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2 hours ago · Theodore Roosevelt played a seminal role in the rise of the United States to Great Power status at the turn of the 20th century and in debates about World War I and the League of Nations. Prior to entering the White House, TR was a leading proponent of a more ambitious foreign policy.
2 hours ago · Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt became the youngest person to serve as president at 42 years old when William McKinley was shot and killed in 1901. Roosevelt became known as one of the country’s most impactful and energetic presidents, pushing forward construction of the Panama Canal and expanding protection of national forests.
1 day ago · Theodore Roosevelt’s fifth cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was James M. Cox’s running mate on the Democratic Party’s ticket in the 1920 election, but the two lost to Warren G. Harding. Franklin later became president in 1933 and became the first — and only — person to ever be elected to serve three terms.
1 day ago · The Ohio senator is ... was Herbert Hoover’s vice president in 1933 and the first to sport a full beard since Charles Fairbanks was Teddy Roosevelt’s ... he enrolled at Ohio State University.
1 day ago · The bullet, which was slowed by a 50-page speech and eyeglasses case in Roosevelt’s pocket, remained in his chest for the rest of his life, according to his presidential library.
6 hours ago · Harry Truman had been vice president for only a few months when Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in 1945. He soon learned a grave secret — the U.S. government had developed atomic weapons.
3 hours ago · A part of what has become Roosevelt’s manly image happened in the fall of 1912. Roosevelt, who had served two terms as president from 1901 to 1909, was running for a then-unprecedented third term.
