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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Born in New York City on October 27, 1858, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was governor of New York before becoming U.S. vice president -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
President William McKinley is shaking hands at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo.Leon Czolgosz approaches him and fires two shots into his chest. -
Energy crisis
150,000 miners went out on strike again.more than 5,000 Coal and Iron Police guarded the idle collieries in four counties. -
Elkins Act passed
Elkins Act was named for Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia. Rebates were refunds to businesses which shipped large quantities on the railroads -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
In late 1900, Frank Chapman talked to William Dutcher and Theodore Palmer about buying Pelican Island, thereby enabling protection for the island's wildlife. -
Wins first full term as President
The United States presidential election of 1904 resulted in victory for Theodore Roosevelt, who had succeeded to the presidency after the assassination of William McKinley -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
The purpose was to protect the public against adulteration of food and from products identified as healthful without scientific support. -
Devil's Tower
Devils Tower became a national monument. Although the proposal to make the area a national park apparently did not receive much public support. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
Yosemite’s natural beauty is immortalized in the black-and-white landscape photographs of Ansel Adams -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Taft easily won the election defeating William Jennings Bryan in his third and final attempt to gain the Oval Office. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Theodore Roosevelt, the former U.S. president, is nominated for the presidency by the Progressive Party, a group of Republicans dissatisfied with the renomination of President William Howard Taft. -
Returns from the Spanish-American War as a hero
Among Theodore Roosevelt's many lifetime accomplishments, few capture the imagination as easily as his military service as a "Rough Rider" during the Spanish-American War.
