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26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration; said `Speak softly but carry a big stick' (1858-1919)

26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration; said `Speak softly but carry a big stick' (1858-1919)

An American politician and author; born in New York city, Oct. 27, 1858. He allied himself with the civil-service reform movement. Became president of the United States 1901 and 1904. He has written: "The Naval war of 1812" (1882); "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman" (1885); "Life of Thomas Hart Benton" (1887); "Gouverneur Morris" (1888); "Essays on Practical Politics" (1888); "Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail" (1888); "Winning of the West" (1889); "History of New York City" (1891); and the "Wilderness Hunter" (1893); "American Ideals and Other Essays" (1897); "Life of Oliver Cromwell" and "The Strenuous Life" (1902). In 1906 he received the Nobel Prize for Promotion of Industrial Peace. In 1909 he undertook a hunting expedition to the heart of Africa in the interest of the Smithsonian Institution; contributing in the meantime articles for the "Outlook" of New York, of which he is associate editor.