COLONEL ROOSEVELT DIES AT SAGAMORE HILL
Oyster Bay (JFK+50) On January 6, 1919, the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt*, passed away quietly in his sleep at his home at Sagamore Hill** here in Oyster Bay, New York. TR died between 4 and 4:15 a.m.
The former President, known as the "Colonel" because of his service in the Spanish-American War, had been suffering from inflammatory rheumatism, but doctors determined the cause of death was from a "clot of blood which detached itself from a vein and entered the lungs."
TR's sudden death took doctors and the Roosevelt family by surprise. The former president's son Archie relayed the bad news to his brothers in Europe by a cable which read...
"The old lion is dead."
*Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was born in NY City and graduated from Harvard. During the Spanish-American War he was a Colonel in the Volunteer Cavalry known as the Rough Riders. He served as Asst. Sec of the Navy, Governor of NY, Vice-President and President of the United States.
**Sagamore Hill is located near Oyster Bay on the north shore of Long Island. TR purchased 155 acres for the Queen Anne home which was completed in 1887. Mr. Roosevelt lived here until his death in 1919. The name of the estate comes from a local Native American tribe on Long Island.
SOURCE
"Manners, William. TR and Will: A Friendship That Split the Republican Party," New York, Harcourt, Brace and World, 1969.
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States
White House Portrait by
John Singer Sargent
Oyster Bay (JFK+50) On January 6, 1919, the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt*, passed away quietly in his sleep at his home at Sagamore Hill** here in Oyster Bay, New York. TR died between 4 and 4:15 a.m.
The former President, known as the "Colonel" because of his service in the Spanish-American War, had been suffering from inflammatory rheumatism, but doctors determined the cause of death was from a "clot of blood which detached itself from a vein and entered the lungs."
TR's sudden death took doctors and the Roosevelt family by surprise. The former president's son Archie relayed the bad news to his brothers in Europe by a cable which read...
"The old lion is dead."
*Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was born in NY City and graduated from Harvard. During the Spanish-American War he was a Colonel in the Volunteer Cavalry known as the Rough Riders. He served as Asst. Sec of the Navy, Governor of NY, Vice-President and President of the United States.
**Sagamore Hill is located near Oyster Bay on the north shore of Long Island. TR purchased 155 acres for the Queen Anne home which was completed in 1887. Mr. Roosevelt lived here until his death in 1919. The name of the estate comes from a local Native American tribe on Long Island.
SOURCE
"Manners, William. TR and Will: A Friendship That Split the Republican Party," New York, Harcourt, Brace and World, 1969.
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States
White House Portrait by
John Singer Sargent
