https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd Author - Louis Auchinloss en-us 2023-02-01 20:14:04 UTC 2023-04-01 09:10:12 UTC hello@padlet.com eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539094012 When Theodore Roosevelt was a little boy he watched as Lincoln's memorial service passed by his childhood home. This experience is said to have instilled a interest in American politics is young Teddy.

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"In a photograph of Lincoln's New York funeral procession... Watching from one of the windows are two little boys, believed to be Cornelius's grandsons, Theodore Roosevelt and Elliot"]]> 2023-03-31 00:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539094012 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539094892 Theodore Roosevelt's siblings were Elliot Roosevelt, Bamie Roosevelt, and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson.

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"He had been preceded by a sister Anna, nicknamed Bamie... and was followed by another sister, Corinne, who wed a wealthy Douglas Robinson, and a younger brother, Elliot..."


]]> 2023-03-31 00:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539094892 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539095825 In 1880, Roosevelt graduated Phi Beta Kappa (22nd of 177) from Harvard. At Harvard he studied History & Government. He left with a Bachelor's degree in history.]]> 2023-03-31 00:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539095825 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539096973 Theodore met Alice Hathaway Lee while in Harvard but proposed and married her after his graduation. They then went on to have lovely honeymoon in Europe.

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"After graduation he married Alice Lee and settled down, following a honeymoon in Europe."]]> 2023-03-31 00:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539096973 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539097490 In 1882 Theodore Roosevelt, also commonly referred to as TR, ran for Republican candidate for the Assembly in Albany and was elected. After his first year he was reelected two more times in 1883 and 1884.

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"After two years of law school he gave it up to run as Republican candidate for the Assembly in Albany and was elected for the year 1882, and thereafter reelected twice, for the years 1883 and 1884."]]> 2023-03-31 00:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539097490 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539100152 On February 14, 1884, TR's first wife Alice after giving birth to her and TR's daughter died of Bright's disease. This event led him down a deep spiral of depression and caused him to rethink life. He sent his daughter also named Alice to live with his sister.

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"On February 14, 1884, Alice Roosevelt died of Brights disease."]]> 2023-03-31 00:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539100152 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539101488 Alice's death led him to leave his old life behind and become a Rancher also referred to as a cowboy. Theodore worked on Elk Horn in the badlands of North dakota. This all to leave the sorrow of his wife's death.]]> 2023-03-31 00:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539101488 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539102048 In 1886 Theodore attempted but failed to get the office of NYC Mayor. This though was most likely a good thing in retrospect since not a single NYC mayor has had a political career past there terms as NYC mayor.

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"In 1886 TR ran for mayor of New York City and trailed the two leading contender, Abram Hewitt , who was elected and Henry George... Had TR won, would that have ended his political career as it has that of every other New York mayor to this date (2001)?]]> 2023-03-31 00:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539102048 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539103554 After Alice's death Theodore spent many years single until he met Edith Kermit Carow. After meeting her he fell deeply in love but almost didn't get with her because he felt as though he were betraying Alice's memory.

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"He suffered deeply from his sense of guilt in betraying the memory of Alice... Happily these feeling were overcome".]]> 2023-03-31 00:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539103554 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539103706 After his union with Edith they went on to have 6 children. The first was Alice, Theodore's previous daughter which he now was taking care of. Aside from her they had 4 boys and one girl. 

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"Edith took over the care of young Alice from Bamie, so the family consisted of six. All four of his sons saw active service in WW1 - the youngest fatality - and three in WW2, two dying in uniform"

]]> 2023-03-31 00:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539103706 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539103938 Theodore Roosevelt served in the most famous of all the units that fought in Cuba, the so called "Rough Riders" of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry. This unit was under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt. 

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"TR's new regiment, the First United States Calvary, soon to be christened by the public as the "Rough Riders"."]]> 2023-03-31 00:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539103938 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539104058
After many successful scimisses and battles Theodore was tasked with capturing the hill of San Juan Hill. It was believed that if successful the battle would end the war. After a long and painful battle he and his men managed to take this key point it didn't end the war, though it was one of the final battles of the war.

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"On July 1, 1898, his men followed him up the hill, and victory was achieved. Theodore Roosevelt was now the hero of San Juan Hill".]]> 2023-03-31 00:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539104058 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539105900 After the War, Theodore Roosevelt ran for and was elected president of the United States On September 14, 1901.

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"Roosevelt was nominated, elected, and rendered twenty-sixth president of the United States by the bullet of Leon Czolgosz on September 14, 1901".]]> 2023-03-31 00:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539105900 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539106071 In 1902, Teddy reached an agreement with Columbia to get the rights to the French canal property. This all for under 40 million or $1,432,571,428.57 in today's money.

]]> 2023-03-31 00:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539106071 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539106198 The Treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War was signed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine on September 5, 1905. This all after nogations from August 6 to August 30, 1905. The yard was proposed by TR as a safe place for both sides to sign the treaty.]]> 2023-03-31 00:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539106198 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539109453 The so-called "Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition" was an expedition to increase the number and variety of the Smithsonian collection. The hunt was led by Teddy and in total they killed or trapped approximately 11,397 animals.]]> 2023-03-31 00:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539109453 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539109599 In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt formed a Progressive third party called the Bull-Moose party. This was because he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican party.]]> 2023-03-31 00:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539109599 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539109731 In WW1 Theodore oversaw the mobilization of the economy to support the war. During this time he also initiated the development of the atomic bomb and also laid the pipe work for the United Nations. In WW1 all of Teddy's sons severed and his son Quentin was killed in action.]]> 2023-03-31 00:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539109731 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539112124 The Treaty of Versailles is the treaty that finished WW1. Theodore was one of the main proponents of the treaty and gained mass public support for it.]]> 2023-03-31 00:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539112124 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539112249 On January 6, 1919, Teddy died suddenly in his sleep. He died at the ripe age of 60. Teddy was actually expecting to run for a third term the following term. A famous quote about TR's death was from Thomas Marshall "Death had to take him sleeping. For if Roosevelt had been awake, there would have been a fight."]]> 2023-03-31 00:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2539112249 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2540465580 Auchincloss, Louis. Theodore Roosevelt. Times Books, 2001.]]> 2023-04-01 04:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2540465580 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2540505130 https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/the-theodore-roosevelt-family]]> 2023-04-01 06:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2540505130 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2540505307 https://library.harvard.edu/collections/theodore-roosevelt-collection]]> 2023-04-01 06:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2540505307 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2540505603 https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Family-and-Friends/Edith-Kermit-Carow-Roosevelt.aspx]]> 2023-04-01 06:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2540505603 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2540506036 2023-04-01 06:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2540506036 eckerdyl000 https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2540506342 https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/what-if-another-roosevelt-were-on-the-1920-presidential-ballot]]> 2023-04-01 06:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/eckerdyl000/oh6y1atm09zhjndd/wish/2540506342