Youngest President: Who is the youngest president of the United States of America?

The youngest president of the United States of America was Theodore Roosevelt.

He previously served as the 25th vice president under William McKinley from March to September 1901, and as the 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900.

With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, 42, became the 26th and youngest President in the Nation’s history.

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, at 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan, New York City.

He was the second of four children born to socialite Martha Stewart Mittie Bulloch and businessman and philanthropist Theodore Roosevelt Sr.

Roosevelt had health issues but overcame them by embracing a strenuous lifestyle.

In 1884, Roosevelt’s first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and his mother died on the same day. He was devastated and as a result, spent much of the following two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. There he mastered his sorrow as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game–he even captured an outlaw.

On a visit to London, he married Edith Carow in December 1886.

During the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment, which he led on a charge at the battle of San Juan.

Returning a war hero, he was elected governor of New York in 1898.

McKinley made Roosevelt his running mate in the 1900 election. With a vigorous campaign, the McKinley–Roosevelt ticket won a landslide victory based on a platform of victory, peace, and prosperity.

Roosevelt assumed the presidency after McKinley was assassinated in September 1901. He steered the United States more actively into world politics. He liked to quote a favorite proverb, “Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . ”

Roosevelt was elected to a full term in 1904 and continued to promote progressive policies.

Aware of the strategic need for a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific, Roosevelt ensured the construction of the Panama Canal.

He won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War, reached a Gentleman’s Agreement on immigration with Japan, and sent the Great White Fleet on a goodwill tour of the world.

Leaving the Presidency in 1909, Roosevelt went on an African safari, then returned to politics.

In 1912, he ran for President on a Progressive ticket. While campaigning in Milwaukee, he was shot in the chest by a fanatic but he soon recovered.

Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill after a blood clot detached from a vein and traveled to his lungs on January 6, 1919, at the age of 60.

He was generally ranked in polls by historians and political scientists as one of the greatest presidents in American history.