On This Day, 1810: James Madison issued a proclamation authorizing the annexation of Western Florida, which was thought to be—but wasn’t—part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase 
A 2017 survey of historians by @CSPAN ranked him as the fourth-greatest
President: Theodore Roosevelt, born this day in 1858. After the 1901 assassination of William McKinley, Roosevelt, at 42, became the youngest president ever (though the youngest ever elected was JFK)
President: Theodore Roosevelt, born this day in 1858. After the 1901 assassination of William McKinley, Roosevelt, at 42, became the youngest president ever (though the youngest ever elected was JFK)
Historians say Theodore Roosevelt's greatest quality was "Public Persuasion." His worst - and this is a relative term for TR - "Pursued Equal Justice for All." His focus on conservation was the reason he was chosen for Mount Rushmore
No one enjoyed being President more than Theodore Roosevelt. Some men hated the job; TR loved, loved, loved it. Excerpt from "Under This Roof," the 2015 book by WWR's Paul Brandus:
TR also built the West Wing of course, and long before the Rose Garden, there was Edith Roosevelt's Colonial Garden. The Oval Office, which dates to 1909, would be relocated in 1933 by another Roosevelt - Franklin - to accomodate his wheelchair
Half of all Americans - at the time nearly 100 million people - could have been killed during the Cuban Missile Crisis. On this day in 1962, President Kennedy responded to a letter from Soviet leader Khrushchev, and nuclear war - which was frighteningly close - was averted
After violence against Lyndon Johnson (in 1960) and U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, the city of Dallas was determined to keep President Kennedy safe during his upcoming visit to Big D. Here's a newspaper account - from this day in 1963
