Some historians believe the 1906 deal delayed the outbreak of World War I for another decade. When Germany and France almost went to war over the political division of Morocco, Roosevelt stepped in again and brokered an agreement that saved face for each nation involved. After initial resistance, both sides came to the bargaining table in New Hampshire in 1905, where Roosevelt brokered the peace settlement that won him the Nobel Prize. When Russia went to war with Japan in 1904, Roosevelt offered his services as an arbitrator. He Was The First US President to Win a Nobel Peace PrizeĪlthough Roosevelt was famously aggressive in his foreign policy (he famously said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”), he also proved to be a skilled diplomat. READ MORE: How Teddy Roosevelt Crafted an Image of American Manliness 2. Bush spent a record 490 days at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, where he was photographed clearing brush and wrangling animals in his cowboy hat. President Ronald Reagan, whose Secret Service nickname was “Rawhide,” took daily morning horseback rides on Rancho El Cielo, his “Western White House” in California. President Lyndon Johnson, a towering Texan, loved to be photographed in his Stetson hat while entertaining heads of state on his LBJ Ranch. Other American presidents embraced Roosevelt’s brand of rugged American manliness. Through his hunting exploits and self-promoted heroics at the Battle of San Juan Hill, Roosevelt cultivated an image of himself as an avid outdoorsman and cowboy soldier. In his 20s, he went on a hunting trip in the Dakota Territory and ended up buying land and a ranch in what would become North Dakota. Theodore Roosevelt at 25, wearing a cowboy outfit from his time working in the Dakotas, 1883.īorn and raised in New York City as an asthmatic and sickly youth, Roosevelt became enamored with stories of frontier adventure.
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