President Theodore Roosevelt
By: Christie Dragan
My president is Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt is the 26th president of The United States. When Theodore Roosevelt was 42, he became president and is considered the youngest president ever elected. On October 27, 1880, he married his first wife Alice Hathaway Lee. On February 12, 1884, his wife, Alice Hathaway Lee died without warning from kidney failure. On December 2, 1886, Theodore Roosevelt marries Edith Kermit Carow. In 1898, Theodore Roosevelt ran for Governor in New York and won the election. He is known today of "Teddy Roosevelt", for the remembrance that he created the teddy bear, now one of the most successful children's toys.
Works Cited
http://www.worldbook.com/wc/popup?path=features/presidents&page=html/roosevelt_edith.htm&direct=yes
http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/troosevelt/terms/char_22.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt