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Theodore Roosevelt is born
He was the second of four children born to Martha Stewart Bulloch and businessman Theodore Roosevelt Sr. 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan. -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
President William McKinley is shot at the Pan American exposition n Buffalo, NY. Therefore president Theodore Roosevelt was the named president during McKinley's death. -
Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike was a strike
Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike was a strike(obviously it's in the name) by the united mine workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. -
Elkins Act passed
upset by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Elkins placed the bill bearing his name before the Senate. The Elkins Act gave federal courts power to end rate discrimination. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
President Theodore Roosevelt established Pelican Island in the Indian River Lagoon as the first federal bird reservation, giving birth to the National Wildlife Refuge System. -
Wins first full term as President
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
State control and administration of the Yosemite Valley itself continued until 1906, when the Valley was re-ceded to the United States Government by the State of California and made a part of the Yosemite National Park. -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt created to prevent the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious food, drugs, medications, and liquors. -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
Mondell was a member of the house of committee on public lands. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower as the first national monument. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
was an expedition to tropical Africa led by former US president Theodore Roosevelt. Funded by Andrew Carnegie . -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Democratic governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican president William Howard Taft while defeating former president Theodore Roosevelt.