Person

Theodore Roosevelt

26th president of the United States and a central figure in Progressive Era reform, conservation, and American global power.

Status: draft
Entity Type: person
Start Date: 27 Oct 1858
End Date: 6 Jan 1919

Summary

Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States and one of the most influential political figures of the early twentieth century.

Historical role

He matters here because his presidency expanded the modern federal state, advanced reform politics, and gave the United States a more assertive international role.

Connections

Useful for linking Progressive Era politics, conservation, trust-busting, and the rise of the United States as a world power.