Theodore Roosevelt: A Man Of Many Hats

Theodore Roosevelt is a man of many hats, from Big Game hunter to New York City police commissioner, from soldier to boxer, and warrior to peacemaker. He was a bold and patriotic man, that refused to allow anything to come easy, to include death. He is one of America’s single most accomplished men; it just so happened that he was also the twenty-sixth President of the United States of America.

Theodore was raised in New York City, and as a young boy suffered from asthma. He was told by doctors growing up to pursue a desk job to preserve his health. Instead his father who he admired greatly pushed him to participate in an active fitness routine that included a strenuous weight lifting routine. Roosevelt was tested routinely as a man from his early childhood up to even his first marriage. His wife and mother both died on the same day February 18th, 1884 a life-changing event for any person, his response was to remove himself from his current environment in New York to the Dakota territories where he just so happened to have captured an outlaw.

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He was under the impression that he had left the country in good hands, before leaving for Africa on a Safari. Becoming annoyed with the weak foreign policy of President Thatch, Roosevelt decided that he would run again for another term. During the campaign while giving a campaign speech Roosevelt was shot in an attempted assassination. Rather then ending the speech there, Roosevelt brushed it off as just hazard of the job and finished the speech almost ninety minutes later before seeking medical attention. Despite this astounding event Roosevelt eventually lost the election. But when the United States was preparing to enter world war one, Roosevelt requested to take command of unit to enter the war with. His request was denied however, his four boys all joined and served during the