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Theodore Roosevelt is born
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Named President when McKinley is assassinated
He had previously served as the 25th vice president under President William McKinley from March to September 1901.
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Named President when McKinley is assassinated
President William McKinley is shot at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY. McKinley eventually dies of complications from his bullet wounds. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assumes the presidency.
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Energy Crisis
Due to a strike, there was a scare of a coal famine. Roosevelt called a meeting in Washington to discuss giving the people what they wanted to avoid issues.
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Elkins Act passed
The result of the Elkins Act was that railroads had a stronger mechanism to protect their prices and corporate trusts was weakened in their ability to gain shipping discounts. Farmers and other railroad users, instead of benefiting from greater competition, were unaffected by the Act.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Capitalism-and-Labor/The-Elkins-Act.aspx#:~:text=Urged%20by%20the%20Pennsylvania%20Railroad,power%20to%20end%20rate% -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
President Theodore Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge on March 14, 1903 at Pelican Island, Florida, to protect brown pelicans there from slaughter.
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Wins first full term as President
Incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker.
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Yosemite under Federal Control
Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove remained under state administration until 1906 when they were returned to federal control and incorporated into Yosemite National Park.
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/mackintosh1/sts2.htm#:~:text=Yosemite%20Valley%20and%20the%20Mariposa,reserves%20on%20the%20public%20domain. -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
It was passed by Congress and signed by President Theodore Roosevelt. It was created to prevent the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious food, drugs, medications, and liquors.
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Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Roosevelt and his expeditionary party leave New York for Africa. Its purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new natural history museum.
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Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, and former President Theodore Roosevelt ran under the banner of the new Progressive or "Bull Moose" Party.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election#:~:text=Democratic%20Governor%20Woodrow%20Wilson%20unseated,or%20%22Bull%20Moose%22%20Party.