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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

13. "A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted—in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs, who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A reactionary is a somnambulist ...