Ancestry of
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
President Theodore Roosevelt was one of the most colorful of all the U.S. Presidents. It is no fluke that President Roosevelt is included among the Presidents portrayed on Mt. Rushmore. In addition to the political offices that he held including that of President, Roosevelt was also famous for his achievements as a naturalist, hunter, soldier, explorer, and author. He was an editor of Outlook magazine and he authored at least 18 books.
One of the more endearing stories about President Roosevelt is how the Teddy Bear got its name. On a hunting trip to Mississippi in 1902, President Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear that had been caught, tortured and tied to a tree. The bear was covered in blood and mud and was not much bigger than he. The incident inspired political cartoons which soon appeared in the nation's newspapers. Later that year, F.A.O. Schwarz and a competing toy store began selling thousands of stuffed bears that soon became associated with the bears depicted in the political cartoons. Thus the Teddy Bear was born.
President Roosevelt has one of the more prolific ancestries when it comes to famous kin. In addition to the obvious relatives of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor Roosevelt, he is also related to Presidents Martin Van Buren and James Madison, inventor Thomas Edison, as well as the infamous Lee Harvey Oswald. A descendant of Charlemagne and Alfred the Great, he is also distantly related to Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and J.E.B. Stuart, and to Helen Keller and the infamous Lizzie Borden.
Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
President and CEO of I.B.M.
16th cousin 5 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet
William Henry Moore
Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco
20th cousin 1 time removed
via John, King of England
William Henry Moore
Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco
20th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Fitzalan
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
14th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Fitzalan
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
15th cousin 1 time removed
via Richard Fitzalan
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