Theodore Roosevelt

At a Glance

Term: 26th President of the United States (1901-1909)

Born: October 27, 1858, New York, New York

Nickname: "TR", "Trust-Buster", "Teddy"

Education: Harvard College (graduated 1880)

Religion: Dutch Reformed

Marriage: October 27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee (1861-1884), December 2, 1886, to Edith Kermit Carow (1861-1948)

Children: Alice Lee (1884-1980), Theodore (1887-1944), Kermit (1889-1943), Ethel Carow (1891-1977), Archibald Bulloch (1894-1979), Quentin (1897-1918)

Career: Author, Lawyer, Public Official

Political Party: Republican

Writings: The Naval War of 1812 (1882), The Winning of the West (1889-96), African Game Trails (1910), Autobiography (1913), America and the World War (1915)

Died: January 6, 1919, Oyster Bay, New York

Buried: Young’s Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, New York

A Life in Brief: Theodore Roosevelt, who came into office in 1901 and served until 1909, is considered the first modern President because he significantly expanded the influence and power of the executive office. From the Civil War to the turn of the twentieth century, the seat of power in the national government resided in the U.S. Congress. Beginning in the 1880s, the executive branch gradually increased its power. More....

Essays on Theodore Roosevelt and His Administration

Consulting Editor: Sidney Milkis

Professor Milkis is the White Burkett Miller Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia and Assistant Director for Academic Programs at the Miller Center of Public Affairs. His writings include:

American Government: Balancing Democracy and Rights (Co-authored with Marc Landy, McGraw-Hill, 2004)

Presidential Greatness (Co-authored with Marc Landy, University Press of Kansas, 2000)

Progressivism and the New Democracy (Co-edited with Jerome Mileur, University of Massachusetts Press, 1999)

The American Presidency: Origins and Development, 1776-1990 (Co-authored with Michael Nelson, CQ Press, 1990)