Teddy Roosevelt

By Jaidenleeannn

  • Theodore Roosevelt is born

    October 27, 1858 Theodore Roosevelt. New York, NY

  • Named President when McKinley is assignated

    With the assassination of President William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the 26th and youngest President in the Nation's history (1901-1909).

  • Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    Coal reserves low – strike threatens public
    Teddy Roosevelt miners, operators to accept arbitration
    This was the first time the Federal government sided with workers.

  • Elkins Act Passed

    Urged by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Elkins placed the bill bearing his name before the Senate in early 1902 and it passed in February 1903, moving unanimously out of the Senate and passing by a 250 to 6 vote in the House. The Elkins Act gave federal courts the power to end rate discrimination.

  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Then, in 1903, 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

    Incumbent Theodore Roosevelt defeated Democratic challenger Alton B. Parker in the 1904 presidential election. With his landslide victory, Roosevelt became the first president to win a full term after assuming the office upon the death of his predecessor.

  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove remained under state administration until 1906 when they were returned to federal control and incorporated in Yosemite National Park.

  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    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

  • Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Due in large part to the influence of Mondell, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower as the first national monument on September 24, 1906

  • teddy roosevelt africa trip

    Although the safari was conducted in the name of science, it was as much a political and social event as it was a hunting excursion. Roosevelt interacted with renowned professional hunters and landowning families, and met many native peoples and local leaders.

  • Runs for president, 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 (who ran under the banner of the new Progressive or "Bull Moose" Party) and Socialist Party nominee Eugene V. Debs.