“You know, in political life you must always remember that you not only must be on the right side of a measure, but you must be on the right side at the right time.”
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Previously serving for six months as vice president under William McKinley, Roosevelt became president after McKinley's assassination in 1901. He was 42 years old upon his first inauguration, making him the youngest person to hold the office.
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politics · President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 · explorer · historian · essayist · writer · politician · autobiographer · rancher · naturalist · statesperson · conservationist · also Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., T. Roosevelt, Jr., T. Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Roosevelt
Born 27 October 1858 · Died 6 January 1919 · Q33866
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2026· 35 entries
“I can be condemned only if the existence of the National Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, and all similar zoological institutions are to be condemned”
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“My action on labor should always be considered in connection with my action as regards capital, and both are reducible to my favorite formula—a square deal for every man.”
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“My feeling is that the Democrats will probably win if they nominate a progressive”
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“accept the progressive nomination on a progressive platform and I shall fight to the end, win or lose”
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“Such extremists are not progressives—they are political emotionalists or neurotics”
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“hearty support to any decent Democrat”
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“few of the emasculated, milk-and-water moralities admired by the pseudo-philanthropists; but he does possess, to a very high degree, the stern, manly qualities that are invaluable to a nation”
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Construction & Demolition Recycling: Amrize supplies cement for Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
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News On 6: Tulsa sisters get a rare look at life aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt: 'It was a once-in-a-lifetime trip'
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New York Almanack: 125 Years Later: Teddy Roosevelt’s Ride to the Presidency
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aol.com: Trump Had A VERY Baffling Moment At The Theodore Roosevelt Library Yesterday
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Austerra Society: Theodore Roosevelt, expresidente de Estados Unidos, y su vínculo con la creación del Parque Nacional Vicente Pérez Rosales
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New York Post: Border wall construction on Native American reservation greenlit due to 1907 Theodore Roosevelt proclamation
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Buffalo’s Fire: Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library: The irony of this celebration 'could not be sharper’
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Yahoo Finance: Gulf-to-Bay Captiva Estate With Theodore Roosevelt Connection Sells for $10 Million
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Public attention spiked: 32,918 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.3× the usual 10,105, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Trump sees bond with ‘great he-man’ Theodore Roosevelt at lavish library opening” (The Guardian).
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Public attention spiked: 56,519 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.6× the usual 10,105, with 6 article edits. Coverage that week: “Trump sees bond with ‘great he-man’ Theodore Roosevelt at lavish library opening” (The Guardian).
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt banned Muslims from immigration to the United States.” Mixture.
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2024· 3 entries
PolitiFact rated the claim “After being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.”” Mostly True.
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Snopes rated the claim “A black-and-white photo shared online in 2024 showed former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt standing over the lifeless body of the last-known triceratops.” Fake.
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Snopes rated the claim “A black-and-white photo being shared online between March and May 2024 showed former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt standing over a lifeless, last-known triceratops.” Fake.
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2022· 1 entry
After years of lobbying by activists, the statue was removed
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2021· 1 entry
USA Today rated the claim “Theodore Roosevelt's eyesight was permanently damaged by his military aide during a boxing match” True.
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2020· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt once said, "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president."” Correct Attribution.
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2019· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Theodore Roosevelt said: "There is but one answer to terrorism and it is best delivered with a Winchester rifle."” Mostly True.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says President Theodore Roosevelt said "To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth."” Pants on Fire.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Theodore Roosevelt closed the post office in Indianola, Mississippi, in 1903 and rerouted local mail after townspeople forced local postmaster Minnie Cox out because she was black.” Mostly True.
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2017· 1 entry
PolitiFact rated the claim “The president has a “constitutional authority to tell the Justice Department who to investigate, who not to investigate. That’s what Thomas Jefferson did, that’s what Lincoln did, that’s what Roosevelt did. We have precedents that clearly establish that.”” Not the same thing.
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2016· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Theodore Roosevelt said that speaking out against criticism of the President "is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."” True.
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Snopes rated the claim “Teddy Roosevelt said that "to anger a conservative, lie to him; to anger a liberal, tell him the truth."” False.
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2007· 1 entry
“I Rose Like a Rocket: The Political Education of Theodore Roosevelt”
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2001· 3 entries
Won Medal of Honor (2001).
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President Bill Clinton awarded Theodore Roosevelt the Medal of Honor for his charge
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“Roosevelt is the friend of the brewers, McKinley was the friend of the brewers...I say, Roosevelt is a beer-slinging Dutchman, a beer-guzzling Dutchman. The brewers’ rotgut has taken possession of America!”
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1998· 1 entry
As part of the Celebrate the Century series
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1965· 1 entry
Al Sheehan produced an annual musical spectacular on the history of North Dakota performed at the Medora Musical, which included a portrayal of Roosevelt in the Badlands
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1956· 1 entry
The United States Postal Service released a 6¢ Liberty Issue postage stamp honoring Roosevelt
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1920· 1 entry
Wilson had Democratic Senators vote against the League with the Lodge Reservations and the United States never joined the League of Nations
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1919· 4 entries
Died 1919-01-06.
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“I have always been fond of the West African proverb "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
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“If I must choose between righteousness and peace I choose righteousness.”
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“Every man among us is more fit to meet the duties and responsibilities of citizenship because of the perils over which, in the past, the nation has triumphed; because of the blood and sweat and tears, the labor and the anguish, through which, in the days that have gone, our forefathers moved on to triumph.”
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1918· 1 entry
“I wish to do everything in my power to make the Republican Party the Party of sane, constructive radicalism, just as it was under Lincoln.”
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1917· 1 entry
Won David Livingstone Centenary Medal (1917).
