[Sculpture] Theodore Roosevelt became president on September 14, 1901, after William McKinley was assassinated. As a leader of the Progressive movement, he worked to curb the excesses of big business and conserve America's natural resources. Simultaneously, he implemented his policy to "speak softly and carry a big stick" in Central and South America, a policy that climaxed with the building of the Panama Canal.

Organizers of New York City's Jacob Riis Settlement House commissioned this bronze relief in 1905 as an inspiration to immigrants.

Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery
Sculpture of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 1906; by Sally James Farnham (1876-1943), bronze relief

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