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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Theodore Roosevelt Jr, often referred to as Teddy was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States. -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
President William McKinley is shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assumes the presidency. -
Energy Crisis
The Energy Crisis was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners struck for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. -
Elkins Act passed
The Elkins Act prohibits railroad companies from giving rebates to businesses that ship large amounts of goods and giving power to those businesses to artificially lower shipping prices. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
President Theodore Roosevelt's 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
Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt's victory made him the first president who ascended to the presidency upon the death of his predecessor to win a full term in his own right. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
Conversations and shared joy with the beauty and magnificence of Yosemite led Roosevelt to expand federal protection of Yosemite, and it inspired him to sign into existence five national parks. -
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 nation's first consumer protection agency. This enhanced consumer protection by requiring that foods and drugs have truthful labeling statements -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
The tower is a geologic feature that protrudes out of the prairie surrounding the Black Hills. The large influence of Mondell made Roosevelt proclaim this as the first national monument. -
Roosevelt leaves presidency, visits Africa
Roosevelt spent months in the wilds of East Africa, hunting big game in parts of what is now Kenya and Uganda. Roosevelt and his party killed or trapped 11,397 animals, from insects to elephants. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
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.