Living Family Archive

Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt

known as Teddy

also written Roosevelt, Teddy in the book

Biography

Charles Warren Fairbanks served as vice president with him from 1905 to 1909. Supported William Howard Taft rather than Fairbanks as his successor.

Timeline

1905 to 1909
Charles Warren Fairbanks serves as vice president
Voted vice president while serving as a senator from Indiana.
History of the Guild Family

Stories mentioning Theodore

A Vice President in the FamilyCharles Warren Fairbanks belonged to a branch that moved west to Ohio and became a prosperous railroad-law lawyer, Indiana senator and United States vice president under Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt. Fairbanks, Alaska was named for him. The family recounts arguments that disagreements with Roosevelt cost him support for the presidency, which instead went to William Howard Taft, and jokingly wonders whether Charles shared the family's stubbornness.

Referenced in

History of the Guild Family — EARLY HISTORY OF THE FAIRBANKS FAMILY

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