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Biography: ​ Teddy Roosevelt was a great man who accomplished m any things and was remembered by many people. He was born on October 27th of 1858. Then, at age 18, Teddy entered Harvard in 1876. In 1880, on his 22nd birthday, he married Alice Lee Hathaway and they had a child together. From 1882-1884, Teddy served in the New York state assembly. A very sad event happened next, which was that Alice Lee Hathaway died on Valentine’s Day of 1884, and so did his mother. 2 years after the death of two loved ones, Teddy brought himself to marry someone else: Edith Kermit Carrow, on December 2nd. He was then appointed to the U. S. civil service commission in 1889, and 6 years later, Teddy accepted the post of president for board of Police commissioners in New York. After that, he was named assistant secretary of the Navy in 1897 and then elected governor in 1898. The same year he became governor; Teddy became a national hero during the Spanish- American war and led the rough riders through it all. After the war, he was elected vice president of the U. S. in 1900. Then from September 14, 1901-March 4, 1909, Theo was finally elected president of the United States of America. (A.) Teddy had 2 wives who were Alice Lee Hathaway and Edith Kermit Carrow and they had a son named Kermit. (B.) He had one daughter with Alice Lee Hathaway. Her name was Alice, like her mother. (C.) Theo was born in New York City and grew up there for most of his life. (D.) He had many important events in his life, just like any other famous person. The most critical thing that happened, (with other events leading up to it was when he became president. The nomination was unanimous and he won by more than 2.5 million popular votes. Next he met the love of his life- Alice Lee Hathaway. They met in 1879. He then learned that his wife was the daughter of a wealthy official of a Boston investment firm. Teddy and Alice then had a baby together and 2 days afterward, Alice died. The same day on February 14th of 1884, Teddy’s Mother died of typhoid fever at age 49. He was devastated from his 2 losses of close family members. Two other special events in Theo’s life were: he became a national hero during the Spanish- American war while leading the rough riders in 1898, and he led the famous cavalry regiment against the Spaniards in Cuba. (E.) Next, he is well known for many reasons. Some of them involved having many posts as high authorities in New York, becoming the 26th president, and fighting in the Spanish American war. (F.) Many events have taken place throughout history but just one thing that I know of took place while Theodore Roosevelt was living. It was the Spanish- American war. He fought during it for our country. He also led the rough riders through the tough battle, which had a successful ending. (G.) (As for letter H. I found no other facts in my research that are not already included in this biography.) Lastly, his death happened in Oyster Bay, New York. It happened that he had visited Europe, Egypt, the Middle East, Cuba, Panama and Africa, but then finally the Amazon River. He set out in 1913 with his son Kermit. It was a 1000- mile journey, and very dangerous. Many of the porters died or got captured in some strange way. Teddy re-injured his leg from a carriage accident in 1902, and got jungle fever. He could not move but begged to be alone but his son stayed and they all returned to New York in 1914. The River was then named Rio Teodoro after him. Theo lost his energy and strength a couple years later. Never the less, he kept on working. He had surgery one day to drain abscesses on his bad leg. He continued on working even though he was weak, and on January 5th of 1919, he passed away without struggle, in his sleep, from a clot in his coronary artery. Some of the characteristics you could use to describe Teddy are; outgoing, adventurous, friendly, kind, comical, strong hearted, and intelligent. (I.) I chose Theodore Roosevelt because I was told that a president would be easy, and I saw him “come to life” in Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller, which immediately got me interested.

Essay: Teddy Roosevelt was a great person who accomplished many things, and numerous people remember him. One difference between me and Teddy is that he was a big game hunter and I’m not. Two similarities are; we are both courageous, and we are or were both loved by many people. I’m a vegetarian, so I’m definitely against killing innocent animals. Next, courage is a similarity because he traveled on many dangerous adventures and I barely have fear. Lastly, everyone loves us because we are generous, sweet, and nice. One similarity between me and Theo is that we are both courageous. He traveled around the world to many places including Panama, Cuba, Africa, Europe and even the Amazon River. He injured his leg in the adventure in the Amazon River and got a disease but he fought and got through it all. Even though he knew he was ill, he did not want help because he believed that he didn’t need any. His son stayed though, and brought him home because Kermit would not let his father die all alone in South America. I am courageous because I will do most dangerous or unusual situations or things. I am also not afraid of anything except for spiders. If there was someone in danger of a bad thing, then I would go into the situation and save him or her. I’m also usually the first of my friends to go first or try something new or different. I like being unique occasionally and so did Teddy. He also fought in many wars with the risk of being shot. Another similarity between us is we are both loved by many. All of his family members were very close to him but he lost some in his precious life. Also, his son would not leave him when he thought he was going to die so he cared very much for his father. With me, my whole family loves me very much and is always very excited when I visit. In places that aren’t school or home: like flute camp, everyone thinks I’m just adorable and they miss me. At school, all my friends and others like me and talk to me or hang out. And my sister’s friends always want to see me because they think I’m adorable and sweet. We should be thankful that so many cares or cared about us, but I already am. Teddy Roosevelt was a big game hunter and loved to catch big animals. I am the opposite and love animals and I do not wish to hurt them. That is why I am a vegetarian. Teddy believed in finding as many animals, big or small so he could eventually eat them. On the other hand, I find hunters cruel and vile. It is not right to kill animals because it hurts them and they are cute. They deserve to live in the world for at least half of their life. In most animals, you can’t even use all the parts after they are butchered and it just is thrown away or whatever. It just isn’t right. I think its fine to butcher a couple cows or pigs or whatever because they are more common and most people depend on that kind of meat, but just going into the forest to shoot animals that never caused any harm isn’t nice. Teddy probably had the complete opposite beliefs than me. One big difference between me and Theodore Roosevelt was that he was a game hunter and I’m not and never going to be one. In conclusion, Teddy had many great qualities and so do I. It was difficult to figure some out but it was possible. Just once more, the difference between us is that he was a big game hunter and I’m not into killing animals and whatnot, and the 2 similarities are us both being courageous and both being loved by others/being kind to them. We are/were very kind and strong-hearted people who wanted to take care of the world and be kind to others. We also both want peace. I’m glad that I chose Teddy for a historic figure because he has been fun to work with. In conclusion, some other similarities and differences that I did not want to write a whole paragraph about are in the following sentences. Teddy was a very kind and loving man. He had many struggles in his life because of losing two loved ones in early life. I'm different because I haven't had many losses, but I am kind and loving. Theo did not have fighting in his family because he did not have numerous siblings. I do not have numerous siblings either, just one sister but she lives far away. Teddy is remembered by some people and I hope to be too.

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