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Theodore Roosevelt was Born
Roosevelt was born at 28 East Street in Manhattan, NY on October 27th. -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
WIth the assassination of President William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43 became the 26th and youngest President in the Nations history. -
Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike
On Friday October 3, 1902 Teddy called a precedent - shattering meeting at the temporary White House at 22 Lafayette Place, Washington D.C. A great strike in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania (PA) threatened a coal famine. -
Elkins Act passed
US Federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The Act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
President Teddy 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
Teddy Serves 1st full term as president. The 1904 US Presidential Election was the 30th quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday, November 8th, 1904. Incumbent Republican President Teddy Roosevelt defeated the conservative Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. -
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 nations first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). -
Yosemite under Federal Control
The state-controlled Yosemite valley and Marison Grove carry under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park. Yosemite natural beauty is immortalized in the black-and-white landscape photographs of Ansel Adams, who at one point lived in the the park and spent years photographing it. -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
Mondell was a member and later Chairman of the House of Committee on public lands. Due in large part to the influence of Mondell, President Teddy 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
The Progressive Party, popularly nicknamed the Bull Moose Party, was a third party in the US formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the Presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protege turned rival, incumbent president William Howard Taft.