America is filled with the best leaders this country has ever seen. Teddy Roosevelt was not only active and productive but tough as nails also. While giving a campaign speech he was shot in the chest by an attempted assassin. He not only survived the wound but finished the speech about the greatness of America and the need for it to be a leader in the world. Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy) was born on October 27th, 1858. He grew up in New York on a little street called East 20th St. He grew up the second oldest of four. He was diagnosed with asthma and at that time doctors had no cure, but that did not stop him from being a very energetic child. His parents were Martha Stewart Bulloch and Theodore Roosevelt Sr. He was homeschooled for period of