The teddy bear emerged out of a presidency. In November 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was on a bear hunting excursion in Mississippi at the invitation of its governor, Andrew Longino. Roosevelt, ...

Named after President Theodore Roosevelt, the stuffed bear ... Michtom was inspired to call the toys "Teddy's bear" after reading a political cartoon published in the Washington Post on Nov ...

People across the country were delighted by both the event and the cartoon, and this prompted several toy makers to begin manufacturing stuffed toy bears ... age of 96. Theodore Roosevelt was ...

The cartoon was such a hit that Berryman ... Michtom sought and secured the permission of Roosevelt to dub it the “teddy bear” after Roosevelt’s “Teddy” nickname. Though the president ...