Teddy Roosevelt Timeline Project

Theodore Roosevelt is born

Oct 27, 1858

Theodore Roosevelt is born in New York

Yosemite under Federal Control

Oct 1, 1890

The state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park.

Wins first full term as President

1901

Theodore Roosevelt wins first full term as President

Named President when McKinley is assassinated

Sep 14, 1901

Theodore Roosevelt was named president after the assassination of President McKinley.

Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

1903

President Theodore Roosevelt's executive order designated the island as the nation's first national wildlife refuge for the protection of nesting birds

Elkins Act passed

Feb 19, 1903

The Elkins Act gave federal courts the power to end rate discrimination.

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).

Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

Jul 24, 1906

The Devil's Tower is the U.S.'s first national monument by President Roosevelt.

Leaves presidency, visits Africa

Mar 23, 1909

Teddy Roosevelt and his expeditionary party leave New York for Africa.

Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

1912

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.

Energy crisis

1970

Disruptions of oil supplies from the region created difficulties for the nations that relied on energy exports from the region.