Teddy Roosevelt Timeline Project

  • Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt is born
    an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
  • Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Named President when McKinley is assassinated
    McKinley initially appeared to be recovering, but he took a turn for the worse on September 13 as his wounds became gangrenous, and he died early the next morning; he was succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt.
  • Elkins Act passed

    Elkins Act passed
    The Elkins Act gave federal courts the power to end rate discrimination.
  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    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

    Wins first full term as President
    Incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker.
  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    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, the Food and Drug Administration
  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite under Federal Control
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    In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park.
  • Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
    A sacred place to over 20 Native American tribes, the Tower is also known as Bear Lodge. Devils Tower was designated as America's first national monument in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
    A sacred place to over 20 Native American tribes, the Tower is also known as Bear Lodge. Devil's Tower was designated as America's first national monument in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    Leaves presidency, visits Africa
    All the African countries a US president has never visited ... This leaves 70% of nations on the continent have never hosted a president.
  • Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

     Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
    Bull Moose Party, formally Progressive Party, U.S. dissident political faction that nominated former president Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate
  • Energy crisis

    Energy crisis
    Roosevelt used his authority to establish 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reserves, four national game preserves, five national parks and 18 national monuments on over 230 million acres of public land.