Reprisor of Theodore Roosevelt

Joe Wiegand is the nation’s premiere reprisor of Theodore Roosevelt.  Joe is a political science graduate of The University of the South, in Sewanee, Tennessee, and a former graduate assistant at the Center for Governmental Studies at Northern Illinois University, in DeKalb, Illinois.  Former President of the American Legion Boys Nation program, Joe is recognized nationally as a Harry S. Truman Scholar and a Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Fellow.  Joe is a twenty-six year member of Rotary International and a member of the National Association for Interpretation and the Navy League of the United States.  A former county commissioner in DeKalb County, Illinois, Joe &his family now reside nearby Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Prior to reprising Theodore Roosevelt, Joe spent twenty-five years in the rough and tumble world of Illinois politics, managing gubernatorial and presidential campaigns at the height of his political career.  In 2008, Joe set out with his wife, Jenny, daughter, Sam, and golden retriever, Faith, on a fifty state tour celebrating TR’s Sesquicentennial birthday and the Centennial of TR’s final year in office.  The highlight was a performance at the White House for President & Mrs. George W. Bush on TR’s 150th birthday.