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Theodore Roosevelt is born
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Named President when McKinley is assassinated
McKinley initially appeared to be recovering, but his condition deteriorated on September 13 as his wounds became gangrenous. He died at 2:15 am on September 14 and was succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt. -
Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike
President Roosevelt was ready as a last resort to order the U.S. Army to take over the coalfields. He would do whatever was necessary to prevent interference with the resumption of work and would run the mines. In the meantime, his commission of eminent men would decide the rights and wrongs of the case41. -
Elkins act passed
ended the practice of railroad companies granting shipping rebates to certain companies. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
1903: On March 14, with the encouragement of Frank Chapman and the Florida Audubon Society, President Theodore Roosevelt established Pelican Island in the Indian River Lagoon as the first federal bird reservation, giving birth to the National Wildlife Refuge System. -
Wins first full term as President
The 1904 United States presidential election was the 30th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1904. Incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the conservative Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
On his return, Roosevelt took a series of decisions that seem to confirm this: in 1906 he signed a federal law to make Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove part of Yosemite National Park, after a 17-year campaign by Muir and the Sierra Club, while declaring Petrified Forest in Arizona a national park -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
- The original Food and Drugs Act of 1906 was passed by Congress on June 30th and signed by President Theodore Roosevelt, 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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Devil's tower, first named national monument
President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower as the first national monument on September 24, 1906 -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
The Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition was an expedition to tropical Africa in 1909–1911 led by former US President Theodore Roosevelt. It was funded by Andrew Carnegie and sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. -
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 or "Bull Moose" Party) and Socialist Party nominee Eugene V. Debs. Presidential election results map