A Brief Biography Of Teddy Roosevelt

Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt was born in New York on October 17th, 1858. In his early years, Roosevelt grew up in a wealthy family with 3 other siblings, a mother who was raised on a plantation in Georgia, and a father who was a prosperous businessman. Although he seemed to have a good life, Roosevelt often became sick. He had a lung condition, asthma, that made physical activity difficult for him. Even with his challenges, he did not let it stop him from trying to get better, and was eventually able to strengthen his body and become more active.
Roosevelt also had a thirst for learning, and studied with private tutors, traveled through the Middle East and Europe with his family, and also studied multiple different subjects when he attended Harvard. While he was at college, he met a woman named Alice Hathaway Lee who was from New England, and completely fell in love with her. They ended up getting married, and gave birth to a girl. Though, a huge tragedy occurred …show more content…
The Rough Riders fought in the Spanish-American War and were especially known for charging straight up towards the San Juan Hill at the battle of Santiago. When Roosevelt returned home from the war, he was seen as a war hero and was extremely popular to the public.
Not only did Roosevelt gain popularity from the public, he also had Republican leaders interested in him. People ended up convincing him to run for governor of New York and he won. Although he was popular to many people, some party officials did not want him to be re-elected as governor, and came up with a plan to have him nominated as U.S. Vice President in 1900. Roosevelt easily won his position for Vice President, but in less than a year, Roosevelt became president of the United States after McKinley was shot and passed