Alice Roosevelt, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, with her dog, Leo, in 1902
Alice Lee Roosevelt, whom the press dubbed “Princess Alice,” was by far the most unruly First Daughter. She danced the turkey trot, raced cars, ran away to watch “aeroplane takeoffs,” and smoked on the White House roof. Her signature quip: “If you don’t have anything nice to say about anybody, come, sit next to me.” She was proud of being a troublemaker; it was her way of having a good time: “I like to tease. I must admit a sense of mischief does get hold of me from time to time. I’m a hedonist.” On the day of her wedding to Ohio Rep. Nicholas Longworth, she shocked guests by slicing the wedding cake with a sword. Her father, Teddy Roosevelt, once said, “I can either run the country or attend to Alice, but I cannot possibly do both.”