Who invented the teddy bear

Many stories go that Teddy Roosevelt is the person who invented the teddy bear.

That's information worth investigating. Teddy Roosevelt  of course was the 26th President of the United States of America and lived from 1858 to 1919 and took over the presidency from William McKinley in 1901 and served until 1909 when the top job in America was taken over by William Howard Taft.

As for who invented the teddy bear here's how it goes according to page 128 of Shelby County Indiana : Histories and Families by the Turner Publishing Company.

The American middle class was in the midst of political and social reform in the first decade of the 20th century, the period called the Progressive Era. President "Teddy" Roosevelt was the champion of the "strenuous life"  and his interest in the great outdoors led to the creation of  a new toy, the "Teddy" Bear, which little girls were soon cuddling. On a hunting trip in 1902, to Mississippi, Roosevelt refused to kill a small bear. The Washington Star published a cartoon of the incident, and a local toy maker sewed a stuffed bear similar to that in the cartoon. Roosevelt gave permission to name it "Teddy" Bear. These toys appeared in stores in 1903. One small manufacturer made over 900,000 bears in 1907 alone.

 So there you have the answer to who invented the teddy bear. Well maybe not quite.

Should the credit for the invention of this particular stuffed bear go to the person who started calling the President "Bear" or to Berryman who used the concept in a cartoon, or to the toymaker who made the first "Teddy" Bear ?

The plush or stuffed bear, those not named "teddy" existed much earlier than this.