Quick Summary of Theodore Roosevelt’s Early Life

November 19, 2009

Theodore Roosevelt is most widely known as the 26th president of the United States; however, prior to his presidency he accomplished much in his personal life. Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858. He had an elder sister

named Anna and two younger siblings named Elliott and Corinne. Theodore Roosevelt was first married to Alice Hathaway Lee who mothered his daughter Alice. When Theodore’s mother died on February 14, 1886. That same day, Theodore’s 1st wife ended up dieing. Later on, Theodore married again to his childhood sweetheart Edith Kermit Carow. They ended up having five children together named Theodore Jr., Kermit, Ethel Carow, Archibald Bulloch and Quentin. Then in 1895, Roosevelt finally Roosevelt finally became the president of the board of New York City police Commissioners and changed the corrupt reputation of the police force. The NYPD’s history division records that Roosevelt was “an iron-willed leader of unimpeachable honesty, (who) brought a reforming zeal to the New York City Police Commission in 1895.” Roosevelt eventually joined the Navy and then later resigned and forming the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment called The Rough Riders. Roosevelt and The Rough Riders became famous in their daring dual charges up Kettle Hill and San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898. On leaving the Army, Roosevelt was elected governor of New York in 1898 and then made McKinley’s running mate in the 1900 election. Then Theodore Roosevelt became vice presidnet and when Mckinley died, Theodore Roosevelt took his role as president.