Former President Theodore Roosevelt was the Lieutenant-Colonel of the Rough Riders. This is the popular name of the First United States Volunteer Cavalry.
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Theodore Roosevelt, who was in the Department of the Navy in 1898, resigned to become a colonel in the volunteer cavalry called the Rough Riders, which saw action in Cuba. Following the war (which lasted less than four months), Roosevelt was elected Governor of New York state and selected as the running mate of William McKinley in his reelection campaign in 1900. McKinley won, but was assassinated in September, 1901, making Roosevelt the youngest US President in history.
The 12th President of the United States, Zachary Taylor,was known by the nickname "Old Rough and Ready".
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Very rough because the British kept on coming