Theodore Roosevelt

One of the next people in history that I had to learn about was our 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt. As a boy Roosevelt was commonly referred to as Teedie, he suffered from a fairly severe case of asthma and had to live a very active and strenuous life to combat his natural weakness. He found great interest in animals and different parts of nature. From an early age he would capture animals and collect dead bugs to have a "museum" in his house, much to the dismay of his mother. Roosevelt was a very intelligent boy and would eventually attend Harvard for college. When he was 22 Theodore married Alice Hathaway Lee, together they had a daughter named Alice Lee Roosevelt. But two days after giving birth his wife Alice passed away from kidney failure. I learned in my research that Theodore Roosevelt was originally a Vice President until President William McKinley was assassinated. Roosevelt would be reelected to serve a second term, he was in office from 1901-1909. Before becoming President, Theodore made a name for himself by his actions in the military he was ranked as a colonel. He wanted to be called Colonel Roosevelt or The Colonel, but normally people just called him Teddy. The name that most people know him by today.