Theodore Roosevelt, bynames 

Teddy Roosevelt and TR, (born October

27, 1858, New York, U.S.—died January 6, 1919, Oyster Bay, New York),
26th president of the United States (1901–09) and a writer, naturalist, and
soldier. He expanded the powers of the presidency and of the federal
government in support of the public interest in conflicts between big business
and labour and steered the nation toward an active role in world politics,
particularly in Europe and Asia. He won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1906 for
mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05), and he secured the
route and began construction of the Panama Canal (1904–14).