Theodore Roosevelt

26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)

  • Fame83.0
  • Momentum0.1
  • United States rank#129
Source-basedFalling
  • Fame83.0
  • Momentum0.1
  • United States rank#129
  • Politicians rank#70
  • Wikipedia343.7K
Lived 1858–1919, aged 61United States
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    145 languages
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  • Rank in United States
    #129
    Politicians
  • Era
    1858–1919
    Aged 61
  • Known for
    A Movie
    1958
Summary
Updated 2026-08-30

At 42, the youngest president in U.S. history, he walked into the White House after an assassination and turned it into a bully pulpit for trust-busting, conservation, and naval power — a sickly child who remade himself through what he called 'the strenuous life' and never stopped swinging.

Biography

About

Born October 27, 1858, Roosevelt fought debilitating asthma with a regime of vigorous exercise, studied natural history, and wrote The Naval War of 1812 while at Harvard, establishing himself as both historian and reformer in the New York State Legislature. After his wife Alice and mother died on the same day, he bought a cattle ranch in the Dakotas to recover, then returned as assistant secretary of the Navy, helped plan the naval war against Spain in 1898, and resigned to lead the Rough Riders in Cuba. The war hero became New York's governor in 1898, then vice president in 1900; six months l…

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In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt
said
Is America a weakling, to shrink from the work of the great world powers? No! The young giant of the West stands on a continent and clasps the crest of an ocean in either hand.
Letter to John Hay, American Ambassador to the Court of St. James, London, written in Washington, DC (June 7, 1897)
Theodore Roosevelt
said
The worst lesson that can be taught a man is to rely upon others and to whine over his sufferings.
"How Not To Better Social Conditions" in Review of Reviews (January 1897), p. 39 · Full text online (with at least two typos — in the last
Theodore Roosevelt
said
There is much talk about "jingoism".
In "For An Honest Election". New York Times. 23 Oct 1895. The reference is found halfway down the article.
Theodore Roosevelt
said
Of recent years... representative government all over the world has been threatened with a growing paralysis.
Speech before the Federal Club, New York City, (6 March 1891), as published in New York Daily Tribune (7 March 1891)
Theodore Roosevelt
said
The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian.
January 1886, in a campaign speech given in New York https://www.history.com/news/teddy-roosevelt-race-imperialism-national-parks
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83.0
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Momentum0.1
Historical36.4
Now attention13.2
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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