Theodore Roosevelt, (27 October 1858 â 6 January 1919) 26th president of the United States who was the namesake of the âTeddyâ bear, was born in New York City. Today a reconstruction of the house is a National Historic Site and open to the public. The 26th president of the U.S., Roosevelt died on January 6, 1919. He wrote the 4-volume âThe Winning of the West.â In 1996 The American Experience series broadcast a 4-hr. TV special that covered his life. His pursuit of boxing left him blind in one eye. He put 230 million acres of land under federal protection. âDeath is always and under all circumstances a tragedy, for if it is not, then it means that life itself has become one.â
Theodore Roosevelt Jr., often referred to as Teddy or his initials T. R., was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
The most famous of all the units fighting in Cuba, the “Rough Riders” was the name given to the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt resigned his position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in May 1898 to join the volunteer cavalry. The original plan for this unit called for filling it with men from the Indian Territory, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma. However, once Roosevelt joined the group, it quickly became the place for a mix of troops ranging from Ivy League athletes to glee-club singers to Texas Rangers and Indians.
They made headlines for their role in the Battle of San Juan Hill, which became the stuff of legend thanks to Roosevelt’s writing ability and reenactments filmed long after.
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