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Biography
Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858–January 6, 1919) was the twenty-fifth (1901) Vice President and the twenty-sixth (1901-1909) President of the United States, succeeding to the office upon the assassination of William McKinley. At 42, Roosevelt was the youngest person ever to serve as President of the United States.

Roosevelt's energy, skill and sheer joy in the Presidency were remarkable. During his life he was an author, legislator, soldier, big-game hunter, diplomat, conservationist, naval-power enthusiast, peace broker and progressive reformer. For his many achievements and the larger-than-life role he played in the White House, Roosevelt is usually thought of as one of the greatest U.S. Presidents.

Theodore Roosevelt was a fifth cousin of the later President Franklin D. Roosevelt. They are the only cousins to serve as President of the United States.

Childhood and education

Roosevelt was born at 28 28 East 20th Street in the modern-day Gramercy section of New York City on October 27, 1858 as the second of four children of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr (1831-1878) and Martha Bulloch (1834-1884). His father was a New York City philanthropist, merchant, and partner in the glass-importing firm Roosevelt and Son . Martha Bulloch was a homemaker and former Southern belle who was raised in Georgia and had Confederate sympathies.

Sickly and asthmatic as a youngster, Theodore had to sleep propped up in bed or slouching in a chair during much of his early childhood and had frequent incidences of diarrhea, colds, and other ailments. It is believed he attended Friends Seminary, a private Quaker school on 16th Street, for a short period of time, in spite of his physical condition. He was a hyperactive and oftentimes mischievous young man. His lifelong interest in zoology was first formed at age seven upon seeing a dead seal at a local market. After obtaining the seal's head the young Roosevelt and two of his cousins formed what they called the 'Roosevelt Museum of Natural History.' Roosevelt filled his makeshift museum with many animals that he caught, studied, and prepared for display. At age nine he codified his observation work on insects with a paper titled "The Natural History of Insects."

To combat his poor physical condition, his father compelled young Roosevelt to take up exercise at Wood's Gym and with equipment at his home. A couple of his peers beat him during this time and as a result Roosevelt started boxing lessons. Two trips abroad also had a great effect on this part of his life;
*From 1869 to 1870 his family toured Europe and spent Christmas in Rome where Roosevelt kissed the hand of Pope Pius IX.
*From 1872 to 1873 the Roosevelt family traveled in Egypt, the Holy Land, and spent several months in Dresden, Germany (Polish Drezno). "Teedie" (his childhood nickname) also climbed to the top of the pyramids.
Soon he became a sporting and outdoor enthusiast, something that would stick with him until his last years.

Except for a few months at Professor McMullen's school, young Teedie was too sickly to attend school and thus was taught by a string of tutors. The first was Annie Bulloch, his maternal aunt. She was followed by others, including a teacher of taxidermy who helped nourish his propensity toward natural history. Fraulein Anna, a tutor of German and French while the family was in Dresden, remarked; "He will surely one day be a great professor, or who knows, he may become president of the United States."

After his family returned to their home in New York, Roosevelt started intensive tutoring under Arthur Hamilton Cutler in preparation for the Harvard University entrance exam. He passed the exam in 1875 and entered as a freshman the next year. Also in 1876 he participated in a torchlight demonstration for Rutherford B. Hayes' presidential bid. Roosevelt did well in science, philosophy, and rhetoric but did not do well in classical languages. Professor J. Laurence Laughlin and Roosevelt's girlfriend (and future wife) Alice Hathaway Lee convinced him to turn his career intentions away from natural history and toward politics.

While at Harvard his student memberships included;
*editor of the student newspaper, the Advocate,
*vice president of the Natural History Club,
*member of the Porcellian Club
*secretary of the Hasty Pudding Club,
*founder of the Finance Club,
*member of the Nuttall Ornithological Club.
He also found time for boxing and was runner-up for the Harvard boxing championship, losing to C.S. Hanks. The sportsmanship Roosevelt showed in that fight was long remembered.

He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude (21st of 177) from Harvard University in 1880 and entered Columbia Law School that same year. Finding law school tedious, however, Theodore found other diversions, including the completion of his first published book, The Naval War of 1812 (1882). Unable to stomach a career as a corporate lawyer, and presented with an opportunity to run for a New York State Assemblyman position in 1881, he dropped out of school to pursue his new goal of entering public life.

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