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Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858
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Theodore Roosevelt became president after the former president, William McKinley passed away. He was, and still is, the youngest person to become president at the age of 42.
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Workers for the US mining company in Eastern Pennsylvanian went on a strike that threatened to close the winter fuel supply to major American cities. Teddy Roosevelt got involved with the strike himself, making him the first president to do so. The workers hours were reduced from ten to nine hours a day.
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Pelican Island became the first national refuge in 1903. Birds were being over hunted and their populations were decreasing.
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This act allowed the Interstate Commerce Commission to put large fines on railroads that offered rebates.
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Teddy Roosevelt was vice president at the time McKinley was assassinated. He was now serving his second term as President.
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This act is preventing companies from misleading people about their food/drug products.
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The park was under state control until the federal government got involved in 1906. Teddy Roosevelt signed the American Antiquities Act of 1906 that gave it over to the federal government. This was to keep it protected and preserved.
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Roosevelt made Devils Tower a national monument after the Antiquities Act of June 1906 was passed. This act allowed "objects of historic or scientific interest" to be set aside and monitored by the president.
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Teddy went to Africa to hunt big game and collect artifacts for the Smithsonian Institution. He anointed the Secretary of War and close friend, William Howard Taft. Taft became the president and Roosevelt left for Africa to get away from the politics.
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Teddy Roosevelt ran for office for the progressive party, or bull moose party, in 1912. He was defeated by the democratic governor Woodrow Wilson.
