Timeline for On what accomplishments does Theodore Roosevelt's present day reputation rest?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
15 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2016 at 17:46 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | @StevenBurnap - Legit. I've gone on a detailed discussion/rant on the polling in chat. I'd encourage those who want to join in to do it there rather than here. | |
| May 20, 2016 at 16:59 | comment | added | user15620 | Not top four, but most of those polls have him in the top five, and that's with FDR in the mix (who was not an option for Rushmore.) But that's a quibble, nothing wrong with the answer. | |
| May 20, 2016 at 15:29 | history | edited | T.E.D.♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 29 characters in body
|
| May 20, 2016 at 15:03 | comment | added | Tom Au | I like your answer better now that I understand it. Thanks for replying. | |
| May 20, 2016 at 14:52 | history | edited | T.E.D.♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 139 characters in body
|
| May 20, 2016 at 14:47 | history | edited | T.E.D.♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 139 characters in body
|
| May 20, 2016 at 14:41 | history | edited | T.E.D.♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 139 characters in body
|
| May 20, 2016 at 14:37 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | Again, not trying to rag on the guy. I was named after him, after all. Notice how few "Millard"s and "Rutherford"s you see running around. For good measure, I dug up and added the 538 link I got a lot of this thinking from. Worth a read. | |
| May 20, 2016 at 14:30 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | @TomAu - Not "underestimating", as much as taking a data-driven approach to the question. The point here isn't that he's somehow undeserving, but that who ended up on MR didn't have a lot to do with who was most "deserving". Most polls of presidents don't have him in the top 4, but they do have him as the #2 Republican. So what may seem like an odd choice with no restrictions makes perfect sense when you understand the political restrictions the sculptor was operating under. | |
| May 20, 2016 at 13:48 | comment | added | Tom Au | I'm not downvoting this answer, but I do feel that you are underestimating TR's accomplishments by referring to "none of them, really." Speaking only for myself, it's clear to me that TR is well above the "average" U.S. President, and the only question is whether he is "up there" with Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Wilson and FDR. Perhaps we may agree to disagree on this. | |
| May 18, 2016 at 16:31 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | @StevenBurnap - I'd agree with that. However, he had to operate within the parameters I outlined above, and within those restrictions I don't think he really had another feasible choice over TR. If he'd been a big Rutherford B. Hayes fan, I'm not sure the general public and his patrons in Congress would have accepted that choice. | |
| May 18, 2016 at 16:23 | comment | added | user15620 | My vague memory from numerous trips to the monument as a child (I used to live near there) was that Roosevelt's inclusion had a lot to do with the political opinions of Gutson Borglum who was the advocate for and builder of the monument. | |
| May 16, 2016 at 17:46 | history | edited | T.E.D.♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 363 characters in body
|
| May 16, 2016 at 17:34 | history | edited | T.E.D.♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 363 characters in body
|
| May 16, 2016 at 16:44 | history | answered | T.E.D.♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |