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The Republican origin of the teddy bear. November 14th 1902, Theodore Roosevelt was hunting in Mississippi. Bully for the President, who refused to shoot a bear cub some overly helpful locals had tied to a tree. A newspaper soon published this cartoon: Seeing it, a Brooklyn toy maker obtained permission from him (Roosevelt,that is) for permission to market a stuffed animal named "teddy's bear". And thus a childhood classic was born. It is noteworthy that his childhood nickname was "Teedy". an original teddy bear: https://grandoldpartisan.blogspot.com/