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Edith Roosevelt
Edith Roosevelt | |
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.jpg) Portrait, c. 1903 | |
| First Lady of the United States | |
| In role September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909 | |
| President | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Ida Saxton McKinley |
| Succeeded by | Helen Herron Taft |
| Second Lady of the United States | |
| In role March 4, 1901 – September 14, 1901 | |
| Vice President | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Jennie Tuttle Hobart |
| Succeeded by | Cornelia Cole Fairbanks |
| First Lady of New York | |
| In role January 1, 1899 – December 31, 1900 | |
| Governor | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Lois Black |
| Succeeded by | Linda Odell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edith Kermit Carow August 6, 1861 Norwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | September 30, 1948 (aged 87) Oyster Bay, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Youngs Memorial Cemetery |
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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (August 6, 1861 – September 30, 1948) was first lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909 as the wife of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th U.S. president. She was the second lady from March to September 1901 when her husband was vice president. She also briefly served as the first lady of New York from 1899 to 1900 when her husband was governor.
Carow grew up alongside the Roosevelt family and married Theodore Roosevelt in 1886. They established a home in Sagamore Hill, where Edith had five children with Theodore, and they moved back and forth between New York and Washington, D.C., as Theodore's political career grew over the following years. Edith became a public figure her husband was elected governor of New York.
Her husband was chosen as the Republican vice-presidential candidate for the 1900 presidential election. He became vice president in March 1901, and she became the second lady of the United States where she would serve the role for just six months. After the assassination of President William McKinley, she officially become the nation's first lady ascended the presidency to become the 26th president of the United States.
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