what president was teddy roosevelt
Introduction. The rising young Republican politician Theodore Roosevelt unexpectedly became the 26th president of the United States in September 1901, after the assassination of William McKinley.Young and physically robust, he brought a new energy to the White House, and won a second term on his own merits in 1904.arly in his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt sparked a scandal when he invited the African-American educator Booker T. Washington to dine with him and his family; he was the first president ever to entertain a black man in the White House.