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Theodore Roosevelt – Noble Peace Prize 1906

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Theodore Roosevelt

Born: 27 October 1858, New York, NY, USA

Died: 6 January 1919, Oyster Bay, NY, USA

Residence at the time of the award: USA

Role: Collaborator of various peace treaties, President of United States of America

Field: Negotiation

Biography

Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858–January 6,

1919) was born in New York into one of the old Dutch families

which had settled in America in the seventeenth century. At

eighteen he entered Harvard College and spent four years there,

dividing his time between books and sport and excelling at both.

After leaving Harvard he studied in Germany for almost a year and

then immediately entered politics. He was elected to the Assembly

of New York State, holding office for three years and

distinguishing himself as an ardent reformer.

In 1884, because of ill health and the death of his wife,

Roosevelt abandoned his political work for some time. He invested

part of the fortune he had inherited from his father in a cattle

ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory, expecting to remain in

the West for many years. He became a passionate hunter,

especially of big game, and an ardent believer in the wild

outdoor life which brought him health and strength. In 1886

Roosevelt returned to New York, married again, and once more

plunged into politics.

President Harrison, after his election in

1889, appointed Roosevelt as a member of the Civil Service

Commission of which he later became president. This office he

retained until 1895 when he undertook the direction of the Police

Department of New York City. In 1897 he joined President McKinley‘s administration as assistant

secretary of the Navy. While in this office he actively prepared

for the Cuban War, which he saw was coming, and when it broke out

in 1898, went to Cuba as lieutenant colonel of a regiment of

volunteer cavalry, which he himself had raised among the hunters

and cowboys of the West. He won great fame as leader of these

«Rough-Riders», whose story he told in one of his most

popular books.

Elected governor of the state of New York in 1898, he invested

his two-year administration with the vigorous and businesslike

characteristics which were his hallmark. He wou

via Theodore Roosevelt – Biography.

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