In 1881, at just twenty three years of age, TR began his tenure in the New York State Assembly. In an excerpt from Edmund Morris' book The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt published in the February/March, 1979 issue of the journal American Heritage Morris notes: Minot, it is an annotated listing of birds they had observed in Franklin County. TR was a native New Yorker. He was born in New York City and the home he lived in is now a National Historic Site. He spent time in the Adirondacks as a youth, and his first published work was The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks in Franklin County, NY. The Vice-President at that time, Thomas Marshall, is quoted as saying 'Death had to take him sleeping. For if Roosevelt had been awake, there would have been a fight. His illness was likely and unfortunately compounded by the malaria he had contracted on his trip to Brazil in 1913-1914. On JanuTheodore Roosevelt died unexpectedly in his sleep at his home, Sagamore Hill, after being hospitalized in November and December of 1918 for inflammatory rheumatism. Only the hand of God can keep him from the White House in 1920. He has been president once – and wants the job again.

In his 60 years of life, Theodore Roosevelt was many things to many people including birdwatcher conservationist poet and author beloved brother, father and husband soldier North Dakota rancher reformer Sunday School teacher New York State legislator New York State Governor and, as author David Pietrusza describes him in the 'Players in Our Drama' section of his book 1920:The Year of Six Presidents:

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