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Theodore Roosevelt
president of United States
Also known as: TR, Teddy Roosevelt
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History & Society
- Bynames:
- Teddy Roosevelt and TR
- Died:
- January 6, 1919, Oyster Bay, New York (aged 60)
- Founder:
- Rough Rider
- Political Affiliation:
- Bull Moose Party
- Republican Party
- On the Web:
- University of Virginia - Transforming American Democracy: TR and The Bull Moose Campaign of 1912 (Apr. 05, 2024)
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Theodore Roosevelt (born October 27, 1858, New York, New York, U.S.—died January 6, 1919, Oyster Bay, New York) 26th president of the United States (1901–09) and a writer, naturalist, and soldier. He expanded the powers of the presidency and of the federal government in support of the public interest in conflicts between big business and labour and steered the nation toward an active role in world politics, particularly in Europe and Asia. He won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1906 for mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05), and he secured the route and began construction of the ...(100 of 2850 words)