In 1897, President McKinley appointed Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt's enthusiastic support for intervention--he once said, "I should welcome ...

On May 15,1898, Theodore Roosevelt resigned his post as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt, who had once said, "I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one", left ...

Franklin Roosevelt had laid out the course in ... Boy), onetime Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, now Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air. He goes for advice to Commodore Lewis L.

In 1897, he became assistant secretary of the Navy. During the Spanish- American War, Roosevelt left his position as assistant secretary of the Navy to be Commander of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry ...

Theodore Roosevelt became a national hero after leading a voluntary cavalry, the Rough Riders, in the Spanish-American War. After, the former assistant naval secretary served as New York governor ...

FDR entered politics in 1910 and was assistant secretary of the Navy. In 1921 he was struck down with polio but fought bravely to walk again and in 1928 became governor of New York. His four terms of ...

The Navy League suggested October 27 as Navy Day for two reasons: it’s the birthday of Theodore Roosevelt, who was an assistant secretary of the Navy before he became president and was known as ...