PHOTO BIOGRAPHY Life of Theodore Roosevelt By: Tina Camilliti

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PHOTO BIOGRAPHY Life of Theodore
RooseveltBy Tina Camilliti
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Four year old Teedie Theodore Roosevelt in
1862
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Theodore Roosevelt began his Harvard education
in 1876
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Stunned with the mix of grief and joy over
the death of his mother Mittie and his wife Alice
on the same day in the same house combined with
the birth of his first child, Theodore retreated
to life in the western Badlands of Medora, North
Dakota, in 1885
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In 1895 Theodore marries his long time friend
Edith.
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In 1898 Theodore raised a
volunteer regiment to fight the Spanish in
Cuba.The Rough Riders would play a
critical role on Kettle Hiss and San Juan
Heights. Theodore lead one charge on horseback
and one charge on foot, inspiring his troops but
exposing himself to enemy fire.103 years later he
would receive the Congressional Medal of Honor
for his bravery that day.
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By 1900 Theodore was running for the
Vice Presidency. His fame from the Rough Rider
days easily won Roosevelt the nomination.
When President McKinley was shot
in1901,Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest
person ever to become President. He was only 42.
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The famous bear hunt in 1902
would forever link Theodore Roosevelt and the
Teddy bear in political cartoons, childrens
stories and toys.The bear hunt had
been unsuccessful and the guides and dogs
captured an old female bear and tied it to a tree
for the President to get his shot. He
refused.
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Conservation of natural wonders and natural
resources became Theodore Roosevelts legacy. In
1903, He came to inspect Yellowstone.
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Roosevelt began a grand tour of Europe
including Paris, where he delivered his
Citizenship in a Republic speech and Norway,
where he accepted the Nobel Prize he had been
awarded several years before for the Treaty of
Portsmouth.
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Theodore Roosevelt lost the election of 1912
when he ran for President on the Progressive
Bull Moose ticket, splitting the Republican
vote and handing the election to Democrat Woodrow
Wilson.
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In 1914 Roosevelt decided to lead a
trip to South America, after a major exploration
of 1500 miles they had acquired a significant
collection for the American Museum of Natural
History.Roosevelt returned from Brazil
to fight for US entry into the war. Roosevelt
firmly believed in the need for a well prepared
army and navy particularly in light of German
aggression against Belgium, France and Britain
and potentially the US.
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Roosevelt died in his sleep in the Gate
Room at Sagamore Hill early on the morning of
January 6, 1919 from a pulmonary embolism.
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Image Reference ListSlides 1-14

• Harvard College Library. (1998).Theodore
  Roosevelt Collection. Retrieved June 25, 2004
  from http//www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/.biopic
  tures.htm