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Birth Date
Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, in Manhattan, New York City.
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President Teddy Roosevelt
Legacy and timeline of Progressive President Roosevelt -
Graduation
Teddy Rosevelt graduate on June 30, 1880, from Harvard College. -
Marriage
Roosevelt married Alice Hathway Lee on October 28, 1880, in Brookline, Massachusetts. Alice died in February 1884 after Less than two days after giving birth to their only child.
(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4775/alice-hathaway-roosevelt) -
Second Marriage
after the death of his mother and Alice (first wife), he married Edith Carow (second wife) in Hanover Square, London on December 2, 1886.
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/theodore-roosevelt/) -
Become Governor Of New York
Roosevelt was elected governor of New York in 1898.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1898_New_York_state_election) -
Become Youngest President
Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest president at age 42 on September 14, 1901, after President McKinley was assassinated -
1902 Anthracite Coal Strike
strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the Anthracite coalfields of Eastern Pennsylvania for higher wages, shorter workdays, and recognition of their union. Teddy presenting himself as a representative of people affected by the strike and resolve their differences and the miners.
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Elkins Act
Elkins Act was part of the President Roosevelt Squad Deals that forbade the common railroad industry practice of offering rebates for large-volume shippers.
(https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Capitalism-and-Labor/The-Elkins-Act.aspx) -
Pelican Island
President Theodore established the first national
wildlife refuge at Pelican Island, Florida.
(http://npshistory.com/brochures/nwr/pelican-island-story.pdf) -
Nobel Peace Prize
President Roosevelt negotiated peace in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-5. He also resolved a dispute with Mexico by resorting to arbitration as recommended by the peace movement and he received Noble Peace Prize in 1905 in Norway.
(https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1906/roosevelt/facts/) -
Yosemite under Federal Control
President Roosevelt signed the American Antiquities Act of 1906 that transferred the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove back under federal protection and control.
(https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/teddy-roosevelt-national-parks) -
First National Monument
Devils Tower was the first United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt -
Visit Africa Safari
to hunt big game and collect specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. Hunt 250 porters and guides, trekked across British East Africa, into the Belgian Congo and back to the Nile ending in Khartoum.
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Back into Politics.
In 1912 Teddy back to politics as Bull Moose (Republic Party) because Taft betrayed the progressive platform. He runs against Taft, Woodrow, and Debs. President Wilson won the race since the republic vote was split between Taft and Roosevelt. -
President Teddy Roosevelt Quotes
“No man has had a happier life than I have led; a happier life in every way.” Roosevelt -
Teddy Roosevelt Death
On January 6, 1919, while campaigning in Milwaukee, he was shot in the chest by a fanatic. He soon recovered, but die from the wound in Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Cove Neck, NY.
