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He tried to negotiate an agreement with Columbia (which at the time was part of Panama) to allow the building of the Panama Canal. Roosevelt carried out a vigorous foreign policy. Not only was he young in years, he was clearly a man of action, and this set the tone for his Presidency. Theodore Roosevelt was one of the most vigorous men to enter the White House. On McKinley's death, Roosevelt became the youngest man to assume the office of President. In the fall of 1900, Roosevelt was nominated Vice President on a ticket with President McKinley after the death in office of Vice President Garret Hobart. When the war began, Roosevelt resigned his post to become Commander of the US Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, otherwise known as the "Rough Riders." He led a charge up San Juan hill and became famous throughout America.įrom 1898-1900 Roosevelt served as the Governor of New York. He was a strong supporter of the war with Spain. From 1897 to 1898 Roosevelt served as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. From 1895-1897, Roosevelt served as President of the New York City Police Board. He vigorously worked to insure strict enforcement of the Civil Service laws. After this, Roosevelt worked as a cattle rancher in the Dakota Territory for two years and was for a short period a Deputy Sheriff of Billings County.įrom 1889 to 1895 Roosevelt served on the Commission of the US Civil Service. He began his studies the next year.Ī year after graduating from Harvard and beginning Columbia Law School, Roosevelt left school to run for the New York State Senate. In 1875, at the age of 17, Teddy Roosevelt took and passed the Harvard entrance exam. He traveled extensively with his family and as he was too sick as a child to go to school, he was taught by private tutors.

He developed an early interest in wildlife, and as a child hoped to become a zoologist. Roosevelt was a sickly child who suffered from asthma. Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City. His major accomplishments were creating the National Parks, fighting monopolistic companies, and asserting the United States in its foreign policy. Roosevelt was 42 years old at the time of his inauguration.