CHRONOLOGY THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of the United States, was descended from Claes Martenzoon Van Rosevelt, who migrated from Holland to America in 1649; through other ancestors acquired Scotch-Irish blood; was the son of Theodore Roosevelt of New York city, and Martha Bulloch of Roswell, Ga. Born in New York city, October 27, 1858. Served in the New York State Assembly, 1882, 1883, 1884. Chairman of New York delegation to Republican National Convention, 1884. Defeated as Republican candidate for Mayor of New York city, 1886. United States Civil-Service Commissioner, 1889 to 1895. President of Board of Police Commissioners, New York city, 1895 to 1897. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1897-98. Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel of the First Volunteer Cavalry ("Rough Riders") Regiment in the war with Spain, 1898. Governor of New York, 1899-1900. Vice-President of the United States, 1901. President of the United States since the death of President McKinley, September 14, 1901. CONTENTS THE KEY TO A REMARKABLE CAREER Reversing the tide of fate-A good use for disappoint- ments " Going ahead"-The Isthmian imbroglio- PAGE Republican crisis of 1884-First break with the Independ- ents-A party man still-Running for Governor- Premature alarm of the conservatives Senator Lodge's rela- tions with the President-Other men who have helped- Official families by inheritance-First break in the Roosevelt Cabinet What led to Mr. Gage's resignation-A quaint Secretary Shaw's personality-His rise in the world-A Yankee who "" gets there"-Postmaster-General Payne— The Cuban reciprocity fight-Buying coalers for the navy- Overgrowth of Senate influence-A middle course-Typ- ical cases-How bad selections are foisted on a Presi- State dictators in the Senate-Quay and his machine- The typical case of McClain and McCoach-Cold |