The result was that by secret agreement draft machinery was actually ready long before the country knew that the device was to take the place of the volunteering method which Theodore Roosevelt favored.

While here, visit Theodore Roosevelt National Park for its spectacular scenery.

Of course, while in this vicinity you won't want to miss a visit to Mount Rushmore National Memorial where on the side of a mountain are the famous sculptures of Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt.

Chauncey Depew, one-time runner-up for the Republican Presidential nomination, was attending a convention at Saratoga, where he was scheduled to nominate Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for Governor of New York when he noticed that the temporary chairman was a man he had never met.

And their roles are paralleled by those of Patrick Henry, Nathan Hale, Andrew Jackson, Davy Crockett, Theodore Roosevelt and many, many more.

Active warfare is raging between the forces pressing for a monument to the first Roosevelt on Theodore Roosevelt Island in the Potomac, and TR.'s own living children, who wish to preserve the island as a wildlife sanctuary.

* 1902 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.

* 1861 – Edith Roosevelt, American wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 27th First Lady of the United States ( d. 1948 )

* 1910 – Theodore Roosevelt made his The Man in the Arena speech.

Beginning in 1906, Pennsylvania conservationist Major Israel McCreight of Du Bois, Pennsylvania argued that President Theodore Roosevelt ’ s conservation speeches were limited to businessmen in the lumber industry and recommended a campaign of youth education and a national policy on conservation education.

On April 15, 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt issued an Arbor Day Proclamation to the School Children of the United States about the importance of trees and that forestry deserves to be taught in our schools.

On August 20, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt established the Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve, which formed the heart of the Tongass National Forest that covers most of the region.

Theodore Roosevelt delivered an address at Throop Institute on March 21, 1911, and he declared:

Former U. S. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt attended the law school.

Image: President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904. jpg | Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States and Nobel Laureate, Columbia Law School

In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to ban the sport following a series of player deaths from injuries suffered during games. The deaths and injuries were a result of the mass formations and gang tackling that characterized the sport in its early years.

As a supporter of progressive policies, Hughes was able to play on the popularity of Theodore Roosevelt and weaken the power of the state's conservative Republican officials.

Theodore Roosevelt became an important supporter of Hughes.

* 1904 – Theodore Roosevelt announced his " Corollary " to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

Rough Rider in the White House: Theodore Roosevelt and the Politics of Desire.

Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders and an Autobiography ( Library of America, 2004 ) ISBN 978-1-931082-65-5

Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders were among the 30, 000 troops who waited in Tampa for the order to ship out to Cuba during the summer of 1898, filling the town to bursting and delivering another huge boost to the local economy.

The City of Las Vegas Museum & Rough Rider Memorial on Grand Avenue, dedicated in 1940, was first established by the decision of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders regiment ( the first Volunteer Cavalry Regiment of the Spanish-American War ), who named Las Vegas their official reunion home.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in his Rough Riders uniform on October 26, 1898.

The bar is still open and serves as a tribute to the Rough Riders, containing much of their, and Theodore Roosevelt's, uniforms and memoriabilia.

Staff of the 1st US Volunteer Regiment, the " Rough Riders " in Tampa-Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt | Roosevelt on right, Leonard Wood is next to him and former Civil War Confederate general, Joseph Wheeler is next to Wood.

He assumed command of the cavalry division, which included Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, and was nominally second-in-command of the V Corps.

A cousin of Hamilton Fish III ( also named Hamilton Fish ) was sergeant in Company L of Theodore Roosevelt's " Rough Riders ", and the first American soldier killed in action during the Spanish-American War.

( 1901 ) possibly a tribute to " Rough Rider " turned U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt

Another states that the name was adopted from Theodore Roosevelt's cavalry contingent that was known as the Rough Riders, who fought in the Spanish – American War.

The Spanish were quickly defeated, and Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders gained fame in Cuba.

It was also the location of the greatest victory for the Rough Riders as claimed by the press and its new commander, the future Vice-President and later President, Theodore Roosevelt, who was ( posthumously ) awarded the Medal of Honor in 2001 for his actions in Cuba.

Trooper Jesse D. Langdon of the 1st Volunteer Infantry, who accompanied Col. Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders in their assault on Kettle Hill, reported:

Theodore Roosevelt, along with the rest of the Rough Riders, achieved considerable fame with the victory.

Berenger co-produced the 1997 miniseries Rough Riders, also starring as Theodore Roosevelt.

" The Rough Riders " was the name bestowed by the American press on the 1st U. S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War, headed by to-be American President Theodore Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders charged up San Juan Hill wielding the. 45 caliber Artillery Model.

The rangers, many of whom in the early years were veterans of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, were skilled horsemen, trackers and marksmen.

In 1905, Mix rode in Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade led by Seth Bullock with a group of 50 horsemen, which included several former Rough Riders.

The most prominent group among the 20, 000 soldiers who passed through the base were Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders.

As a former senior commander of President Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War, he had some influence along with his past assignment with the US Army Headquarters.

During the Spanish American War he served in Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders.