- In office since
- September 14, 1901
- Left office
- March 4, 1909
- Born
- October 27, 1858
- Died
- January 6, 1919
- Religion
- Anglicanism, Episcopal Church[2]
Life phases1
One octagon for each phase of the life of Theodore Roosevelt. Each of the eight axes is scored 0 to 5 against a written rubric from documented evidence, with its source; an axis without evidence is a gap, not a zero. There is no total and no ideal shape: it is a profile, not a ranking. Appearance and personality are not axes, because they cannot be scored from evidence.
Overview1882–1919Each axis from the most recent phase that scored it. Phases: Reformer: Assemblyman, Civil Service Commissioner, Police Commissioner, Governor (1882–1900); President of the United States (1901–1909); Former President: Bull Moose campaign and River of Doubt (1909–1919).
No total and no ideal shape: a longer spoke means more of that axis, so a long Misconduct spoke is more documented misconduct.
Scores, rubric and sources
- 01Education3 of 5
- High confidenceAB Harvard 1880.[1]Highest attainment by then: 1 secondary school, 2 some college, 3 bachelor's degree, 4 master's or professional degree, 5 doctorate.
- 02WealthNo evidence
- Net worth or income against the national thresholds of the time: 1 below the median household, 3 top 5%, 5 top 0.1%.
- 03Position5 of 5
- High confidenceHead of state and government 14 September 1901 - 4 March 1909.[1]Scope of the role held: 1 entry level, 3 senior manager or legislator, 5 head of state or government, or the top role of a major institution.
- 04Public standingNo evidence
- Public approval or favourability where it was measured: 1 under 20%, 3 35 to 50%, 5 over 65%.
- 05Health2 of 5
- Medium confidenceShot in the chest in Milwaukee on 14 October 1912 and carried the bullet for life; nearly died of a tropical disease on the Amazon expedition; died 6 January 1919 aged 60.[1]Documented health where an examination or disclosure exists: 5 no documented concern, 1 a serious documented condition.
- 06Misconduct1 of 5
- High confidence1 documented matter(s) in the reviewed legal record, counted as the misconduct meter counts them.[3]The documented legal and ethics record within the phase, as in the misconduct meter: 0 none documented, 1 only matters resolved in their favour, 2 an open matter, 3 one finding, 4 two or three, 5 four or more. More is more documented misconduct.
- 07Social good4 of 5
- Low confidencePure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act (1906); about 230 million acres brought under federal protection, 150 national forests, five national parks and 18 national monuments; 1902 coal strike commission cut the miners' day to nine hours; offset by the Brownsville mass discharge of Black soldiers.[1]Assessed effects of what they did in the phase on health, safety, education, rights and the environment, from official statistics or peer-reviewed evidence: 0 clearly harmful, 2.5 mixed, 5 clearly beneficial.
- 08Economic good3 of 5
- Low confidenceNorthern Securities (1904) and Standard Oil suit; Hepburn Act (Senate 71-3) extended ICC rate powers; the Panic of 1907 was the worst crisis since 1893 and needed a private J.P. Morgan rescue, leading to the Aldrich-Vreeland Act and later the Federal Reserve.[4]Assessed effects of what they did in the phase on efficiency, growth and fiscal sustainability, from CBO and peer-reviewed evidence, as in the good-for-society reading: 0 clearly harmful, 2.5 mixed, 5 clearly beneficial.
Legal and ethics record1
Health, weight and religion appear only where the person, their physician or a reputable outlet has published them; each links to its source.