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Theodore (‘Teddy’ or T.R.) Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York City, New York. Teddy

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Theodore (‘Teddy’ or T.R.) Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York City, New York. Teddy was the second born out of four children in his family. As a child I wouldn’t say he was the healthiest. He suffered from asthma and poor eye sight, which explains his glasses, throughout his childhood. Since he was sick all of the time he didn’t attend school, he was home schooled. His mom and sometimes aunt would be his teacher. His family traveled around Europe, while they were in Europe, Teddy attended Harvard College in Germany. There he met, fell ‘in love’, and married Alice Hathaway Lee on October 22, 1880. Teddy came back to New York where he became a Republican Representative to the New York State Assembly for three terms …show more content…

There wasn’t any wars going on through his Presidency, it was a peaceful time. When his second term ended in 1909, Theodore took his ‘first’ retirement. The Roosevelt’s, didn’t go to a retirement home, they went out on adventures. He decided to put his life long love of natural history and hunting to use in a new place, Africa. In mid-1909, him, his son Kermit, and some scientist and taxidermist, set off on a Safari. There he spent about two years exploring and moving north. Until 1912, when he moved back to the United States, he returned to politics. He wanted to run for a re-election. He was aware once again that he might have a third term in the White House. A few months later in October, Roosevelt was preparing for a speech in Milwaukee; he was shot once in the chest. This didn’t kill teddy, just injured. The bullet was slowed down when it passed his thick speech that he kept in his breast pocket. After this Teddy lost his motivation and didn’t win the election. Then he finally retired for a second and final time. During his ‘second’ retirement, he turned his attention to making newspapers, magazine articles, and several books. He lived the life as a country gentlemen in Sagamore Hill, enjoying the company of his children and wife. Later in 1913 the Roosevelt family traveled to Brazil until they returned in 1914. Most of the Roosevelt’s retirements weren’t the most settled down. They always loved to explore and go on adventures. Later that year of august 1914, World

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