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Theodore Roosevelt, Sr.09/22/1831 -- 02/09/1878avatar
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George Cabot Lee21 Mar 1830 -- 21 Mar 1910avatar
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President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, jr.

Birth10/27/1858
 
Educ.30 JUN 1880
 
Cambridge, Harvard University
Reside1887-1919
 
Occup1895-1897NY, New York Co, New York City Police Commissioner
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USA Asst Secretary of Navy
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Death01/06/1919
 
Cause: blood clot
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Aged: 60.2 years

McKinley's successor did not leave such an extensive exhibit of his religious tenets. Roosevelt, at sixteen, had joined the Dutch Reformed Church, and was the second president of that denomination. Martin Van Buren having been the other. In Washington, Roosevelt and his family attended the Grace Reformed Church regularly. His mother and his second wife were Episcopalians. He had decided views on religion and the Bible. He believed and practiced a "muscular Christianity," a religion of confidence and action. One of his favorite texts was from James 1:22, "Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves." His gospel of life, appropriately expounded to one of the cowboy members of the Rough Riders, was: "Get action; do... Read More

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Alice Lee 

12 Feb 188420 Feb 1980  NY, New York Co, New York City Nicholas Longworth 
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    Charles Warren FairbanksCharles Warren FairbanksVice Presidentsource
    Seth BullockSeth BullockFriendsource
    Charles Anderson Danacampaign managersource
    William McKinleyWilliam McKinleyAppointed Asst Secretary of Navy

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    The first essential of civilization is law. Anarchy is simply the handmaiden and forerunner of tyranny and despotism. … 1901
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