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Andrew Jackson and Theodore Roosevelt were two men with many things in common. Both were presidents of the United States of America at some point in time. They each served for many years as some sort of governor with Jackson as the military governor of Florida and Roosevelt as governor of New York. Roosevelt and Jackson had a great influence on this country. But despite those similarities between them they were two men with differences. One was a great military man while the other was an author with eighteen books written and few other qualities. All of these are just a few examples of how important these men were and how they were or were not related. The main similarity between Andrew Jackson and Theodore Roosevelt was the fact that both were one of the presidents of the United States of America. Jackson and Roosevelt had both served at least two terms. They both had some sort of failed assassination attempt against each of them. Both had admitted one or more states to America. with Theodore Roosevelt simply admitting Oklahoma into the union and Andrew Jackson admitting Arkansas and Michigan into the union. These are just some of the similarities between these two men during their time in office. Even though Andrew Jackson and Theodore Roosevelt were similar in a couple of ways during their presidency for the United States of America, they were also very unique and did many different things from each other. Some unique facts about Theodore Roosevelt were that he was the youngest president ever in office and the first president to take office due to the president's death. Roosevelt was also the first president to be constantly under Secret Service. Theodore Roosevelt was a man of the left... of paper... who had a remarkable impact in everything he did. For example, how it changed the way the police department worked. With this he became president of the New York Police Council of Ordinary Citizens. Roosevelt was a great leader and he showed it by being a president or a leader in everything he did, as he was the leader of the Rough Riders. He also served as president of the US American Historical Association. He stood by everything he did carrying with him his motto “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” In conclusion Andrew Jackson and Theodore Roosevelt were full of similarities and differences. What we saw, however, were more similarities than differences. They were both great men and played an important role in our American history. They made this country great, marked their names in the history books, and helped influence it to the place it is today.