Theodore Roosevelt

Birth-Death: (1858 - 1919 ) Term: (1901-1909 )

President Roosevelt promised the public a "Square Deal," and he delivered. As President of the United States, Roosevelt felt he must use Government to ensure that the people were treated fairly by those in power.

Administration of Theodore Roosevelt

Vice President

Charles Warren Fairbanks (1905-09)

Secretary of State

John M. Hay (1901-05)
Elihu Root (1905-09)
Robert Bacon (1909)

Secretary of the Treasury

Lyman J. Gage (1901-02)
Leslie M. Shaw (1902-07)
George B. Cortelyou (1907-09)

Secretary of War

Elihu Root (1901-04)
William H. Taft (1904-08)
Luke E. Wright (1908-09)

Attorney General

Philander C. Knox (1901-04)
William H. Moody (1904-06)
Charles J. Bonaparte (1906-09)

Postmaster General

Charles Emory Smith (1901-02)
Henry C. Payne (1902-04)
Robert J. Wynne (1904-05)
George B. Cortelyou (1905-07)
George von L. Meyer (1907-09)

Secretary of the Navy

James D. Long (1901-02)
William H. Moody (1902-04)
Paul Morton (1904-05)
Charles J. Bonaparte (1905-06)
Victor H. Metcalf (1906-08)
Truman H. Newberry (1908-09)

Secretary of the Interior

Ethan A. Hitchcock (1901-07)
James R. Garfield (1907-09)

Secretary of Agriculture

James Wilson (1901-1909)

Secretary of Commerce and Labor

George B. Cortelyou (1903-04)
Victor H. Metcalf (1904-06)
Oscar S. Straus (1906-09)