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Edith Roosevelt
Sign in to saveAlso known as Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, Edith Carow, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Edie Carow, Edie Roosevelt
First Lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909
Key facts
- President
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Preceded by
- Ida Saxton McKinley
- Succeeded by
- Helen Herron Taft
- Vice president
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Governor
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Born
- Edith Kermit Carow , ( 1861-08-06 ) August 6, 1861, Norwich, Connecticut , U.S.
- Died
- September 30, 1948 (1948-09-30) (aged 87), Oyster Bay, New York , U.S.
- Resting place
- Youngs Memorial Cemetery
- Spouse
- Theodore Roosevelt ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1886 ; died 1919 )
- Children
- Theodore III Kermit Ethel Archibald Quentin
- Parents
- Charles Carow Gertrude Elizabeth Tyler
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Norwich
- Place of death
- Oyster Bay
- Spouse
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Child
- Quentin Roosevelt
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Second Lady or Gentleman of the United States
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- American English
- Religion
- Episcopal Church
- Family
- Roosevelt family
- Image
- Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt 1900-1910.jpg
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- Commons category
- Edith Roosevelt
- date of birth
- 1861-08-06
- date of death
- 1948-09-30
- Commons gallery
- Edith Roosevelt
- name in native language
- Edith Roosevelt
- birth name
- Edith Kermit Carow
- writing language
- American English
- relative
- Alice Lee Roosevelt
- ethnic group
- Americans
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Encyclopedic overview
Edith Kermit Roosevelt (née Carow; August 6, 1861 – September 30, 1948) was the second wife of President Theodore Roosevelt and the first lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909. She had previously been the second lady of the United States in 1901 and the first lady of New York from 1899 to 1900.
Edith 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 progressed over the following years. Edith became a public figure when her husband became a war hero in the Spanish–American War and was elected governor of New York. Theodore became vice president in March 1901, and she became second lady of the United States for six months; she became first lady when the assassination of President William McKinley propelled Theodore to the presidency in September of that year.
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