Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919) was the twenty-sixth president of the United States. Bart was encouraged to learn about him by Superintendent Chalmers. An oil lobbyist asked the Congressman for Springfield's state, Bob Arnold, into letting him drill for oil in Mount Rushmore. The plans showed Mount Rushmore with an oil derrick protruding from the section where Roosevelt's head was. Arnold balked at first, until the lobbyist presented a large cash bribe, to which Arnold then said "Teddy who?" Immediately afterwards the "oil lobbyist" revealed he was Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who was part of a sting operation against the Congressman. Several other FBI agents entered Arnold's office and placed him under arrest. This was done in response to an earlier bribe by a logging company lobbyist supplied to Bob Arnold to tear down Springfield National Forest had been exposed by Lisa Simpson in her essay during a contest recital. One of the successors to the real Theodore Roosevelt, President George H. W. Bush, signed a bill to have Bob Arnold expelled from Congress.
He also made a cameo in Manhattan Madness, where the titular protagonist, Itchy, back before Roger Meyers, Sr. stole credit for his creation, proceeded to murder Roosevelt by decapitating him with a cleaver as the President was admiring the cityscape of Manhattan Town for "Old Knickerbockers" such as himself. Bart when first seeing him mocks him as a "fat oaf" before Milhouse reveals his identity to Bart as Hail to the Chief plays in the background.
== Behind the Laughter ==
*Roosevelt's voice in "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" was provided via archival sound footage.
When Roosevelt appears in Manhattan Madness, the soundtrack (provided by Chester Lampwick via a nearby piano) has a piano cover for Hail to the Chief playing up until his decapitation.
== Appearances ==
As Theodore Roosevelt is deceased most of his appearances on the show are minor, flashbacks, mentions and pictures. 
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