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1916· 2 entries
Against whichever Democrat beat Taft in 1912
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While campaigning for Hughes, Roosevelt repeatedly denounced Irish Americans and German Americans whom he described as unpatriotic; he insisted that one had to be 100% American, not a "hyphenated American" who juggled mu
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1915· 1 entry
Outlined this plan more specifically, urging nations guarantee their entire military force, if necessary, against any nation that refused to carry out arbitration decrees or violated rights of other nations
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1914· 1 entry
Roosevelt strongly supported the Allies and demanded a harsher policy against Germany, especially regarding submarine warfare
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1913· 1 entry
As a member of the Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition, co-named after its leader, Brazilian Cândido Rondon
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1912· 8 entries
While arriving at a campaign event in Milwaukee, Roosevelt was shot by saloonkeeper John Schrank, who believed the ghost of assassinated president William McKinley had directed him to kill Roosevelt
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Wherein he proclaims it the "party of the people" – in contrast with the other major parties
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La Follette declared his own candidacy in June 1911
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When launching the Bull Moose Party, he mobilized only white men in the South, while President Taft was mobilizing both races there
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“I will accept the nomination for president if it is tendered to me”
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“if the people make a draft on me I shall not decline to serve”
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“I am really sorry for Taft... I am sure he means well, but he means well feebly, and he does not know how! He is utterly unfit for leadership and this is a time when we need leadership.”
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Roosevelt saw Taft as the agent of "the forces of reaction and of political crookedness"
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1911· 1 entry
“the great movement of our day, the progressive nationalist movement against special privilege, and in favor of an honest and efficient political and industrial democracy”
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1910· 2 entries
Awarded Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (1910).
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“it would be a master stroke if those great Powers honestly bent on peace would form a League of Peace, not only to keep the peace among themselves, but to prevent, by force if necessary, its being broken by others.”
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1908· 2 entries
Roosevelt appropriated these indemnities for the Boxer Indemnity Scholarships, which funded tens of thousands of Chinese students to study in the U
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A month before the general presidential election, Governor Charles N
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1907· 3 entries
And approving their plan to purchase a Tennessee steel company near bankruptcy—its failure would ruin a major New York bank
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Roosevelt faced the greatest domestic economic crisis since the Panic of 1893
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A friend of Roosevelt's, John Augustine Zahm, invited Roosevelt to help plan a research expedition to South America
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1906· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his role in bringing to an end the bloody war recently waged between two of the world's great powers, Japan and Russia.
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Roosevelt was the first president to depart the continental United States on an official diplomatic trip
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1906).
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Following a disputed election, an insurrection ensued in Cuba; Roosevelt sent Taft, the Secretary of War, to monitor the situation; he was convinced that he had the authority to unilaterally authorize Taft to deploy Mari
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1905· 3 entries
Revealed that corporate executives donated tens of thousands of dollars in 1904 to the Republican National Committee
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Roosevelt became embroiled in a widely publicized literary debate known as the nature fakers controversy
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Admonished the African American voters to accept white supremacy and boasted to whites that his mother was from Georgia
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1904· 1 entry
And convinced William Howard Taft, his Secretary of War, to succeed him in 1908
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1902· 2 entries
Roosevelt wished to have a strong U
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Théobald Chartran was commissioned to paint Roosevelt's presidential portrait
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1901· 4 entries
President McKinley was attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, when he was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz
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Roosevelt first publicized an aphorism that thrilled his supporters: "Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far
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Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1901–1901).
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Career landmark: President of the United States (1901–1909).
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1900· 2 entries
And was denied his preferred post of Secretary of War
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Roosevelt issued a public statement saying that he would not accept the nomination
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1899· 2 entries
“Speech before the Hamilton Club, Chicago, April 10, 1899”
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Career landmark: Governor of New York (1899–1900).
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1898· 5 entries
The armored cruiser USS Maine exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, killing hundreds of crew
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Was stimulated in part by fear that Japan would dominate or seize the Hawaiian Republic
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Roosevelt resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Navy
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Helped plan the successful naval war against Spain
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Colombia in 1903, and especially with Germany, from 1915 to 1917
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1897· 1 entry
Career landmark: Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1897–1898).
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1894· 2 entries
Roosevelt met Jacob Riis, the muckraking Evening Sun journalist who was opening the eyes of New Yorkers to the terrible conditions of the city's immigrants with such books as How the Other Half Lives
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Reform Republicans approached Roosevelt about running for Mayor of New York again; he declined, mostly due to his wife's resistance to being removed from the Washington social set
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1887· 1 entry
Kermit in 1889, Ethel in 1891, Archibald in 1894, and Quentin in 1897
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1886· 2 entries
Roosevelt married his childhood friend, Edith Kermit Carow, at St George's, Hanover Square, in London, England
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Roosevelt served as a deputy sheriff in Billings County, North Dakota
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1883· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the New York State Assembly (1883–1884).
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1882· 1 entry
By a margin greater than two-to-one, an achievement made more impressive by the victory that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Grover Cleveland won in Roosevelt's district
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1881· 1 entry
Roosevelt won election to the New York State Assembly, representing the 21st district, which was centered on the "Silk Stocking District" of New York County's Upper East Side
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1880· 2 entries
Roosevelt married socialite Alice Hathaway Lee
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Roosevelt graduated Phi Beta Kappa (22nd of 177) with an A
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1869· 2 entries
Roosevelt discovered the benefits of physical exertion to minimize his asthma and bolster his spirits
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And 1870, and Egypt in 1872, shaped his cosmopolitan perspective
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1858· 1 entry
Born 1858-10-27.
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