longinus Rome
         Mother: Drusilla Caesonia





Children
1 F Domitia Longina

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Lucius Salvius Titanius Rome




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Claudius II Emper Rome




Husband Claudius II Emper Rome

           Born:  - Abt 48 Ad Illyria
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Claudius Caesar 4Th Emperor Of Rome
         Mother: Valeria Messalina


       Marriage: 




Wife

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children
1 F Claudia Clodius Claudia

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Gordiani III Dardania




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Gaius Lucilius Rome




Husband Gaius Lucilius Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children
1 F Lucilia Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sextus Pompey




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Gaius Lucilius Hirrus Rome




Husband Gaius Lucilius Hirrus Rome

           Born: 
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           Died: 
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       Marriage: 




Wife

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children
1 F Lucilia Hirra Rome

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Gnaeus Pompey




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Anviragus Gwenivyth King Siluria and Genuissa Venessa Claudia Rome




Husband Anviragus Gwenivyth King Siluria

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Cunobelinus Cymbeline Pendragon
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Venissa Claudia Augusta




Wife Genuissa Venessa Claudia Rome

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children
1 M Marius King Siluria

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Julia  The Iceni




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Janus God Mythical Rome and Venila Nymph Of Mythical Rome




Husband Janus God Mythical Rome

           Born: 
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           Died: 
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       Marriage: 




Wife Venila Nymph Of Mythical Rome

           Born: 0360
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Zeus  Greek Myth Sky God
         Mother: Dina  Mythical Greek





Children
1 F Canens Mythical Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Picus  Mythical Roman Empire




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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Rome and Julia Augusta Rome




Husband Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife Julia Augusta Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Caesar Octavius Augustus Roman Empire
         Mother: Scribonia Rome





Children
1 F Vipsania Agrippina Julia Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus Roman Empire
         Spouse: Licius Aemilius Paullas Rome




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Licius Aemilius Paullas Rome and Vipsania Agrippina Julia Rome




Husband Licius Aemilius Paullas Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife Vipsania Agrippina Julia Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         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




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Lucius Aurelius Cotta Rome




Husband Lucius Aurelius Cotta Rome

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children
1 F Aurelia

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Gaius III Julius Caesar Rome




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Lucius Cornelius Rome and Rutilia




Husband Lucius Cornelius Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife Rutilia

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children
1 M Lucius Cornelius Cinna Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Pomeia Minor




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Marcus Aurelis Falvius Claudis Gothicus Rome




Husband Marcus Aurelis Falvius Claudis Gothicus Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Claudius Caesar 4Th Emperor Of Rome
         Mother: Aemila Lepida Rome


       Marriage: 




Wife

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children
1 F Claudia Clodius Claudia

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Gordiani III Dardania




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Gui Guido Margrave Tuscany and Marozia Maicucca Rome




Husband Gui Guido Margrave Tuscany

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Adalbert Marquis Of Tuscany
         Mother: Bertha Princess Of Lorraine


       Marriage: 




Wife Marozia Maicucca Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Theophylactus Rome
         Mother: Theodora





Children
1 M Adalbert III Margrave Tuscany

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Railinda




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Publius Mucius Scaevola Rome




Husband Publius Mucius Scaevola Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children
1 M Quintus Mucius Scaevola Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




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Quintus Mucius Scaevola Rome




Husband Quintus Mucius Scaevola Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Publius Mucius Scaevola Rome
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 




Wife

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children
1 F Mucia Tertia Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Gnaeus Pompey




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Theophylactus Rome and Theodora




Husband Theophylactus Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife Theodora

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children
1 F Marozia Maicucca Rome

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Gui Guido Margrave Tuscany




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Albert Claese Romeyn




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: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children

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Claes Jansen Romeyn and Styntjie Albertse Terhune




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

baptism date
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Daniel Claese 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: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children

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Gerrebrechtje Romeyn




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

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Jan Claese Romeyn




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

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Klaes Jansen Romeyn and Styntje Terhune




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

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Johannes Slingerland and Lydia Claese Romeyn




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




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Sara Claese Romeyn




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

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Simon Jansen Romeyn




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

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Willem Jansen Romeyn




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

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John Dewitt Ward and Margaret Ruth Romine




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

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Thomas Romney




Husband Thomas Romney

           Born:  - Lulsey
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Richard Romney
         Mother: Margaret Hall


       Marriage: 




Wife

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children
1 F Alice Romney

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Colles




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Jean Ronceray Lebreton and Jeanne Servignan Servignen




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

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Edward Traillour and Marie De La Ronde




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

_STATMARRIED


General Notes: Child - Francoise Traillour

1 _UID DF2FC0576ABA9D4B82D4DAA1F67CECD7376F
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Sieur Jean De La Ronde




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




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Rondeau and Luce Tremblay




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




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Wiliam Stratton and Esther Rood




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: 
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           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




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William Wallace and Helen Roodman




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

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General Notes: Child - Janet Jean Wallace

Daughter of William Wallace and Helen Roodman.

