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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. [b] (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as Teddy or T. R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt previously was involved in New York politics, including serving as the state's 33rd governor for two years.
John Schrank under arrest Memorial for the Attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee. The attempt on Roosevelt's life was perpetrated by John Schrank, a Bavarian-born saloonkeeper from New York. [21] Schrank was born in Erding, Bavaria, on March 5, 1876. [9] He emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 9.
After Hay's death in 1905, Roosevelt convinced Root to return to the Cabinet as Secretary of State, and Root remained in office until the final days of Roosevelt's tenure. [17] In 1907, Roosevelt replaced Shaw with Cortelyou, while James R. Garfield became the new secretary of the interior.
Theodore Roosevelt III (/ ˈ r oʊ z ə v ɛ l t / ROH-zə-velt; September 13, 1887 – July 12, 1944), often known as Theodore Jr., [1] [Note 1] was an American military officer, politician and businessman.
The 63-year-old Roosevelt died a few hours later, without regaining consciousness. As Allen Drury later said, "so ended an era, and so began another." After Roosevelt's death, an editorial in The New York Times declared, "Men will thank God on their knees a hundred years from now that Franklin D. Roosevelt was in the White House." [67]
September 14 - The first inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt takes place following the death of William McKinley. September 15 - Roosevelt and the cabinet attend memorial services for McKinley. [1] September 16 - Roosevelt and the cabinet escort McKinley's body to Washington, D.C. September 20 - Roosevelt holds his first cabinet meeting. [2]
31st president Herbert Hoover (died October 20, 1964) 19 years, 191 days after 32nd president Franklin D. Roosevelt (died April 12, 1945) 333 days after 35th president John F. Kennedy (died November 22, 1963) 33rd president Harry S. Truman (died December 26, 1972) 9 years, 34 days after 35th president John F. Kennedy (died November 22, 1963)
Roosevelt's father died in 1900, distressing him greatly. [20] The following year, Roosevelt's fifth cousin Theodore Roosevelt became U.S. president. Theodore's vigorous leadership style and reforming zeal made him Franklin's role model and hero. [21] He graduated from Harvard in three years in 1903 with an A.B. in history. [22]