Teddy Roosevelt Timeline Project

Theodore Roosevelt is born

Oct 27, 1858

mom : Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
dad : Theodore Roosevelt Sr.

Named President when McKinley is assassinated

Sep 14, 1901

McKinley dies of complications from his bullet wounds. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt takes over the presidency.

Elkins Act

Feb 19, 1903

Prohibits railroad companies from giving rebates to businesses of their choosing.

Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

Mar 14, 1903

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.

Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

Jun 30, 1906

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).

Devils Tower

Sep 24, 1906

Sacred place for over 20 different Native American Tribes, and was named the first National Monument by Teddy Roosevelt.

Leaves presidency, visits Africa

Mar 23, 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

1912

Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft and defeated former President Theodore Roosevelt, who ran under the banner of the new Progressive or "Bull Moose" Party.