Theodore Roosevelt // 26

VICE PRESIDENT TO WILLIAM McKINLEY / #25

• Endlessly fascinating, but I still think he was a mustachioed manchild

• Counterpoint: here are 26 reasons why he’s more than just a mustachioed manchild

• Product of some really incredible women

• Endured unimaginable heartbreak

• “Kicked upstairs” to VP to keep him out of trouble; not the first time that backfired

• Youngest president ever at 42

• Handpicked his successor; regretted it, then ran against him

• To date, I’ve read four books about Theodore; I had some gripes about one of them