Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was the 26th
president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He had previously been the 33rd
governor of New York, from 1899 to 1900, and then the 25th
vice president of the United States, from March to September 1901. As a leader of the
Republican Party, he became a driving force for the
Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century. In 1912, he ran for a third term as president. When he
could not secure the Republican nomination, he formed
his own party, the
Progressive or "Bull Moose" Party, which drew enough votes away from the Republican nominee, incumbent President
William Howard Taft, to give their
Democratic opponent
Woodrow Wilson a
large victory in the electoral vote. Roosevelt was a distant cousin of the 32nd president,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the uncle of Franklin's wife
Eleanor Roosevelt. His face is depicted on
Mount Rushmore, alongside
George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson and
Abraham Lincoln.
This picture is a line engraving of Roosevelt, produced around 1902 by the Department of the Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) as part of a BEP presentation album of the first 26 presidents.Engraving credit: Bureau of Engraving and Printing; restored by Andrew Shiva