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Date of Birth: Wednesday, October 27, 1858 at 7:45pm	Place of Birth: 28 East 20th Street, New York City
Date of Death: Monday, January 6, 1919	Place of Death: Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay, New York
Height: 5 feet, 10 inches	Weight: 220 lbs. (appx.)
Father: Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831-1878)	Dexterity and Horoscope: Right handed Scorpio
Mother: Martha Bulloch Roosevelt (1835-1884)	Siblings: Elliott, Anna (Bamie), and Corinne
Wives: Alice Hathaway Lee (1861-1884) Edith Kermit Carow (1861-1948)	Children: Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)     Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887 - 1944)         Kermit Roosevelt (1889 - 1943)                  Ethel Carow Roosevelt (1891 - 1977)          Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt (1894 - 1979)   Quentin Roosevelt (1897 - 1918)
Education: A.B., Harvard University (Phi Beta Kappa, 1880)	Religion: Dutch Reformed
Dates of Presidency: September 14, 1901 - March 3, 1909 Congressional Sessions 57th through 60th Read more!	Number of Terms: 2 (1 elected, 1 assumed) Paid $50,000 annual salary
Political Affiliation: Republican, 1880-1911 Progressive, 1912	Military Service: Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army Captain, New York National Guard Read more!
Public Offices Held: Vice President: 1901 Governor New York: 1898-1900 Asst. Secretary of the Navy: 1897-1898 President N.Y. Police Board: 1895-1897 U.S. Civil Service Commissioner: 1889-1895 New York State Representative: 1882-1884	Conservation Efforts: 150 National Forests 5 National Parks 18 National Monuments 4 National Game Preserves 21 Reclamation Projects 51 Federal Bird Reservations 230 million total acres of federal land set aside Read more!
Awards and Society Memberships: Congressional Medal of Honor (2001) Nobel Prize (1905) Member, Masonic Lodge Member, American Institute of Arts & Letters Member, American Academy of Arts & Letters Founding member of the NCAA Founder, Boone & Crockett Club American Historical Association President Trustee, Tuskegee Institute Trustee, Howard University Committee Member, NAACP Spingarn Medal Associate Member, Institut de France	Presidential and American "Firsts": First President to ride in an airplane ... to invite an African-American (Booker T. Washington) to the White House ... to dive in a submarine ... to have a telephone in his home ... to ride in an automobile ... to travel outside the U.S. while in office ... to receive the first electoral vote cast by a woman delegate (Helen B. Scott in 1912) ... to advocate a Jewish homeland in Palestine (1917) ... to advocate the establishment of a League of Nations (1915) First U.S. citizen to win the Nobel Prize First world leader to submit a dispute to the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague Featured on the $1 Million United States T-Bill and T-Bond Only U.S. President to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (2001) The highest award bestowed by the NCAA is named after Theodore Roosevelt The Teddy Roosevelt Award is presented annually to Republican members who have gone to the floor of the House of Representatives, on fifty or more occasions, to communicate the Republican message directly to the American people. The award is inspired by President Teddy Roosevelt’s belief that credit should be given to those who stand up and speak their minds. Edith Roosevelt instituted the office of White House Social Secretary Edith Roosevelt designed and created the White House China Room and the Gallery of First Ladies
Use of the Armed Forces 1901 - Colombia (State of Panama) - November 20 to December 4 - U.S. forces protected American property on the Isthmus and kept transit lines open during serious revolutionary disturbances. 1902 - Colombia - April 16 to 23 - U.S. forces protected American lives and property at Bocas del Toro during a civil war. 1902 - Colombia (State of Panama) - September 17 through November 18 - The United States placed armed guards on all trains crossing the Isthmus to keep the railroad line open, and stationed ships on both sides of Panama to prevent the landing of Colombian troops. 1903 - Honduras - March 23 through 30 or 31 - U.S. forces protected the American consulate and the steamship wharf at Puerto Cortez during a period of revolutionary activity. 