- **Born:** October 27, 1858 in New York City, [[New York]] - **Parents:** Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (businessman/philanthropist) and Martha Stewart "Mittie" Bulloch Roosevelt - **Spouse:** Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (1880-1884, died in childbirth), Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (married 1886) - **Children:** Alice Lee Roosevelt (1884-1980, with Alice), Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt Jr. (1887-1944), Kermit Roosevelt (1889-1943), Ethel Carow Roosevelt (1891-1977), Archibald "Archie" Bulloch Roosevelt (1894-1979), Quentin Roosevelt (1897-1918) [last five with Edith] - **Died:** January 6, 1919 (age 60, coronary embolism) - **Highest Office:** 26th President of the [[United States of America (USA)]] (1901-1909) - **Other Notable Positions:** Vice President (1901), Governor of [[New York]] (1899-1900), Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1897-1898), New York City Police Commissioner (1895-1897) - **Party Affiliation:** Republican Party (later Progressive "Bull Moose" Party 1912-1916) - **Historical Note:** Youngest person to become president at age 42 after [[William McKinley]]'s assassination. "Trust Buster" who broke up corporate monopolies and championed conservation, establishing national parks and forests. Won Nobel Peace Prize for mediating Russo-Japanese War. Led "Rough Riders" in Spanish-American War. After presidency, explored Amazon River and ran unsuccessfully for president in 1912 on Progressive ticket, splitting Republican vote.