Theodore Roosevelt Biography Essay

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Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York City. Theodore Roosevelt’s family ancestors were successful Dutch glass importers that were one of New York’s leading families in the late 1800s. Theodor had a difficult time in early age. But always was on the right way and had reached his goals. Theodor’s father name was Theodore Roosevelt Sr. Mother Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
s Wives were Alice Hathaway Lee, Edith Kermit Carow
 his daughters Alice and Ethel. And his 
sons Theodore Jr., Kermit, Archibald Bulloch, Quentin. Theodor was Theodore Roosevelt was one of the most powerful men to enter the White House. Roosevelt brought a lot of foreign policy. He had negotiated an agreement with Columbia, which was Panama during that time. In order to allow to allow the building of the Panama Canal. He also received Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to negotiate the Russian-Japanese war. He also earned a reputation as a great ecologist for his act in setting aside 125 million acres for national forests. Theodor was first President to win the Nobel Peace Prize, first President to ride in an automobile, …show more content…
Also liked to travel a lot for which he had a lot of time since he was sick and was home schooled. When he was a child he suffered from asthma. His parents were worried about him. One day his dad told him: “Theodore you have the mind but you have not the body, and without the help of the body the mind cannot go as far as it should. I am giving you the tools, but it is up to you to make your body.” Teddy responded saying: “I will make my body!” After that Roosevelt started to work hard to shape his body and he called it “strenuous life.” He helped his father to build a gym where he would box and lift weight and practice gymnastics. Also Theodore found hiking interesting and which would help him to reach his goal. He would travel with his dad where they would climb mountain in different sorts of

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