Monday, October 5, 2020

26th President of the United States - Theodore Roosevelt


Theodore Roosevelt

26th President of the United States

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Because some dick decided to assassinate William McKinley, his VP, Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest president to fill the Oval Office. He was the first president to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the only one to win the Medal of Honor (posthumously), he was obsessed with growing the size of the Navy, was a distant cousin to FDR, and was at Lincoln’s funeral procession. He had the worst Valentine’s Day, when both his mom and wife passed away. He was a proud member of the Hasty Pudding Club (you may know Hasty Pudding from the Grammy Award winning song, ‘Yankee Doodle’). And, he didn’t swear in on a Bible, something the Religious Right has never forgiven him for.  

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