Theodore Roosevelt, center, poses
with members of the Rough Riders in
this 1898 photo during the
Spanish-American War. Roosevelt
leading his troops in the
victorious charge up Cuba's San
Juan Hill is an image preserved by
legend. His great-grandson, Tweed
Roosevelt, is backing an effort by
Teddy Roosevelt's admirers to win
for the former president the
nation's highest military honor,
The Medal of Honor, for which he
was nominated for in 1898 but did
not receive. (AP Photo)

With characteristic fervor,
Theodore Roosevelt is shown
speaking when he stumped the
country for William McKinley
(1843-1901) during the Presidential
campaign of 1900. Roosevelt was
William McKinley's running mate on
the Republican ticket. During the
campaign, Teddy made 673 speeches
and traveled 21,209 miles and
contributed greatly to the success
of the party in the fall election.
(AP Photo/Brown Brothers)

Alice Roosevelt Longworth
(1884-1980) looks over bust of her
late father, President Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919) after the
statue was unveiled formally in the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans in
the Gould Memorial Library on the
campus of New York University (now
Bronx Community College) in New
York City, May 9, 1954. Looking on
are, Oscar S. Straus, center, who
presented the bust on behalf of the
Theodore Roosevelt Foundation, and
Harold E. Stassen (1907-2001),
former governor of Minnesota who
made a speech at the ceremony.
(AP Photo)

Workers fixing up the visage of
Theodore Roosevelt on Mount
Rushmore, in South Dakota.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
campaigning for president in 1912.
Roosevelt was president from 1901
to 1909 and tried to come back for
another term in 1912. The election
was a three-way race: Woodrow
Wilson, Democrat, William Howard
Taft, Republican, and Roosevelt,
Progressive. Wilson won with
Roosevelt finishing a distant
second.

In 1905 President Roosevelt helped
negotiate a treaty between Russia
and Japan to end their war, called
the Russo-Japanese War. For his
efforts, TR would receive the Nobel
Peace Prize.

TR learned of the death of his
youngest son Quentin (1897-1918) in
July of 1918. Quentin, a fighter
pilot for the US Army Air Corps in
WWI, was shot down by the Germans
behind enemy lines.
In this picture, "Grandfather"
Roosevelt hugs baby granddaughter
Edith Roosevelt Derby (1917-2008),
1918.

New York Times headline reporting
the death of Theodore Roosevelt
(1858-1919).