What is one of the highest honors for a president in the Untied States? It’s a honor that only four presidents have, and thus a representation of how great they were as presidents. The answer is Mount Rushmore. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt are the only four presidents that have been immortalized on the face of that rock. Out of the four the one that is probably the least well known is Roosevelt, but there is a reason that Roosevelt was chosen. He was one of, if not the, most eccentric and remarkable presidents and that can be seen through his life his actions as president and the huge significance he has left on American history. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was born in 1858 to a privileged family in New York City. His family came from old money, which allowed Roosevelt, or TR as he became known as, to have a childhood many children at that time dreamed of. His
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Then on February 14, 1884 Roosevelt’s wife died in the morning followed by his mother that afternoon. That day in his journal TR wrote, “ The light has gone out of my life.” Roosevelt was a man who had to be always be in action, he was once quoted saying “Get action, be sane.” Three days following the funeral of his loved ones he went back to work and finished his term as an assemblyman before heading out west to North Dakota to become a rancher and get rid of his grief. The time he spent in the Badlands made him into the Bull Moose that soon took over the nation (Burns “Action”). Roosevelt returned to New York and dived into the world of politics. He worked as a police commissioner and governor of New York become coming the Republican nomination for the presidential election of 1900. TR ended up becoming the Vice President under William McKinley who died in 1901 making TR the 26th president of the Untied States at age 42 the youngest ever in office (Donald
Then on February 14, 1884 Roosevelt’s wife died in the morning followed by his mother that afternoon. That day in his journal TR wrote, “ The light has gone out of my life.” Roosevelt was a man who had to be always be in action, he was once quoted saying “Get action, be sane.” Three days following the funeral of his loved ones he went back to work and finished his term as an assemblyman before heading out west to North Dakota to become a rancher and get rid of his grief. The time he spent in the Badlands made him into the Bull Moose that soon took over the nation (Burns “Action”). Roosevelt returned to New York and dived into the world of politics. He worked as a police commissioner and governor of New York become coming the Republican nomination for the presidential election of 1900. TR ended up becoming the Vice President under William McKinley who died in 1901 making TR the 26th president of the Untied States at age 42 the youngest ever in office (Donald