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26th President
At age 42, Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States and is sworn into office at about 3:15 p.m. at the Ansley Wilcox Mansion, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, the youngest man ever to become President -
45 antitrust suits
Orders antitrust suit under Sherman Act to dissolve Northern Securities Company in the first of 45 antitrust suits -
Department of Labor established
The Department of Labor is the department of the United States government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics. -
Portsmouth Treaty
The Portsmouth Treaty was signed to end the Russo-Japanese war after medicated by TR -
National Conservation Commission
He appointed a National Conservation Commission to prepare first inventory of natural resources.