History Vs.

Can you distinguish the genuine Theodore Roosevelt aphorisms from things other presidents and authors have said?

Theodore Roosevelt’s reputation as a bull moose didn’t exempt him from the emotional desolation of losing a family member—and he lost several. First the death of his father, then his mother and first wife on the same day, followed by his brother, and fina

When he was president, Theodore Roosevelt could fit eight meetings in an hour—that’s 7.5 minutes for each one. By the time he entered office, Roosevelt had had a fair bit of experience racing against time and coming out ahead: From studying unde

According to Teddy Roosevelt, “The reader’s personal and individual taste must be the guiding factor” when choosing a book to read.

Theodore Roosevelt never let anything get in the way of completing his daily itinerary. Not even a bullet.

Our 26th president was a man of action who chased down boat thieves, knocked out an armed man, helped save football, and inspired the teddy bear.

There are more than 276,000 documents to look through from T.R.'s tenure in public life, including his time before and after the White House, much of which had never been digitized before.

Contrary to his well-known slogan “speak softly and carry a big stick,” Theodore Roosevelt was hardly one to speak softly.

Because Teddy Roosevelt was a man of adventure who loved to experience new things, he experienced a lot of presidential “firsts”—in fact, he was the first sitting president to take a car ride. And he was not impressed.

John Hay, Lincoln’s private secretary and assistant, was as devastated as the rest of the nation when his friend was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865. He wanted a memento to remember Lincoln by and paid $100 for six strands of hair removed from t