Theodore Roosevelt: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	TR • Teddy Roosevelt
Born	October 27, 1858 • New York City • New York
Died	January 6, 1919 (aged 60) • Oyster Bay • New York
Title / Office	presidency of the United States of America (1901-1909), United States • vice president of the United States of America (1901-1901), United States • governor (1899-1901), New York
Political Affiliation	Bull Moose Party • Republican Party
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1906)
Notable Family Members	spouse Edith Roosevelt • daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth • son Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
Role In	Algeciras Conference • Battle of Santiago de Cuba • Big Stick policy • Brownsville Affair • Gentlemen’s Agreement • Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty • Roosevelt Corollary • Russo-Japanese War • Spanish-American War • Square Deal • Treaty of Portsmouth • United States presidential election of 1900 • United States presidential election of 1904 • United States presidential election of 1912 • United States presidential election of 1916 • Meat Inspection Act

Roosevelt designated 230 million acres of U.S. land, approximately 1.5 times the size of France, as protected areas.
For his fourteenth birthday, Theodore Roosevelt received a shotgun.
After Roosevelt was shot, he left the bullet in his ribcage because physicians deemed its removal too dangerous.
Roosevelt's mother and first wife died in 1884 on the same day.