Road to the White House
President Theodore Roosevelt
By Kevin Long
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT WAS A CAREFUL, DARING, AND
WHAT HAD TO BE DONE PRESIDENT. HE WAS MORE THAN
JUST THE 26TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HE
WAS A WRITER, HISTORIAN, EXPLORER, BIG-GAME HUNTER,
SOLDIER, CONSERVATIONIST, RANCHMAN AND NOBEL
PEACE PRIZE WINNER. IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT HIS
LIFE WAS KNOWN AS ‘THE STRENUOUS LIFE’. THEODORE
WAS BORN INTO A WEALTHY AND SOCIALLY PROMINENT
NEW YORK FAMILY IN 1858. AND YES HE WAS A VERY GOOD
PRESIDENT
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AS A YOUNG MAN ROOSEVELT DECIDED ON A DUAL CAREER;
LAW AND POLITICS. AT THE TIME, NEW YORK POLITICS
WAS DOMINATED BY MEN INVOLVED IN MACHINE POLITICS.
YET HE PERSISTED IN GETTING TO KNOW AND
UNDERSTAND THEM, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ATTENDING
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL. EVENTUALLY HE SECURED THE
FRIENDSHIP OF A MAN NAMED JOE MURRAY WHO WAS
ABLE TO GET HIM NOMINATED AS A 21ST DISTRICT STATE
REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLYMAN. TOGETHER, WITH MURRAY'S
CONTACTS AND KNOWLEDGE OF MACHINE POLITICS AND
HIS OWN FAMILY AND SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, ROOSEVELT
WAS ABLE TO EASILY WIN THE ELECTION. HE WAS 23 AND
IN ALBANY. THEODORE SERVED THREE TERMS IN THE NEW
YORK ASSEMBLY
ROOSEVELT WAS ONE OF THE DELEGATES TO THE
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, AND AS A MATTER OF
PRINCIPLE HE VIGOROUSLY OPPOSED THE LEADING
CANDIDATES - JAMES G. BLAINE AND PRESIDENT ARTHUR.
ROOSEVELT SUPPORTED A REFORMER, SENATOR GEORGE F.
EDMUNDS. IN THE END BLAINE WON THE NOMINATION,
AND THIS PUT ROOSEVELT IN A DIFFICULT POSITION. HE
DID NOT BELIEVE THAT BLAINE WAS HONEST, YET IF HE
FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE OF OTHER PROGRESSIVES AND
DID NOT SUPPORT HIM HE REALIZED HE WOULD BE
THROUGH IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. HE SUPPORTED
BLAINE. WHEN BLAINE LOST THEODORE RECEIVED NO
POLITICAL POSITION, AND HIS POLITICAL CAREER WAS
OVER.
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ROOSEVELT NOT ONLY SUFFERED
POLITICAL DEFEAT IN 1884 BUT DEEPLY
PERSONAL DEFEATS AS WELL. ON THE SAME
DAY BOTH HIS MOTHER AND WIFE DIED.
THESE DISAPPOINTMENTS LED TO A
RADICAL CHANGE IN ROOSEVELT'S LIFE. HE
DECIDED TO MOVE TO THE DAKOTA
WILDERNESS TO BECOME A RANCHER. AT
THE TIME MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT
THIS WAS A GOOD WAY TO BECOME RICH.
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IN 1886, ROOSEVELT RETURNED TO NEW
YORK TO MARRY A CHILDHOOD FRIEND EDITH CAROW.
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POLITICS WAS STILL THE PLACE THAT ROOSEVELT
WANTED TO BE, BUT THERE WERE NOT MANY
OPPORTUNITIES SINCE HIS PARTY WAS OUT OF
POWER. IN ORDER TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY
ROOSEVELT SPENT HIS TIME WRITING. THIS WAS NOT
A NEW CAREER FOR ROOSEVELT. EQUALLY AT HOME
HUNTING FOR A BOOK AS HUNTING FOR A BEAR HE
WROTE HIS FIRST BOOK THE NAVAL WAR OF 1812
WHILE IN LAW SCHOOL AND RUNNING FOR THE NEW
YORK ASSEMBLY. BY THE END OF HIS LIFE HE HAD
WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED DOZENS OF BOOKS.
