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Theodore Roosevelt is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on March 13, 2006.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
October 11, 2005	Featured article candidate	Promoted
July 7, 2006	Featured article review	Kept
June 27, 2008	Featured article review	Demoted
May 15, 2014	Peer review	Reviewed
November 22, 2014	Guild of Copy Editors	Copyedited
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on September 14, 2004, December 3, 2004, September 14, 2005, September 14, 2007, September 14, 2008, September 14, 2009, September 14, 2010, September 14, 2014, September 14, 2016, and September 14, 2021.
Current status: Former featured article

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Section size for Theodore Roosevelt (75 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	10,403	10,403
Early life and family	3,177	12,729
Education	5,459	5,459
Naval history and strategy	2,894	2,894
First marriage and widowerhood	1,199	1,199
Early political career	27	5,884
State Assemblyman	2,825	2,825
Presidential election of 1884	3,032	3,032
Cattle rancher in Dakota	5,029	5,029
Second marriage	1,339	1,339
Reentering public life	1,564	8,606
Civil Service Commission	2,401	2,401
New York City Police Commissioner	4,641	4,641
Emergence as a national figure	36	17,115
Assistant Secretary of the Navy	3,046	3,046
War in Cuba	5,637	5,637
Governor of New York	5,167	5,167
Vice presidency (1901)	3,229	3,229
Presidency (1901–1909)	3,224	42,435
Domestic policies: The Square Deal	66	13,659
Trust busting and regulation	2,735	2,735
Coal strike	852	852
Prosecuted misconduct	1,349	1,349
Railroads	871	871
Pure food and drugs	1,261	1,261
Conservation	4,125	4,125
Business panic of 1907	2,400	2,400
Foreign policy	87	12,653
Japan	3,716	3,716
China	651	651
Europe	1,812	1,812
Latin America and Panama Canal	6,387	6,387
Media	3,122	3,122
Election of 1904	3,820	3,820
Second term	3,239	5,957
Rhetoric of righteousness	2,718	2,718
Post-presidency (1909–1919)	77	54,529
Election of 1908	3,259	3,259
Africa and Europe (1909–1910)	6,533	6,533
Republican Party schism	2,453	11,071
The dispute over court power	1,821	1,821
Roosevelt's "New Nationalism"	2,878	2,878
Battling Taft over arbitration treaties	3,919	3,919
Election of 1912	74	19,196
Republican primaries and convention	3,981	3,981
Roosevelt denounces the election	1,327	1,327
The Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party	5,790	5,790
Assassination attempt	6,128	6,128
Democratic victory	1,896	1,896
South American expedition (1913–1914)	4,871	4,871
Final years	1,957	9,522
World War I	2,546	2,546
League of Nations	3,667	3,667
Final political activities	1,352	1,352
Death	2,241	2,241
Writer	5,307	5,307
Character and beliefs	1,649	10,923
Strenuous life	2,768	2,768
Warrior	3,659	3,659
Religion	2,847	2,847
Political positions	2,093	5,264
Foreign policy beliefs	3,171	3,171
Legacy	2,784	21,816
Persona and masculinity	5,578	5,578
Memorials and cultural depictions	11,468	11,468
Audiovisual media	1,986	1,986
See also	328	328
Notes	24	24
References	28	28
Sources	11,430	11,430
External links	107	9,414
Organizations	147	147
Libraries and collections	1,004	1,004
Media	547	547
Other	7,609	7,609
Total	224,844	224,844

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