Theodore Roosevelt Accomplishments

The best presidents are ones with some style. All accomplishments and achievements to the side, a president should be memorable. Nobody does that better than Teddy Roosevelt. Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt is the best President to ever serve the United States of America because of his accomplishments in both his professional life and his personal life, along with his larger than life personality, and also because the American people loved him. His administration had many great accomplishments and very little scandals. Take, for instance, the Panama Canal. A canal that stretched 48 miles long (“Milestones: 1899-1913”), took 10 years to complete(McCullough), and took 75,000 people to complete, 28,000 of whom died (Today in Labor History: Panama

Teddy Roosevelt had many “firsts.” He was the first ever American to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He won for negotiating peace in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-5 (Abrams). He was the first president ever to have received the Medal of Honor. He was recognized for his “conduct in frontline fighting in Cuba in 1898,” (Willbanks). As a Lieutenant Colonel, Teddy led a daring charge up San Juan Hill. The reasoning for Roosevelt’s recognition is as follows: “Facing the enemy's heavy fire, he displayed extraordinary bravery throughout the charge, and was the first to reach the enemy trenches, where he quickly killed one of the enemy with his pistol, allowing his men to continue the assault. His leadership and valor turned the tide in the Battle for San Juan Hill,” (Theodore Roosevelt Association). Last, but not least, Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to be in office at the age of 42. As of now, he is the youngest president to ever be in office. John F. Kennedy was 43 when he was

His perseverance is one thing that made the American people love him, and therefore memorable. One of Roosevelt’s famous quotes that testifies to his determinism is, “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat,” (Theodore Roosevelt Association). Along with his trait of determinism, he was also a great leader and a huge