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My president's name is Theodore Roosevelt who is looking forward to solving the foreign affairs of the United States. His right hand man also known as Vice President was Charles Warren Fairbanks. President Roosevelt is the youngest president to take office. He was born in the nickname “The Big Apple” for New York City on October 27, 1858. For his education he attended one of the most prestigious schools in the Ivy League, Harvard at the age of eighteen for four years. Aside from his political life, Roosevelt was very active in the wars he fought in the Spanish War, quickly rising to the position of colonel. During his early life he faced asthma and eventually beat the disease. In 1884, when both his first wife and mother died, he fled political life and fled to his ranch in the Dakota Territory. It seemed that for those two years he had surprised her deep sadness. Becoming increasingly passionate in hunting huge, dangerous animals and driving cattle before returning to his political life in New York. After the assassination of President William McKinley, Roosevelt took office on September 14, 1901. Later in 1904 he was re-elected to another term easily winning 336 outs. of 447 electoral votes. He favored the Republican nomination with his vice president Charles W. Fairbanks both agreeing on the same issues. As for his policies, Roosevelt veered into numerous foreign policies. At the end of his mandate he solved many international problems. Some of these problems are found in Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Morocco. When the Dominican Republic was in debt to the Italians who showed up at their door, the Dominicans were “Under pressure from Roosevelt and soon the United States stepped in and helped the people. With the price of the United States controlling the Dominican Republic... middle of paper... not having a library like most presidents, rather having personal papers and records scattered across numerous libraries and sites around the world. US A&E networks. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.biography.com/people/theodore-roosevelt-9463424Michael, B. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/theodoreroosevelt(nd). Retrieved from http://www.infoplease.com/toptens/youngpresidents.htmlHabermann, F.W. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1906/roosevelt-bio.htmlKelly, M. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://americanhistory.about.com/od/troosevelt/p/ptroosevelt.htmMilkis, S. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://millercenter.org/president/roosevelt/essays/biography/4(nd). Retrieved from http://www.republicanpresidents.net/10-interesting-facts-about-theodore-roosevelt/