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Teddy Roosevelt is born
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was born on October 27, 1858, at 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan, New York City. -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt takes the oath of office in Buffalo, New York after President William McKinley is assassinated. Roosevelt becomes the twenty-sixth President of the United States and the youngest President yet at 43 years old. -
Energy Crisis
Pennsylvania Coal Miners Strike organized by the United Mine Workers of America. In response to Anthracite Coal Strike, Roosevelt convenes a conference in Washington DC. Roosevelt stated that he had no authority to intervene in the strike, but regarded the situation as intolerable. Roosevelt later released a transcript of the meeting to the press, to the detriment of the mine owners. -
Elkins act passed
The Elkins Act prohibits railroad companies from giving rebates to businesses that ship large quantities of goods and giving power to those businesses to artificially lower shipping prices. This act was strongly urged by the Pennsylvania Railroads and was passed through the senate and to the house with a 250 to 6 vote. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
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
Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
President Theodore Roosevelt pledged to make Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove a part of Yosemite National Park. The State of California receded Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove to the federal government -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
Prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation's first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devil's Tower the first national monument under the new Antiquities Act. This made Wyoming home to both our first national park and our first national monument. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Roosevelt's administration ended with the inauguration of William Howard Taft. Roosevelt then leaves on a yearlong African safari in order to avoid charges that he was attempting to run the White House from the shadows. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Bull Moose Party, formally the Progressive Party, was a U.S. political faction that nominated former president Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate in the presidential election of 1912. The party’s popular nickname of Bull Moose was derived from the characteristics of strength and vigor often used by Roosevelt to describe himself. The Republicans lost the election to the Democrats under Woodrow Wilson.