Sources: spurrier relativity, by: Duane Spurrier.
Menzies in Canada.
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John Roodman and Lucy Swinburne




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

Y
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Thomas Roodman




Husband Thomas Roodman

           Born: 1548 - Roddam, Northumberland
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: John Roodman
         Mother: Lucy Swinburne


       Marriage: 




Wife

           Born: 
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           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

Y
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John Wright and Avis Rooke




Husband John Wright

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: John Wright
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 




Wife Avis Rooke

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children
1 M John Wright

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




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Anna Roome




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

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Claes Johanes Slingerland and Catalyna Peterse Roome




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: 




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Peter Pieterse Roome




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

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Peter Willamse Roome and Hester Vangelder




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

christening date
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William 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

christening date
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Galfrid Saint Quintin and Alice Roos




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




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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd Us President 1933 1945 and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady




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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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt




Husband

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife Anna Eleanor Roosevelt 28 35

           Born: 1906 - New York, New York 35
       Baptized: 
           Died: 1975 35
         Buried: 


         Father: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd Us President 1933  1945 26
         Mother: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady 30





Children

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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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt




Husband

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife Anna Eleanor Roosevelt 28 35

           Born: 1906 - New York, New York 35
       Baptized: 
           Died: 1975 35
         Buried: 


         Father: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd Us President 1933  1945 26
         Mother: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady 30





Children

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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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt




Husband

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 




Wife Anna Eleanor Roosevelt 28 35

           Born: 1906 - New York, New York 35
       Baptized: 
           Died: 1975 35
         Buried: 


         Father: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd Us President 1933  1945 26
         Mother: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady 30





Children

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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Jacobus I James Roosevelt




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
         Buried: 


         Father: Nicholas Nicolaes Rosenvelt Roosevelt 39
         Mother: Heyltje Hilletje Jans Kunst 39


       Marriage:  - New York, New York 27




Wife

           Born: 
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Children

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James Roosevelt




Husband James Roosevelt

            AKA: James Roosevelt
           Born: July 16, 1828 - Hyde Park, NY
       Baptized: 
           Died: December 8, 1900 - Hyde Park, NY
         Buried: 
            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




Wife

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children

General Notes: Husband - James Roosevelt

Source: Please cite original sources.
Compiled by: J. K. Loren
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James Roosevelt U.S. Representative From California




Husband 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


         Father: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd Us President 1933  1945 26
         Mother: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady 30


       Marriage: June 4, 1930 - Brookline, Massachusetts




Wife

           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



Children

General Notes: Husband - 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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James Jacobus Roosevelt and Maria Van Schaack




Husband James Jacobus Roosevelt 39 40

           Born: 
       Baptized: October 25, 1759 - New York, New York
           Died: August 13, 1840 - New York, New York
         Buried: 


         Father: Jacobus Roosevelt Sr 39
         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
       Baptized: 
           Died: February 3, 1845 - New York, New York 41
         Buried: 


         Father: Cornelius Van Schaack Jr 39 42
         Mother: Engeltje Angelica Yates 39 41





Children
1 M Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt 39 43

           Born: January 30, 1794 - New York, New York
       Baptized: 
           Died: July 17, 1871 - Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Margaret Barnhill 39 43
           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
         Buried: 



3 M John Roosevelt 39

           Born: 1798 - New York, New York
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



4 M Nicholas Roosevelt 39

           Born: 1800 - New York, New York
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



5 F Catherine Roosevelt 39

           Born: 1802 - New York, New York
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
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6 F Angelica Roosevelt 39

           Born: 1804 - New York, New York
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
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7 M William Henry Roosevelt 39

           Born: 1806 - New York, New York
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
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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

[BrAiderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #3981, Date of Import: Apr 15, 1999]

She was 72 years old when she d.

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General Notes: Child - Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt

or Aug?

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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Johannes Roosevelt and Heyltje Sybrants




Husband Johannes Roosevelt 39

           Born:  - New York, New York
       Baptized:  - Dutch Reformed Church, Esopus, Ulster, NY
           Died: April 4, 1750 - New York, New York
         Buried: 


         Father: Nicholas Nicolaes Rosenvelt Roosevelt 39
         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

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3 M Johannes Roosevelt Jr 39

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4 F Heyltje Roosevelt 39

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5 M Olfert Jacobus Roosevelt 39

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6 F Maris Jannetje Roosevelt 39

           Born: 1736 - NY
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7 F Aeltje Roosevelt 39

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8 M Cornelius Roosevelt 39

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9 M Jacobus Roosevelt Sr 39

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       Baptized: August 9, 1724 - New York, New York
           Died: March 12, 1777 - Red Hook, Dutchess, NY
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         Spouse: Anna Annetje Bogart 39
           Marr: December 4, 1746 - New York, New York




General Notes: Husband - Johannes Roosevelt

OCCUPATION: linseed oil manufacturer

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General Notes: Child - Jacobus Roosevelt Sr

He established a hardware business.

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Klaes Martenszen Van Roosevelt and Jannetjejannette Tomas




Husband Klaes Martenszen Van Roosevelt 39

           Born: 1623 - Holland 44
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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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Theodore Teddy Roosevelt Jr 26Th Us President 19011909




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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           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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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.

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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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Caleb Root and Elizabeth Salmon




Husband Caleb Root

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           Died: June 10, 1712
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         Father: John Root
         Mother: Mary Kilbourne


       Marriage: August 9, 1693




Wife Elizabeth Salmon

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Dea. Thomas Root and Thankful Strong




Husband Dea. Thomas Root

           Born: 1667
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         Father: Thomas Root
         Mother: Abigail Alvord


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Wife Thankful Strong

           Born: April 15, 1672
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         Father: Jedediah Strong
         Mother: Freedom Woodward





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Husband Simeon Stiles

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Wife Experience Root

           Born:  - Westfield, MA
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         Father: Joshua Root
         Mother: Margaret Gilbert





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