Theodore Roosevelt
26th President
Born: 1858 Died: 1919 Served: 1901 - 1909

Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks
Political Party Republican
College Harvard
Occupation Author
Birthplace New York, NY
Place of Burial Oyster Bay, NY

Pop Quiz Facts

* 1901: Sworn in as 26th president after the assassination of William McKinley.
* 1903: Signs Panama Canal treaty.
* 1906: Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for arbitrating end of Russo-Japanese War.
* 1912: Leaves Republican Party and runs for presidency on his new Progressive, or Bull Moose, ticket. Loses to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.

Interesting Facts

* At 42, Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest president; Kennedy was the youngest elected president, at 43.
* The teddy bear is named for him.
* He lost sight in one eye while boxing in the White House.
* Roosevelt had a photographic memory. He could read a page in the time it took anyone else to read a sentence.
* He was the first president to travel outside the United States -- to Panama.
* One of the four presidents honored at Mt. Rushmore.

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