Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore ("Teddy") Roosevelt:
26th President from 1901 to 1909
Biographical Facts:
Born October 27, 1858 to Theodore and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
Married Alice Hathaway Lee on October 27, 1880 then Edith Kermit Carow on December 2, 1886
had 6 children between the marriages
lived in NY
writer, historian, politician, soldier (with the famous "Rough Riders") before becoming President
Republican and Progressive Party
Inaugurated at 42
1st Administration:
Inaugurated on September 14, 1901 in NY
No VP
Secretary of State: John Hay
2nd Administration:
Inaugurated on March 4, 1905 at the Capitol, Washington, D.C.
VP: Charles Warren Fairbanks
Secretary of State: John Hay, then Elihu Root, then Robert Bacon
States Admitted during Term: Oklahoma (1907)
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