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TR the Rough Rider at San Juan Hill
Roosevelt and the commander of the unit Colonel Leonard Wood trained and supplied the men so well at their camp in San Antonio, Texas, that the Rough Riders was allowed into the action, unlike many other volunteer companies. Battle of San Juan Hill, (1 July 1898), also known as the Battle of San Juan Heights, the most significant U.S. land victory, and one of the final battles, of the Spanish-American War. -
TR First time named President (Vice President)
Teddy served the 25th vice president under president William McKinley for six months in 1901, assuming the presidency after McKinley's assassination. McKinley was assassinated by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. As president, Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican Party and became a driving force for anti-trust and Progressive policies. -
The Coal Strike
The Coal strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners struck for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. Roosevelt 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, which Roosevelt promised to support with all of the authority of his office. -
National Reclamation Act
When Congress passed the National Reclamation Act in 1902, the measure set in motion the dramatic transformation of arid sections of the American West to "reclaim" land for productive agricultural use. President Roosevelt supported the reclamation movement because of his personal experiences in the West and his Progressive-era conservation ethic. -
The Elkins Act
The Elkins Act outlawed rebates and made the railroad company itself liable for punishment along with the entity receiving the refund. Railroad directors informed President Theodore Roosevelt of their desire to cease the practice of rebates and he supported the bill in private correspondence. -
The Northern Securities Case
Northern Securities Co. was sued in 1902 under the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 by the Justice Department under President Theodore Roosevelt, one of the first antitrust cases filed against corporate interests instead of labor. The majority opinion was ruled in favor of the government, saying that the only reason for the existence of Northern Securities was to create a monopoly on railroad traffic across the northern part of the country. The court ordered the company to be separated. -
Teddy wins first full term as President
The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt started on September 14, 1901, when Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States upon the assassination of President William McKinley. However he technically "won" his first election in 1904. His presidency ended on March 4, 1909. Roosevelt had been the vice president for only 194 days when he succeeded to the presidency. -
Yosemite goes under Federal Control
After visiting Yosemite and spending time with famed naturalist John Muir, President Theodore Roosevelt pledged to make Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove a part of Yosemite National Park. The State of California receded Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove to the federal government June 11, 1906. -
Meat Inspection Act
The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was a piece of U.S. legislation, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 30, 1906, that prohibited the sale of adulterated or miss branded livestock and derived products as food and ensured sanitary slaughtering and processing of livestock. -
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 missbranded, poisonous or deleterious food, drugs, medications, and liquors...” -
Teddy's Africa Visit
Theodore Roosevelt was only 50 when he chose to forego a second term of office in 1908 in favor of the world's most lavish collecting expedition to Africa. As Teddy himself had once put it “I am fond of politics, but I am fonder still of a little big game-hunting.” Teddy wanted to go do some hunting and so he did! -
TR Runs for presidency in Bull-Moose Party
The Bull Moose Party was a Progressive Republican third-party founded by Theodore Roosevelt. It basically ensured a Democratic victory by drawing votes away from the rest of the Republican Party in other words splitting the ticket. The Progressive Party was popularly nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party" when Roosevelt boasted that he felt "strong as a bull moose" after losing the Republican nomination in June 1912 at the Chicago convention.