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  • teddy was born

    also known as Teddy or T. R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.

  • Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    The Anthracite Coal Strike, also known as the "Energy Crisis" of its time, took place in 1902. It began in May and lasted until October of that year

  • Elkins Act passed

    The Act made it a misdemeanor for a carrier to impose preferential rebates, and implicated both the carrier and the recipient of the low price.

  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    in 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt's executive order designated the island as the nation's first national wildlife refuge for the protection of nesting birds.

  • Wins first full term as President

    Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1904. Incumbent Republican president Theodore Roosevelt defeated the conservative Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt's victory made him the first president who ascended to the presidency upon the death of his predecessor to win a full term in his own right.

  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    State control and administration of the Yosemite Valley itself continued until 1906, when the Valley was re-ceded to the United States Government by the State of California

  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce

  • Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Mondell was a member and later chairman of the House Committee on Public Lands. Due in large part to the influence of Mondell, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower as the first national monument

  • leaves presidency visits africa

    The Smithsonian–Roosevelt African expedition was an expedition to tropical Africa in 1909–1910 led by former US President Theodore Roosevelt.

  • Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt started on September 14, 1901, when Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States upon the assassination of President William McKinley

  • Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Democratic governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican president William Howard Taft while defeating former president Theodore Roosevelt (who ran under the banner of the new Progressive/"Bull Moose" Party) and Socialist Party nominee Eugene V. Debs. Presidential election results map