While Theodore Roosevelt was elected Vice President in 1900 and would ascend to the presidency a year later when William McKinley was assassinated, Franklin Roosevelt lost his bid to be the VP in ...

Franklin Roosevelt, a distant cousin, pronounced his name to rhyme with ‘rose’—‘Rose-a-velt.’ Since FDR served later and longer, his version has been generally adopted.” Not so fast ...

Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt is the only United States President born in New York. He was born in the house pictured above, in 1858, located at 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan. His family lived ...

On Oct. 16, 1901, less than five weeks after the assassination of William McKinley had made Theodore Roosevelt the youngest President in American history, Roosevelt invited the prominent black educ… ...

Theodore Roosevelt: Saved by the speech 01:47. Despite the range of subjects we covered, our conversation was mostly about pace. Burns is in a great hurry to get people to slow down.

Five years after their nuptials, Franklin followed in Theodore’s footsteps and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1910. During this time, Eleanor gave birth to several of their children and the ...

This idea became the central argument of my upcoming book, The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President, and it informs an even bigger idea: the Theodore Roosevelt ...

Theodore Roosevelt was one of most dynamic Presidents in White House history, and on the occasion of his 158th birthday, here are 10 fascinating facts about the 26th President.