Title: Theodore Roosevelt Description: Theodore Roosevelt (AKA: Teddy; T.R.; October 27, 1858-January 6, 1919), shown as U.S. President in a painting by John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856-April 14, 1925); Roosevelt was an American politician, military leader and twenty-sixth President of the U.S. (September 14, 1901-March 4, 1909); Roosevelt is best remembered as a reformer whose motto was "speak softly and carry a big stick': he helped to eliminate child labor, improved conditions for American workers, served as a heroic military leader during the Spanish-American War (1898) as a colonel commanding the 1st U.S. Cavalry (Rough Riders), who captured San Juan Hill (awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor); he oversaw the digging of the Panama Canal and sent the Great White Fleet to many foreign waters to show American force as well as negotiated the peace for the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace; Roosevelt was profiled in cameo many times in films, but most notably in a wonderful and incisive study by Brian Keith in the 1975 film The Wind and the Lion;" Category: U.S. Presidents Keywords: chief executives, heads of government, heads of state, highest political officials, military leaders, paintings, politicians, presidents of the U.S., U.S. presidents, world leaders. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1200 x 1766 (2.12 MPixels) (1.47) Print Size: 10.2 x 15.0 cm; 4.0 x 5.9 inches File Size: 6.23 MB (6,528,474 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000037090c Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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