Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1900 — THEODORE ROOSEVELT. [ARTICLE]

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Born New York, October 27, 1858. Graduated from Harvard 1880. State Assemblyman 1882-83-84. Nominated for Mayor of New York, 1886. Appointed Civil Service Commissioner 1889. President New York Police Commissioners 1895. Appointed Assistant Secretary of Navy 1897. Resigned from Navy Department ia 1898 and organized “Rough Riders.” Led the “Rough Riders” in the charge up San Juan Hill, July 1, 1898. Elected Governor of New York November, 1898. Nominated for Vice-President June 21,1900.