Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-Sixth President 1901-1909
Beginning of paper
Theodore Roosevelt was the second of four children. He was born in New
York City on October 27, 1858 of Dutch, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, French and
German heritage. Partially due to poor health, he suffered from Asthma and
bad vision, he was educated by tutors until he entered Harvard College,
where he received his B.A. degree in 1880. ....
Middle of paper
.... He returned east in the fall of 1886 to
run for mayor of New York against Congressman Abram S. Hewitt and the
economist Henry George. Hewitt, a Democrat, won easily with Roosevelt
finishing a poor third.
Roosevelt then married his childhood sweetheart, Edith Kermit Carow, in
London. Edith was an intelligent and cultivated, yet private woman. She
bore him four sons; Theodore, Jr.; Kermit; Archibald; and Quentin, and a
daughter, Ethel.
F ....
--------------
Number of words: 1560
Number of pages: 6 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
Site Navigation
