THEODORE ROOSEVELT     Twenty-sixth president served 1901-1909   Republican   Born 1858 to wealthy New York family   Health problems as a boy   Sent west for strengthening   Admired cowboys loved hunting   Married 1884   Led Rough Riders at San Juan Hill in Spanish-American War   Extreme nationalist   Solved conflicts between economic powers   Was vice-president to William McKinley   Became president upon McKinley’s death   Elected at 43 years old youngest president ever at that time   Increased size and strength of U.S. Navy   Died 1919   His vice-president was Charles W. Fairbanks

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