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Theodore Roosevelt is Born
On October 27, 1858, future President Theodore Roosevelt is born in New York City to a wealthy family. Roosevelt was home-schooled and then attended Harvard University, graduating in 1880. He served in the New York state legislature from 1881 to 1884. -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
When President McKinley is assassinated, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becomes president. -
Elkins Act Passed
The Elkins Act is passed to give federal courts the power to end rate discrimination. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Landing in Mombasa in 1909, Roosevelt spent months in the wilds of East Africa, hunting big game in parts of what is now known as Kenya and Uganda. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
Theodore Roosevelt named Pelican Island the first national wildlife refuge to protect brown pelicans from being slaughtered by market hunters. -
Wins first full term as President
Theodore Roosevelt wins the 1904 Presidental Election. -
Devil's Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devil's Tower the first national monument under the new Antiquities Act. His action made Wyoming the home of both our first national park -
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 FDA. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
The state-controlled Yosemite valley and mariposa grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Theodore Roosevelt asked his supporters to leave the floor of the Republican National Convention in Chicago -
Energy Crisis
Attempted to persuade the Union to end the strike with a promise that he would create a commission to study the causes of the strike and propose a solution