 Benjamin Harrison
IN 1888, ROOSEVELT SAW HIS CHANCE TO JUMP BACK
INTO POLITICS BY CAMPAIGNING FOR THE ELECTION OF
BENJAMIN HARRISON. WHEN HARRISON WON HE
APPOINTED ROOSEVELT TO BE A CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSIONER. IT WAS WITH THIS JOB AND LATER AS
POLICE COMMISSIONER THAT ROOSEVELT MADE HIS
REPUTATION AS A REFORMER. AT THE TIME BOTH THE
CIVIL SERVICE AND THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAD SERIOUS CORRUPTION PROBLEMS. ROOSEVELT DID
HIS BEST TO CLEAN UP THE CORRUPTION AND MAKE
THINGS WORK FAIRLY.
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IN THE 1896 CAMPAIGN, THE REPUBLICAN
WILLIAM MCKINLEY RAN AGAINST THE
DEMOCRAT WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGNED HARD FOR
MCKINLEY, AND HE WAS REWARDED BY THE
JOB HE COVETED MOST - ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
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HE BELIEVED THAT NOT ONLY WAS THE UNITED STATES ON
THE BRINK OF BECOMING A WORLD POWER, BUT THAT IT
HAD A RESPONSIBILITY AND A DUTY TO ESTABLISH U.S.
SUPREMACY. THE U.S. TO BECOME A WORLD POWER IT
NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT ITS MILITARY QUICKLY
BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC AND THE PACIFIC OCEANS. AT THAT
TIME SHIPS HAD TO SAIL AROUND THE TIP OF SOUTH
AMERICA TO MAKE THAT TRIP. IF, INSTEAD, THEY COULD GO
THROUGH AN ISTHMIAN CANAL IT WOULD CUT WEEKS OFF
THE TRIP TIME. BUT HAVING A CANAL MEANT THAT
MILITARY CONTROL HAD TO BE ESTABLISHED OVER THE
CANAL. TO DO THIS THE UNITED STATES WOULD HAVE TO
SECURE THE CARIBBEAN, AND THAT IN TURN MEANT WAR
WITH SPAIN.
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SPAIN'S EMPIRE IN LATIN AMERICA WAS JUST A
SLIVER OF WHAT IT HAD ONCE BEEN, BUT IT
STILL CONTROLLED CUBA AND PUERTO RICO.
THIS IS WHY ROOSEVELT EAGERLY WORKED TO
PROMOTE THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. ALL
WRAPPED AROUND AND THROUGH THESE IDEAS
WAS THE NEED FOR A STRONG NAVY. TOWARD
THIS GOAL ROOSEVELT WORKED VERY HARD
WHILE ASSISTANT SECRETARY. HE FOUGHT AND
PUSHED AND URGED AND ON OCCASION WAS
NONCOMPLIANT IN HIS EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN
THE NAVY FOR WAR.
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HIS CAUSE WAS HELPED ENORMOUSLY WHEN THE UNITED
STATES BATTLESHIP MAINE BLEW UP IN HAVANA HARBOR ON
FEBRUARY 15, 1898. THIS WAS JUST THE SORT OF STIRRING
EVENT NEEDED TO PUSH THE U.S. INTO WAR. THE BOMBING
WAS BLAMED ON THE SPANISH EVEN THOUGH NOBODY REALLY
KNEW WHO OR WHAT WAS RESPONSIBLE. WAR WAS
OFFICIALLY DECLARED ON APRIL 21, 1898. IT WOULD HAVE
NEVER DONE FOR ROOSEVELT TO BE STUCK BEHIND A DESK
WHILE A WAR WAS ON. HE WAS JUST ITCHING TO BECOME A
SOLDIER. HE QUIT THE NAVAL DEPARTMENT AND JOINED THE
ARMY AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL. TOGETHER HE AND HIS
SUPERIOR OFFICER, COLONEL WOOD, WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR
RAISING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE 1ST US VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
REGIMENT. BY THE TIME THE WAR WAS OVER ROOSEVELT WAS
THE COLONEL IN CHARGE, AND HIS REGIMENT, POPULARLY
KNOWN AS ROOSEVELT'S ROUGH RIDERS, WAS FAMOUS.
