Theodore Roosevelt

26th President: 1901-1909

  State Represented: New York
  Party Affiliation:Republican
  Fact(s): Born and died in New York. First president to ride in a car while president.
Personal
  Birthday: October 27, 1858
  School(s) attended: Harvard University, Columbia University Law School
  Wife: Alice Roosevelt, first wife, Edith Roosevelt, second wife
Theodore Roosevelt
  Occupation(s) before he was President: Officer in the Naional Guard, New York police commissioner
  Other way(s) he served: Governor of New York, Vice President, Assistant Secretary of the Navy
  Height: 5 feet, 10 inches
  Hobbies or Sports: Boxing, hunting, jujitsu, riding, shooting, tennis, wrestling
  Pets: Macaw, Ponies
Life in America
  How would he have traveled? Car
  How would he have communicated with his friends? Telephone, typed letter, telegram
  U.S. Population when term began:75,994,575
  Number of stars on flag when he left office: 46
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