1.) At 23, the youngest elected state representative in New York state history.
2.) Appointed New York City Police Commissioner
3.) Appointed Assistant Secretary of the US Navy
4.) At 40, organized the U.S. First Volunteer Cavalry, the “Rough Riders” and fought in the Spanish-American was in Cuba. TR was subsequently awarded the U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery during the charge on Kettle Hill (known to most as San Juan Hill).
5.) Elected Governor of New York
6.) Elected Vice President of the US and then elected President of the US
7.) Explored and mapped the River of Doubt in the Amazon

While President, Theodore Roosevelt had these accomplishments:

FIRST President to fly in an airplane
FIRST President to be submerged in a submarine
FIRST President to own a car
FIRST President to have a telephone in his home
FIRST President to travel outside the US while President
FIRST President to invite an African American to dinner at the White House
FIRST President to win a Nobel Prize. (Nobel Peace Prize)

TR was responsible for naming the Presidents home, “The White House”
TR was responsible for the construction of the Panama Canal
TR delivered the first “State of the Union” message to Congress
TR created the US Forest Service
TR negotiated the Portsmouth Treaty which ended the Russo-Japanese War
TR created the Meat Inspection Act ,that led to the Pure Food and Drug Act
TR created the US Antiquities Act
TR gained a reputation as a “Trust-buster” invoking the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
TR settled the coal strike
TR created Crater Lake and Wind Cave National Parks
TR created the Department of Commerce
TR has Standard Oil indicted on Anti-Trust charges
TR created Platt and Mesa Verde National Parks
TR convened the North American Conservation Congress
TR created the first 18 national monuments, including: Devils Tower, Petrified Forest, and the Grand Canyon
TR created the first 51 federal bird sanctuaries

TR, on his way to give a speech in Milwaukee, was shot in the chest. The bullet perforated his eyeglass case and his folded speech that was in his pocket, and lodged in his chest. TR refused to go to the hospital, and while bleeding, gave a 90 minute speech to the crowd. Only then would he allow himself to be taken to the hospital. The Dr’s could not remove the bullet and TR carried it in his chest for the rest of his life.

TR was a prolific author as well as a voracious reader. TR wrote 46 books in his lifetime, and even while President would read 1-3 books a day.

TR is the ONLY US President to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize AND the US Congressional Medal of Honor.

I could go on and on, but I’ll conclude by saying………”TR….a helluva guy.”

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TR Joe – http://www.teddyrooseveltshow.com

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