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ON JULY 1, 1898, WAS WHEN LAYING
SUPPRESSING FIRE WITH THE GATLIN CHAINGUN, THE ROUGH RIDERS AND A COUPLE OF
TROOPS OF BUFFALO SOLDIERS CHARGED UP SAN
JUAN HEIGHTS (HILL) AND KETTLE HILL. IT
PROVED TO BE ONE THE BLOODIEST BATTLE OF
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR WITH ROUGHLY
200 KILLED AND OVER 1,200 WOUNDED.
<- Thomas Platt
WHEN THEODORE ROOSEVELT RETURNED FROM CUBA HE WAS A
NATIONAL HERO AND POLITICAL GOLD. MEN WERE LINING UP TO BEG
HIM TO RUN FOR OFFICE. THE BOSS OF THE REPUBLICAN MACHINE IN
NEW YORK WAS NO EXCEPTION, EXCEPT THAT HE WAS NOT REAL
THRILLED ABOUT IT. PLATT'S POLITICAL POWER BASE WAS BIG BUSINESS ,
BUT HERE HE WAS ASKING ROOSEVELT TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR - A MAN
THAT HAD AN ANNOYING TENDENCY TO DO WHAT HE FELT WAS RIGHT
RATHER THAN RECKLESSLY PROTECT POWERFUL BUSINESS INTERESTS.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR PLATT FINDING A MAN THAT COULD ACTUALLY WIN
WAS A BIGGER PROBLEM - A PROBLEM THAT ROOSEVELT COULD SOLVE.
WHEN ROOSEVELT BECAME GOVERNOR IN JANUARY OF 1899 HE
FULFILLED PLATT'S WORST EXPECTATIONS. HE WOULD NOT LET PLATT
DOMINATE HIS TERM OR HIS DECISION MAKING. IN PARTICULARLY HE
ANGERED AND DEFIED PLATT ON THE BIGGEST ISSUE OF HIS TERM. AT
THAT TIME PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS DID NOT PAY TAXES ON
THEIR FRANCHISES. THEY DID PAY PLATT TO MAKE SURE IT STAYED THAT
WAY. ROOSEVELT FELT THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT GIVE
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO BIG BUSINESS, AND THAT IT HAD AN
IMPORTANT ROLE IN ITS REGULATION. IN THE END ROOSEVELT
PREVAILED AND UTILITY COMPANIES WERE FORCED TO PAY TAXES. THIS
ENRAGED BOTH PLATT AND HIS SUPPORTERS. IN A WEIRD TWIST IT WAS
THIS ANGER THAT HELPED PAVED THE WAY FOR ROOSEVELT TO BECOME
PRESIDENT.
IN 1899 GARRET HOBART, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES DIED AND IN HIS DEATH PLATT SAW HIS
CHANCE. HE DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO ENCOURAGE
THE NOMINATION OF ROOSEVELT FOR VICE -PRESIDENT.
OTHERS, WITH LESS SELFISH MOTIVATIONS, ALSO
THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL IDEA AND APPLIED
PRESSURE TO BOTH PRESIDENT MCKINLEY AND
ROOSEVELT. NEITHER ONE OF WHICH WAS THRILLED
ABOUT THE IDEA. MCKINLEY HAD NO PARTICULAR
INTEREST IN ROOSEVELT, AND ROOSEVELT'S ACTIVE
NATURE REVOLTED AT THE THOUGHT OF HAVING A
CEREMONIAL AND POWERLESS POLITICAL POSITION. IN
THE END THEY BOTH RELENTED, ROOSEVELT ACCEPTED
THE VICE-PRESIDENT NOMINATION AND THEIR TICKET
WENT ON TO WIN THE 1900’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
AGAINST WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
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ROOSEVELT'S NEXT OPPORTUNITY ALSO CAME AT THE
EXPENSE OF ANOTHER PERSON'S DEATH. IN SEPTEMBER
OF 1901, LESS THAN ONE YEAR INTO HIS NEW TERM,
MCKINLEY WAS SHAKING HANDS WITH THE PUBLIC AT
THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION WHEN A YOUNG MAN
NAMED LEON CZOLGOSZ WALKED UP TO HIM AND SHOT
HIM TWICE WITH A 24. MAGNUM. MCKINLEY INITIALLY
APPEARED TO BE RECOVERING FROM HIS WOUNDS, BUT
TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE ON SEPTEMBER 12, SIX
DAYS AFTER THE SHOOTING. HIS HEALTH QUICKLY
DETERIORATED AND HE DIED ON SEPTEMBER 14,
1901. VICE-PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT SUCCEEDED
MCKINLEY AS PRESIDENT.
