The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt edited by J. Martin Miller

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The launching of a man
Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City on
October 27, 1858, and is the son of a successful business man
and philanthropist well known and honored in that city. The
son's uncle, R. B. Roosevelt, is also distinguished as politician
and author.
RESUME OF HIS LIFE
Theodore was educated at Harvard, being graduated in
1880. He at once interested himself in local politics, and
became a New York State Assemblyman in 18S2. In 1884 he
was a member of the National Republican Convention; in 1886,
a Republican candidate for mayor of New York; in 1889 he was
made United States Civil Service Commissioner, serving until
1895, when he became president of the New York Board of
Police Commissioners, holding this position until 1897, when
he accepted the post, offered him by President McKinley, of
Assistant Secretary of the Navy. When the Spanish war
broke out he became colonel of the famous Rough Riders
regiment which served in Cuba so gallantly. In 1900 he was
nominated at the Philadelphia Convention for Vice-President,
and became President on the death of President McKinley,
Sept. 14, 1901.
ROOSEVELT AS AN AUTHOR
Mr. Roosevelt began to write books as a young man of
twenty-five. His "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman" appeared
in 1883. Other books, in order of their publication, are, "His-
tory of the Naval War in 181 2," "The Lives of Thomas Hart
Benton and of Gouverneur Morris in the 'American Statesmen
Series'," "Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail," "Essays on
Practical Politics," "The Winning of the West," "History of
New York City," and "The Wilderness Hunter." This is a