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In foreign affairs, Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy is judicious support of the national interest and promotion of world stability through the maintenance of a balance of power; creation or strengthening of international agencies, and resort to their use when practicable; and implicit resolve to use military force, if feasible, to foster ...
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.
In the 1920s, sculptor Gutzon Borglum and President Calvin Coolidge selected George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln (L to R) to appear on Mount Rushmore—it later became an iconic symbol of presidential greatness, chosen to represent the nation's birth, growth, development and preservation, respectively.
McKinley was assassinated in September 1901 and was succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. He was the foremost of the five key men whose ideas and energies reshaped American foreign policy: John Hay (1838-1905); Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924); Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914); and Elihu Root (1845-1937).
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) was the 26th President of the United States (1901–1909) and also served as Governor of New York and Vice President.He is known for becoming a leading spokesman for his version of progressivism after 1890.
3 Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) 4 William Howard Taft (1909–1913) 5 Warren G. Harding (1921–1923) 6 Herbert Hoover (1929–1933) 7 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933 ...
March 4 - The second inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt takes place. March 17 - Roosevelt attends the wedding of his niece Eleanor Roosevelt and distant cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt. June 30 - Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton resigns. He is replaced by Charles Joseph Bonaparte. July 1 - Secretary of State John Hay dies of a heart condition at ...
The Rise covers the time from Roosevelt's birth through his ascendancy to the Presidency. [3] It includes the Roosevelt family history starting with his parents' influence, his turbulent childhood illnesses, education, involvement in politics, and political accomplishments that prepared him to be one of the most influential presidents of the modern era.