Teddy Roosevelt appreciated world peace and fairness to all; that is why he was one of America’s greatest president. Roosevelt was born on October 27th in 1858 in New York. New York. He grew up sick and with asthma so he was mostly home-schooled. Despite his asthma, he was very energetic and his father encouraged him to get into physical activities which helped him grow up to be a strong person and get into hunting and hiking. He would grow up to be a very important president (v.i.p.). Growing up, he sometimes found himself in a tough spot, but he took responsibility for his actions and did not try to blame others. He once said, “If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month” Teddy Roosevelt grew up to be an explorer, environmentalist, author, and the most important person in the U.S.A. ( the president(did I forget anything)) . There’s a lot more to this wonderful president than I just said. Let’s just look at some of his accomplishments.

Teddy Roosevelt was named Theodore, but he liked things to be simple, so he was called Teddy. He eventually went to Harvard College and became a magna cum laude graduate in 1880. After that, he enrolled in Columbia Law School an met Alice Hathaway Lee. He married her on his 22nd birthday. He didn’t stay a long at law school because he went to join the New York State Assembly as a representative from New York–he was the youngest person to be in that position. However he wanted more positions so he went to get more positions. He went on to be the captain of the National Guard and the minority leader of the New York Assembly. Sadly his wife and his mom both died February 14th 1884. He was very sad about his wife’s and his mom’s death and did not want to talk about it for the rest of his life. Due to this tragic event, Roosevelt left politics and went to the Dakota territory to become a cowboy.  

In 1886 Roosevelt left his ranch due to losing cattle and money, and he decided to move back to New York and continue his work as a politician. Eventually (on a happier note) he married a new wife Edith Kermit Carow on December 2nd 1886. They had 5 children.He became the New York Police Comissioner and worked with President McKinley and the volunteer calvary known as the Rough Riders. He became a war hero in the Spanish American War, and he was given the Congressional Medal of Honor. He became President William McKinley’s vice president, and when McKinley was assassinated in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt became the next president of the United States. He was actually the youngest president the ever was in the United States.

One of the first things he did when he became the president of the USA is that he made the Square Deal. That meant no more monopolies or someone could not own all of the businesses. This protected people from having to pay higher prices for any and allowed for competition to make the most reasonable deal.  Big business had to leave some of the equal distribution for other companies. The next thing he did was make the Great White Fleet. This built up the U.S. Navy and its ships as a world power. After that he helped to make the Panama Canal completion which connected the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean which allowed trade and shipping to go so much faster. He also is one of the few presidents who won the Nobel Peace prize for helping to end the Russo Japanese War in 1906. He worked on Women’s rights and the rights of minorities. He entertained Booker T. Washington at the White House. As I said before,Teddy liked things simple so he was the one who renamed The Presidential Mansion to the  White House, and as you know that’s  the way it is referred to today. Sadly, he died in his sleep on January 6, 1916 at the age 60.

Teddy Roosevelt was a great president. He gave the White House the name it has today, he changed the economy with the Square Deal. He fought for the rights of peace and wanted rights for all. At the same time, he built up our Navy to protect the United States. All of these accomplishments made him a peaceful protector who suitably was the reason why the teddy bear was named after him. Teddy Roosevelt made a big impact on America.