Theodore Roosevelt was active.
Mount Rushmore . Mount Rushmore features 60 ft sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents : George Washington ( 1732 -- 1799 ) , Thomas Jefferson ( 1743 -- 1826 ) , Theodore Roosevelt ( 1858 -- 1919 ) , and Abraham Lincoln ( 1809 -- 1865 ) . Theodore Roosevelt . Returning a war hero , he was elected Governor of New York in 1898 .