Theordore Roosevelt as New York State Govenor

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Theodore Roosevelt as New York State Governor

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Introduction

Theodore Roosevelt , Jr (October 27 , 1858 - January 6 , 1919 , also known as T .R . and to the public as Teddy , was the 26th President of the United States . Roosevelt , pronounced ROSE-eh-velt , is most famous for his personality - he dominated a generation by his energy , his vast range of interests and achievements , and his model of masculinity - the famous cowboy ' persona

. At age 42 , he became President after the assassination of President William McKinley . Roosevelt was a Progressive reformer who sought to move the Republican Party into the Progressive camp (Carol , 1988 . He distrusted wealthy businessmen and as a "trust buster " broke up numerous large corporations . His "Square Deal " promised a fair shake for the average citizen , including regulation of railroad rates and pure foods and drugs . As an outdoorsman he promoted the conservation movement , emphasizing efficient use of natural resources After he started attacking the courts as biased against labor unions , he broke with his friend and anointed successor William Howard Taft and ran unsuccessfully as a third-party candidate in 1912 on the Bull Moose ticket

Roosevelt 's term of office coincided with the height of progressive era reform activity in urban America as it was entering the twentieth century . During this period the character of modern policing was being shaped . The concepts , policies , and practices that Roosevelt employed his approach to management and reform , and his performance as an executive are studied and analyzed . An attempt has been made to construct a picture of the state of the art of police administration at this germinal point in its history

Family of Theodore Roosevelt

All the children of Theodore Roosevelt--most especially his four boys--grew up in the light of his great martial example . Each came of age sharing Roosevelt 's Kiplingesque view of the battlefield as a place of honor , fulfillment , and robust democracy . All of them realized that their father had found a political fortune in his dashing charge up the battle-scarred slopes of the San Juan Ridge . And each was forever infused with Roosevelt 's passion for righteous battle . Yet they also saw that romantic vision of armed conflict tarnished by the first Great War they encountered as adults , and the tragedies it inflicted on their family (Renehan 1998 "Quentin 's death is always going to be the greatest thing in any of cour lives " Theodore Roosevelt Jr . wrote his sister Ethel in 1918 , not long after the youngest of the family was blown from the sky in aerial combat over Chamyry , France . Ethel , who had seen the painful results of battle close-up when she served with her husband in a Paris military hospital , perceived clearly that the European war experience she and Teddy had undergone would forever separate the happiness of their youth from the sad longing and retrospection of their maturities "I sometimes just cannot believe...