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT, NOT QUITE 43, BECAME THE
YOUNGEST PRESIDENT IN THE NATION'S HISTORY. ONE OF
HIS FIRST NOTABLE ACTS AS PRESIDENT WAS TO DELIVER
A 20,000-WORD ADDRESS TO CONGRESS ON DECEMBER 3,
1901, ASKING IT TO CURB THE POWER OF
LARGE CORPORATION (CALLED "TRUSTS") "WITHIN
REASONABLE LIMITS." FOR HIS AGGRESSIVE ATTACKS ON
TRUSTS OVER HIS TWO TERMS HE WAS CALLED A "TRUST BUSTER." ROOSEVELT RELISHED THE PRESIDENCY AND
SEEMED TO BE EVERYWHERE AT ONCE. HE
TOOK CABINETS MEMBERS AND FRIENDS ON LONG, FASTPACED HIKES, BOXED IN THE STATE ROOMS OF THE WHITE
HOUSE, ROMPED WITH HIS CHILDREN, AND READ
VORACIOUSLY.
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IN 1903, ROOSEVELT ENCOURAGED THE LOCAL POLITICAL
CLASS IN PANAMA TO FORM A NATION INDEPENDENT
FROM COLOMBIA, AFTER THAT NATION REFUSED THE
AMERICAN TERMS FOR THE BUILDING OF A CANAL ACROSS
THE ISTHMUS. ROOSEVELT DISPATCHED NAVY VESSELS TO
THE AREA TO APPLY POLITICAL PRESSURE ON THE
COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT, ALLOWING THE PANAMANIAN
REBELS TO SECEDE WITHOUT MUCH OPPOSITION. THE NEW
NATION OF PANAMA SOLD A CANAL ZONE TO THE UNITED
STATES FOR $10 MILLION AND A STEADILY INCREASING
YEARLY SUM. ROOSEVELT FELT THAT A PASSAGE THROUGH
THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA WAS VITAL TO PROTECT AMERICAN
INTERESTS AND TO CREATE A STRONG AND COHESIVE UNITED
STATES NAVY. THE RESULTING PANAMA CANAL WAS
COMPLETED IN 1914 AND REVOLUTIONIZED WORLD TRAVEL
AND COMMERCE.
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IN 1904, ROOSEVELT RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN HIS OWN
RIGHT AND WON IN A LANDSLIDE VICTORY. BUILDING ON
MCKINLEY'S EFFECTIVE USE OF THE PRESS, ROOSEVELT
MADE THE WHITE HOUSE THE CENTER OF NEWS EVERY
DAY, PROVIDING INTERVIEWS AND PHOTO
OPPORTUNITIES. HE ACCOMPLISHED THIS AFTER
NOTICING THE WHITE HOUSE REPORTERS HUDDLED
OUTSIDE IN THE RAIN ONE DAY; HE GAVE THEM THEIR
OWN ROOM INSIDE, EFFECTIVELY INVENTING THE
PRESIDENTIAL PRESS BRIEFING. THE GRATEFUL PRESS,
WITH UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
REWARDED ROOSEVELT WITH PLENTY OF
COVERAGE. THIS WAS HELPED BY ROOSEVELT'S
PRACTICE OF SCREENING OUT REPORTERS HE DIDN'T
LIKE.
TRUSTS WERE INCREASING THE CENTRAL ISSUE IN
POLITICS, WITH PUBLIC OPINION FEARING THAT
LARGE CORPORATIONS COULD IMPOSE MONOPOLISTIC
PRICES TO CHEAT THE CONSUMER AND SQUASH SMALL
INDEPENDENT COMPANIES. BY 1904, 318 TRUSTS
CONTROLLED ABOUT TWO-FIFTHS OF THE NATION'S
MANUFACTURING OUTPUT, NOT TO MENTION
POWERFUL TRUSTS IN NON-MANUFACTURING SECTORS
SUCH AS RAILROADS, LOCAL TRANSIT, AND BANKING.
ROOSEVELT DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. A
FEW HISTORIANS CREDIT MCKINLEY WITH STARTING
THE TRUST-BUSTING ERA, BUT MOST CREDIT
ROOSEVELT, THE “TRUST BUSTER."
