Theodore Roosevelt

On November 5^th, 1912 Theodore Roosevelt lost his third election to Woodrow Wilson.  He spent the winter time with his wife and daughter at Sagamore Hill. A year later when Roosevelt was 55 he and a group of men went on a journey to Brazil. They went to Brazil to go see Theodore’s son Kermit, and explore the River of Doubt. The men brought along a famous explorer, Candido Rondon. Theodore cut his leg on a boulder which then progressed into a deadly infection. When they were in the rain forest it became easy for the cut to become infected. At the time he had also suffered from malaria.  When Roosevelt returned home he never fully recovered back to his normal heath state.