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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Little T.R came out of his mother's whom and into the new world. -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
After Vice President Garret Hobart died in 1899, the New York state party leadership convinced McKinley to accept Roosevelt as his running mate in the 1900 election. ... Roosevelt took office as vice president in 1901 and assumed the presidency at age 42 after McKinley was assassinated the following September. -
Elkins Act passed
Congress passed the bill by an overwhelming margin, and President Roosevelt signed it into law on February 19, 1903. The Elkins Act specifically prohibited rebates and made the railroad corporation providing the rebate, as well as the shipper receiving it, liable under the law. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
Established by an executive order of President Theodore Roosevelt on March 14, 1903, Pelican Island was the first National wildlife refuge in the United States. It was created to protect egrets and other birds from extinction through plume hunting. -
Wins first full term as President
His successful efforts to broker the end of the Russo-Japanese War won him the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize. Roosevelt was elected to a full term in 1904 and continued to promote progressive policies. He groomed his close friend William Howard Taft to succeed him in the 1908 presidential election. -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
Since 1879, nearly 100 bills had been introduced in Congress to regulate food and drugs; on 30 June 1906 President Roosevelt signed the Food and Drugs Act, known simply as the Wiley Act, a pillar of the Progressive era. ... The basis of the law rested on the regulation of product labeling rather than pre-market approval. -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
Devils Tower was the first United States national monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The monument's boundary encloses an area of 1,347 acres in Wyoming. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
On October 1 of the following year, Congress set aside over 1,500 square miles of land (about the size of Rhode Island) for what would become Yosemite National Park, America's third national park. In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
One of the biggest headline-grabbing stories of 1910 was former president Theodore Roosevelt's safari into Africa. Landing in Mombasa in 1909, Roosevelt spent months in the wilds of East Africa, hunting big game in parts of what is now Kenya and Uganda. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Highly disappointed in his choice to make Taft his runner-up, Roosevelt began running for president again. He was not allowed to run for republican or democrat so he made his own party. The Bull Moose Party was the unofficial name of President Teddy Roosevelt's Progressive Party of 1912. The nickname is said to have arisen from a quote by Theodore Roosevelt. When asked whether he was fit to be president, he responded that he was as fit as a "bull moose." He lost...