1903 - Dominican Republic - March 30 through April 21 - A detachment of marines was landed to protect American interests in the city of Santo Domingo during a revolutionary outbreak. 1903 - Syria - September 7 through 12. U.S. forces protected the American consulate in Beirut when a local Moslem uprising was feared. 1903-04 - Abyssinia - Twenty-five marines were sent to Abyssinia to protect the U.S. Consul General while he negotiated a treaty. 1903-14 - Panama - U.S. forces sought to protect American interests and lives during and following the revolution for independence from Colombia over construction of the Isthmian Canal. With brief intermissions, United States Marines were stationed on the Isthmus from November 4, 1903, to January 21 1914 to guard American interests. 1904 - Dominican Republic - January 2 through February 11 - American and British naval forces established an area in which no fighting would be allowed and protected American interests in Puerto Plata and Sosua and Santo Domingo City during revolutionary fighting. 1904 - Tangier, Morocco - "We want either Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead." A squadron demonstrated to force release of a kidnapped American. Marine guard was landed to protect the consul general. 1904 - Panama - November 17 through 24 - U.S. forces protected American lives and property at Ancon at the time of a threatened insurrection. 1904-05 - Korea - January 5, 1904, through November 11, 1905 - A Marine guard was sent to protect the American legation in Seoul during the Russo-Japanese War. 1906-09 - Cuba - September 1906 through January 23, 1909 - U.S. forces sought to restore order, protect foreigners, and establish a stable government after serious revolutionary activity. 1907 - Honduras - March 18 through June 8 - To protect American interests during a war between Honduras and Nicaragua, troops were stationed in Trujillo, Ceiba, Puerto Cortez, San Pedro Laguna and Choloma.	Major Speeches The Man in The Arena The American Boy We Stand at Armageddon The New Nationalism True Americanism History as Literature Naval War College Address Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech Visits to U.S. Navy Ships Yacht Sylph (1901-09) Battleship Illinois (1902) Yacht Mayflower (1905-09) Submarine Plunger (1905) Battleship Louisiana (1906) Battleship Connecticut (1907; 1909) Battleship Mississippi (1907) Family Pets: Dogs: Black Jack (terrier) Gem (pomeranian) Sailor Boy (chesapeake bay retriever) Rollo (st. bernard) Allen & Jessie (Scottish Terriers) Pete (Bull Terrier) Mike (Bull Terrier) Ace (Bulldog) Leo (poodle mix) Skip (feist) Cuba (dandie dinmont terrier) Susan (black mouth cur) Briar (scottish terrier) Roy (terrier) Scamp (terrier) Horses: Little Texas and Bleistein (TR's) Diamond (Kermit's) Algonquin (Archie's) Yagenka (Ethel's) Jocko Root, Nicollette, Pine Knot (Edith's) Cats: Tom Quartz Slippers Guinea Pigs: Admiral Dewey Jr. Bishop Doane Dr. Johnson Father G. Grady Fighting Bob Evans Exotics: Josiah the Badger Jonathan the piebald rat Emily Spinach the emerald green snake Jonathan Edwards the bear cub Birds: Eli the Blue Macaw Loretta the Parrot
Extra-legislative Efforts: 1902: Appropriations Bill for White House Renovation and building of The West Wing 1902: Coal Strike resolution 1902: Venezuelan crisis resolved 1903: Alaskan Boundary dispute resolved 1905: Portsmouth Treaty mediation 1905: Algeciras Conference Resolution 1905: Standard Oil indicted on antitrust charges 1905: Beef Trust dismantled 1906: Roosevelt Foundation for Industrial Peace 1906: T.R. travels to Panama 1906: Black Infantry Troop dishonorably discharged 1907: Oklahoma admitted to the Union as 46th State 1907: Great White Fleet sails on Presidential orders 1909: U.S. Marines overthrow Nicaraguan regime Pardons estimated at 981	Legislative Efforts: 1902: Newlands Act (Reclamation Policy) 1902: Hay-Pauncefote Treaty 1902: Isthmian Canal Act 1903: Recognizes the Republic of Panama 1903: Panama Canal construction begins 1903: Department of Commerce created 1903: Elkins Rebate Act 1903: Cuban Reciprocity Treaty 1905: Creates U.S. Forest Service 1906: Forest Homestead Act 1906: Hepburn Rate Act 1906: Food and Drugs Act 1906: Meat Inspection Act 1907: Santo Domingo Treaty 1907: Inland Waterways Commission 1907: Tennessee Coal and Iron Conference 1908: Employer's Liability Act 1908: Root-Takahira agreement Vetoes Total = 82 Regular = 42 Pocket = 40 Override = 1

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