In 1897, President McKinley appointed Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt's enthusiastic support for intervention--he once said, "I should welcome ...

On May 15,1898, Theodore Roosevelt resigned his post as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt, who had once said, "I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one", left ...

Acting United States Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday ... Modly stepped down five days after removing the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier for writing a ...