![]() ![]() By the time he became president he had established a national reputation as a scholar, publishing biographies (Thomas Hart Benton, 1887 and Gouverneur Morris, 1888) and histories (The Naval War of 1812, 1882 and the four-volume The Winning of the West, 1889–1896). TR was a voracious reader and interested in history and politics. ![]() As a boy he was frail, nearsighted, and impaired by asthma. Roosevelt epitomized a new breed of politician and from what he famously called the "bully pulpit," he championed a federal government strong enough to restrain the power of great personal and corporate wealth and preached a "Square Deal" that would ensure every American's right to a living wage.īorn on October 27, 1858, to a wealthy New York City family, Roosevelt was tutored at home and entered Harvard at age 17. ![]() The White House began to impose a presidential style on the first families and during the next century they would at times be measured according to how well they fit this modern image. Both admirers and critics, in praise or scorn, would call his actions "imperial." Roosevelt's 1902 White House restoration created the idea of the residence as a stage for a world power. While McKinley had been popular and had brought major changes to presidential prestige as well as the nation's world status, Theodore Roosevelt during his seven years and six months in office dramatized the presidency and its image. ![]()
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