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Theodore Roosevelt is born
October 27, 1858
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (/ˈroʊzəvɛlt/ ROH-zə-velt; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park. Yosemite's natural beauty is immortalized in the black-and-white landscape photographs of Ansel Adams (1902-1984), who at one point lived in the park and spent years photographing it. -
Enerdy crisis
This strike was successfully mediated through the intervention of the federal government, which strove to provide a "Square Deal"—which Roosevelt took as the motto for his administration—to both sides. The settlement was an important step in the Progressive era reforms of the decade that followed. -
Elkins Act passed
Urged by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Elkins placed the bill bearing his name before the Senate in early 1902 and it passed in February 1903, moving unanimously out of the Senate and passing by a 250 to 6 vote in the House. The Elkins Act gave federal courts the power to end rate discrimination. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
Pelican Island, the nation's most historic refuge, and the surrounding area were first inhabited by the Ais people between 2000 BCE and the mid-1600. Then, 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. -
Named president when McKinley is assasinated
Roosevelt assumed the presidency at age 42 after McKinley was assassinated in September 1901. He remains the youngest person to become president of the United States. -
Wins first full term as President
Roosevelt’s win marked the first time that a president not originally elected to the office succeeded in retaining the presidency. -
Passage of Pure food and drug act
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 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
A sacred place to over 20 Native American tribes, the Tower is also known as Bear Lodge. Devil's Tower was designated as America's first national monument in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt. -
Leaves Presidency, visits africa
In 1909, ex-President Teddy Roosevelt went on his own safari to eastern Africa — and the list of casualties is positively massive, with more than 500 kills shot by him and his son. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
The Progressive Party was popularly nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party" when Roosevelt boasted that he felt "strong as a bull moose" after losing the Republican nomination in June 1912 at the Chicago convention.