<- Will Day Oliver Wendell Holmes ->
THEODORE ROOSEVELT APPOINTED THREE
U.S. SUPREME JUDGE WILL DAY, WILLIAM
MOODY, AND OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
ROOSEVELT WORKED TO INCREASE THE REGULATORY POWER
OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. REGULATION OF RAILROADS
WAS STRENGTHENED BY THE ELKIN’S ACT AND ESPECIALLY
THE HEPBURN ACT OF 1906, WHICH HAD THE EFFECT OF
FAVORING MERCHANTS OVER THE RAILROADS. UNDER HIS
LEADERSHIP, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BROUGHT FORTYFOUR SUITS AGAINST BUSINESSES THAT WERE CLAIMED TO
BE MONOPOLIES, MOST NOTABLY J.P. MORGAN'S NORTHERN
SECURITY FACTORY, A HUGE RAILROAD COMBINATION,
AND J.D. ROCKEFELLER‘S OIL COMP. BOTH WERE
SUCCESSFUL, WITH STANDARD OIL BROKEN INTO OVER 30
SMALLER COMPANIES THAT EVENTUALLY COMPETED WITH
ONE ANOTHER. TO RAISE THE VISIBILITY OF LABOR AND
MANAGEMENT ISSUES, HE ESTABLISHED A NEW
FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF COMMENCE AND LABOR
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IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC CLAMOR, ROOSEVELT
PUSHED CONGRESS TO PASS THE PURE FOOD AND
DRUG ACT OF 1906, AS WELL AS THE MEAT
INSPECTION OF 1906. THESE LAWS PROVIDED FOR
LABELING OF FOODS AND DRUGS, INSPECTION OF
LIVESTOCK AND MANDATED SANITARY CONDITIONS
AT MEATPACKING PLANTS. CONGRESS REPLACED
ROOSEVELT'S PROPOSALS WITH A VERSION
SUPPORTED BY THE MAJOR MEATPACKERS WHO
WORRIED ABOUT THE OVERSEAS MARKETS, AND
DID NOT WANT SMALL UNSANITARY PLANTS
UNDERCUTTING THEIR DOMESTIC MARKET.
<- William Howard Taft
ROOSEVELT LEFT THE PRESIDENCY IN 1909 AND
WENT ON AN AFRICAN SAFARI. SOON AFTER
RETURNING TO THE U.S., HE JUMPED RIGHT BACK
INTO POLITICS. IN 1912, HE DECIDED TO AGAIN RUN
FOR PRESIDENT, AND TRIED TO WIN THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION AGAINST WILLIAM
HOWARD TAFT. HOWEVER, ROOSEVELT LOST THE
NOMINATION.
<- John Schrane
Woodrow Wilson ->
FEELING RATHER BITTER, ROOSEVELT RAN ON
THE INDEPENDENT TICKET OF THE PROGRESSIVE
PARTY. IN OCTOBER, DURING HIS CAMPAIGN,
JOHN SCHRANE SHOT ROOSEVELT. SCHRANE WAS
AN ASSASSIN WHO WAS LATER COMMITTED TO
AN ASYLUM. ROOSEVELT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY
INJURED AND, IN FACT, REFUSED TO SEE A
DOCTOR UNTIL AFTER HE DELIVERED HIS
SPEECH. THE SPEECH LASTED AN HOUR-AND-AHALF. DESPITE ROOSEVELT EFFORTS, DEMOCRAT
WOODROW WILSON WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT.
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BETWEEN 1918 AND 1919, ROOSEVELT REMAINED
ACTIVE IN POLITICS. HE PUBLISHED EDITORIALS
AND WROTE MANUSCRIPTS, EVEN THOUGH HIS
HEALTH WAS FAILING. HE WAS OFTEN SO ILL THAT
HE WAS BEDRIDDEN MUCH OF THE TIME. ON
JANUARY 6, 1919, THEODORE ROOSEVELT DIED IN
HIS SLEEP.
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT NOT JUST ONLY A CAREFUL,
DARING, AND WHAT HAD TO BE DONE PRESIDENT.
HE WAS MORE THAN JUST THE 26TH PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES. HE WAS A WRITER,
HISTORIAN, EXPLORER, BIG-GAME HUNTER,
SOLDIER, CONSERVATIONIST, RANCHMAN AND
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER. HE DID WHAT HAD
TO BE DONE TO THE WORLD.
Famous Quote
“SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG
STICK.”
FUN FACTS
* He was the first president to travel out of the U.S.
* Roosevelt was blind in his left eye, the result of a boxing injury he sustained while
in office.
*President Roosevelt was the first president to be commonly known by his initials.
*On October 11, 1910, Roosevelt took a four minute flight in a plane built by the
Wright brothers, making him the first president to fly in an airplane.
*Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest president, assuming the office at the age of
42 after President McKinley was assassinated. John F. Kennedy was the youngest
president to be elected to office. He was 43 when he became president.
*His photo is placed on Mount Rushmore
THE END!!!
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DEDICATED TO: MRS. SNOOK, MRS. LUNDSTRUM, MY
HORIZON FRIENDS, MY TEACHERS, AND MY
PARENTS.
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