Theodore Roosevelt Administrations - Roosevelt Becomes President
The Theodore Roosevelt Administrations
At the outset of the twentieth century, Theodore Roosevelt, one of the United States's most popular and dynamic leaders, became the first modern U.S. president. In leading the Progressive movement, he advanced the stewardship theory, which meant that the president should always represent the interests of the people, and he developed a program to achieve this known as the Square Deal. Abroad, he believed the interests of the United States mandated greater involvement in world affairs.
Roosevelt Becomes President
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt became president on September 14, 1901, following the death of President William McKinley. He had run with McKinley as a Republican in 1900. The Democrats had nominated William Jennings Bryan for president and Adlai E. Stevenson for vice president that year. The...
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