# Theodore Roosevelt — The Education of Henry Adams character guide

> Theodore Roosevelt in The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Roosevelt, concerned Roosevelt, President Roosevelt

**First appearance:** 0028-xxvi-twilight-1901

## Who they are

26th U.S. President, met later in Adams's life.

## In the story

### [XXII: Chicago (1893)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xxii-chicago-1893)

Mentioned as equally at home in the Cameron, Hay, and Lodge houses.

### [Teufelsdröckh (1901)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xxvii-teufelsdr-ckh-1901)

Mentioned in the context of McKinley's death and his advent as President.

### [The Height of Knowledge (1902)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xxviii-the-height-of-knowledge-1902)

Roosevelt is described as having a singularly direct nature but living in restless agitation, with the effect of unlimited power on his limited mind noted.

### [XXX: Vis Inertiae (1903)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xxx-vis-inertiae-1903)

President; attends the farewell dinner; Adams uses him in a rhetorical question about electing Mrs. Roosevelt over him.

### [XXXII: Vis Nova (1903–1904)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xxxii-vis-nova-1903-1904)

Adams visits the White House and urges Mrs. Roosevelt to see the St. Louis Exposition.

### [Nunc Age (1905)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xxxv-nunc-age-1905)

President Roosevelt is depicted as training 'Constantines' and battling trusts, though his forces are seen as disorganized.

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