Theodore Roosevelt is widely regarded by historians as one of the greatest American presidents. Born to a wealthy Manhattan family in 1858, Roosevelt grew up both sickly and pampered, but decided ...

Legacy After assuming the presidency when McKinley was assassinated, Theodore Roosevelt, at 42, was and remains the youngest chief executive in the nation’s history. Gifted in administration, ...

Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City to glass importer and leading philanthropist Theodore, Sr. and Georgia-born mother Martha “Mittie” Roosevelt. As a student at Harvard University (1876-1880 ...

The Roosevelt ... History, which had been co-founded by his father. The following year, having obtained spectacles to correct his vision and a shotgun to aid in capturing specimens, Theodore ...

Thee issues a challenge to his son to build his body; Theodore accepts and gets to work. Thee helps found the American Museum of Natural History. TR begins "The Roosevelt Museum of Natural History." ...