Born on October 27, 1858, in New York, Theodore (or Teddy) Roosevelt, would become the 26th president of the United states. Roosevelt was home schooled and kept mostly indoors, due to illnesses and asthma. The doctors found out that he had a weak heart. During his teen years, Roosevelt’s father encouraged him into a physical routine, including boxing and lifting weights. After two years of real school, his father died. He graduated in 1880 and married Alice Hathaway Lee.

Teddy Roosevelt sped through public services. But shocking news slowed him down. He discovered that his wife and mother died in 1884, on the same day. He lived on a cattle ranch as a cowboy for two years. Roosevelt returned to his political life in 1886. He fought, but failed to become mayor of New York. Around that time, he married Edith Kermit Carow. Roosevelt became a service commissioner and then a U.S.A. Police commissioner. Soon he was a Navy Secretary under the president. He led his cavalry into the Battle of San Juan and earned governor, then vice president in 1901. Not long after, President McKinley was assassinated. That left Theodore as president of the United States of America. He signed the National Monuments Act in 1906. He also strongly supported the Women’s Right to Vote in 1912. Roosevelt was the one who named the president’s mansion, the White House.

In 1909, Teddy left office. The nation was left in capable hands, by his successor, and friend, William Howard Taft. He decided to go on an African safari. But Taft had a weak enforcement. Roosevelt decided to try to take role as president again. During one of his speeches, John Nepomuk Schrank shot him in the chest in an assassination attempt. Surprisingly though, he continued his speech for an hour and a half longer, before going to see a doctor. Teddy lost the election to a man named Woodrow Wilson. He criticized Wilson’s policy during World War I. When the U.S. finally joined the war, Roosevelt offered to serve in it, but the president had the Secretary turn him down.

Because of his weak heart, the doctors had told him to not strain himself and advised him to get a desk job when he was young. Roosevelt still lived an active life. He wrote 25 books in his life, including biographies, and autobiographies. Theodore died in his sleep, from a suffer of coronary embolism on January 6, 1919. He lived his life as an environmental activist, a warrior, a governor, military leader, and was one of the youngest U.S. presidents that ever lived.