History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . wide scope. Deeply as the country prized McKinley—and the sense of loss by his death increasedwith the days — Vice-President TheodoreRoosevelt took over the presidency withas little jar as a military post suffers fromchanging guard. CHAPTER XX. THE RISE OF ROOSEVELT Theodore Roosevelt was born in NewYork City, October 27, i858. He gradu-ated from Harvard in 1880. At the age oftwenty-three he entered the New York StateAssembly, where he served with great creditsix years. Two years he was a cowboy inDakota.
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . wide scope. Deeply as the country prized McKinley—and the sense of loss by his death increasedwith the days — Vice-President TheodoreRoosevelt took over the presidency withas little jar as a military post suffers fromchanging guard. CHAPTER XX. THE RISE OF ROOSEVELT Theodore Roosevelt was born in NewYork City, October 27, i858. He gradu-ated from Harvard in 1880. At the age oftwenty-three he entered the New York StateAssembly, where he served with great creditsix years. Two years he was a cowboy inDakota. He was United States Civil Serv-ice Commissioner and President of the NewYork City Police Board. In 1897 he becameAssistant Secretary of the Navy, holding thisposition long enough to indite the despatchwhich took Dewey to Manila. He thenraised the first United States VolunteerCavalry, commonly spoken of as RoughRiders, and went to Cuba as their Lieutenant-Colonel. Gallantry at Las Guasimas madehim their Colonel, the first Colonel, LeonardWood, having received a Brigadier-Generals. From a copyrighted photograph by Pack Bros., N. Roosevelt. 1902] THE RISE OF ROOSEVELT 385 commission. Returning from war ColonelRoosevelt found himself, as by a magic meta-morphosis, Governor of his State, fightingcivic battles against growing corporate urged Compulsory publicity for the affairsof monopolistic combinations, and was prom-inently instrumental in the enactment of theNew York Franchise Tax Law. The party managers in the 1900 conven-tion hoped by making him Vice-President toremove him from competition for the presi-dency in 1904. But the most unexpected ofthe many swift transitions in his career foiledtheir calculations and brought him in amoment to the summit of a citizens ambition. The new chief magistrate was no lesshonest, fearless, or public-spirited than therecent one; it only remained to be seenwhether he was not less astute and to the offic
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