Teddy Roosevelt Timeline Project

Theodore Roosevelt is born

Oct 27, 1859

Theodore Roosevelt was born in October 1858 in New York.

Named president after McKinley was assassinated

Sep 14, 1901

Roosevelt was named president after Mckinley was assassinated by a landslide victory.

Energy Crisis

May 12, 1902

Coal miners and workers went on strike.

Elkins Act Passed

Feb 19, 1903

Prohibits railroad companies from giving rebates to businesses that ship large quantities of goods and giving power to those businesses to artificially lower shipping prices.

Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

Mar 14, 1903

Pelicans Island was made into a wildlife refuge to protect brown pelicans there from slaughter by market hunters.

Wins first full term as President

Nov 8, 1904

Roosevelt won the election of 1904 and became the first president to win a full term of his own right after taking over after the death of his predecessor.

Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

Jun 30, 1906

The pure food and drug act prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce.

Devils Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

Sep 24, 1906

America's first national monument in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt.

Leaves Presidency, Visits Africa

Mar 4, 1909

To collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History museum.

Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

Nov 5, 1912

Roosevelt lost the election of 1912 because the party split its votes between two candidates while the Democratic Party only had 1 candidate.

Yosemite under Federal Control

Apr 15, 1915

Yosemite was put under federal control to prevent further commercial exploitation.