Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider, Bronze equestrian statue in South Park Blocks, Portland, United States

Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider is a bronze equestrian statue by Alexander Phimister Proctor, showing Roosevelt in military uniform and wide-brimmed hat on a horse with its right front leg raised, reins and a sword at his left side. It stands on a light grey granite pedestal inscribed "THEODORE ROOSEVELT", measuring 12 by 3 by 9 feet.

The memorial was commissioned after Roosevelt's death and completed in 1922; it was cast in Brooklyn and shipped through the Panama Canal. Henry Waldo Coe, a friend and hunting partner of Roosevelt, donated it to Portland. Calvin Coolidge, then Vice President, attended the dedication. In October 2020 demonstrators toppled the statue during the Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage; the city announced in 2024 that it would be restored and re-installed at a date still to be determined.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art filmed the casting in 1922 as The Making of a Bronze Statue, the first time the whole lost-wax process was photographed. The museum posted the film on YouTube in January 2023. Henry Waldo Coe, a friend and hunting partner of Roosevelt, gave the work to Portland.

The statue is located in South Park Blocks, a maintained public space with walkways that are easy to navigate. The site is accessible and offers nearby seating if you want to spend time observing the work.

The bronze was cast in Brooklyn in 1922 and shipped to Portland by sea through the Panama Canal rather than being cut into pieces for the rail journey. The crossing kept the 12-foot sculpture intact. The Metropolitan Museum of Art filmed the lost-wax casting process in 1922, the first time the whole method was photographed.