Roosevelt, Theodore
Roosevelt, Theodore( 1858–1919),26th President of the U.S. (1901–9), born in New York City of a distinguished family, graduated from Harvard (1880). After writing a history of The Naval Operations of the War Between Great Britain and the United States—1812–1815 (1882), he entered politics, serving in the state legislature (1882–84), where he led the Republican “insurgents” against Blaine. He retired to his ranch in Dakota Territory after Blaine's nomination, wrote books on his life in the West and biographies of Thomas Hart Benton (1886) and Gouverneur Morris (1888), and began The Winning of the West, before returning to politics in an unsuccessful campaign for the mayoralty of New York (1886). President Harrison appointed him to the Civil Service Commission (1889–95), after which he headed the New York City Police Board (1895–97), working against corrupt politics and collaborating with Jacob Riis in an attack...
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