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Theodore Roosevelt Jr ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919
was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier,
naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of
the United States from 1901 to 1909
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As a leader of the Republican
Party during this time, he became a driving force for
the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th
century
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Roosevelt was born a sickly child with debilitating asthma,
but he successfully overcame his physical health problems
by embracing a strenuous lifestyle
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Home-schooled, he began a lifelong
naturalist avocation before attending Harvard College
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Upon entering politics, he became the leader of the
reform faction of Republicans in New York's state
legislature
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Roosevelt served as Assistant Secretary of the
Navy under President William McKinley, but resigned from
that post to lead the Rough Riders during the Spanish–
American War
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After the death of Vice
President Garret Hobart, the New York state party
leadership convinced McKinley to accept Roosevelt as his
running mate in the 1900 election, moving Roosevelt to the
prestigious but powerless role of vice president
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Following McKinley's assassination in September 1901,
Roosevelt became president at age 42, and remains the
youngest president
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Making conservation a top priority, he established a myriad
of new national parks, forests, and monuments intended to
preserve the nation's natural resources
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He expanded the Navy
and sent the Great White Fleet on a world tour to project
the United States' naval power around the globe
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He avoided the
controversial tariff and money issues
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Roosevelt
successfully groomed his close friend, William Howard Taft,
and Taft won the 1908 presidential election to succeed him
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Frustrated with Taft's conservatism, Roosevelt belatedly
tried to win the 1912 Republican nomination
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The split allowed the Democrats to win
the White House
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During World War I, he
criticized President Woodrow Wilson for keeping the
country out of the war with Germany, and his offer to lead
volunteers to France was rejected
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