Theodore Roosevelt, also known as “Teddy”, was born on October 27th, 1858 in New York City, became not only the 26th president of the United States, but also the youngest man to ever hold office as the president. Growing up, Roosevelt was a very ill child. Most of his problems progressed due to his very serious asthma. Throughout his teenage years, Theodore dedicated his time to gymnastics and weight lifting. His work-out routine helped rise his confidence and all around self-worth. When Teddy was a young boy, he was homeschooled by private tutors. Traveling was a huge part of Theodore’s life. In the late 1860’s, Theodore traveled through Europe and the Middle East with his family, which eventually led him to spend 5 months in Germany with
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The two were married in October of 1880. Roosevelt enrolled at Columbia Law School for promptly a year, before he dropped out to begin a career in public services. In 1882 to 1884 he was elected to serve two terms to the New York Assembly. February 12th, 1884, Alice gave birth to their daughter Alice Lee. Unfortunately two days later, in the same house, only a few hours of each other, his mother died of typhoid fever and his wife died of kidney disease. To help with the grief, Roosevelt dived into political work, issues, and upcoming political …show more content…
He attacked the trusts guilty of monopolies and set up the necessary reforms that resulted in businesses into accepting government regulation. Also During this time the Japanese asked U.S. President Roosevelt to negotiate a peace agreement, and representatives of the two nations met in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1905. The negotiation revolved around the access to ports and who was going to pay war costs. Roosevelt proposed the idea that Russia bought back the Northern part of Sakhalin from the Japanese power. Roosevelt preferred that the war end on terms that left both Russia and Japan a role to play in Northeast China. Though the final agreement of the treaty did not take place until September of
The two were married in October of 1880. Roosevelt enrolled at Columbia Law School for promptly a year, before he dropped out to begin a career in public services. In 1882 to 1884 he was elected to serve two terms to the New York Assembly. February 12th, 1884, Alice gave birth to their daughter Alice Lee. Unfortunately two days later, in the same house, only a few hours of each other, his mother died of typhoid fever and his wife died of kidney disease. To help with the grief, Roosevelt dived into political work, issues, and upcoming political …show more content…
He attacked the trusts guilty of monopolies and set up the necessary reforms that resulted in businesses into accepting government regulation. Also During this time the Japanese asked U.S. President Roosevelt to negotiate a peace agreement, and representatives of the two nations met in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1905. The negotiation revolved around the access to ports and who was going to pay war costs. Roosevelt proposed the idea that Russia bought back the Northern part of Sakhalin from the Japanese power. Roosevelt preferred that the war end on terms that left both Russia and Japan a role to play in Northeast China. Though the final agreement of the treaty did not take place until September of