Teddy Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt is born

Oct 27, 1858

28 East 20th Street, New York

Named President when McKinley is assassinated

Sep 6, 1901

He got shot at pan American Exposition in Buffalo, while his vice president was in Vermont for a speech. When his condition got worse he died and then Theodore became president.

Elkins Act passed

Feb 19, 1903

The Elkins Act prohibited rebates and made the railroad corporation providing the rebate, as well as the shipper receiving it, under the law.

Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

Mar 14, 1903

Teddy and a couple other people found Pelican Island in the Indian River Lagoon as the first federal bird.

Wins first full term as President

Nov 8, 1904

The US election was the 30th quadrennial election republican Theodore defeated the democratic Alton. Theodore remains the first to serve more than 2 terms.

Yosemite under Federal Control

1906

He signed the American Antiquities Act of 1906 that got the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove back under federal protection.

Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

Jun 30, 1906

Prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce.

Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

Sep 24, 1906

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

Leaves presidency, visits Africa

1910

He collected specimens for the new natural history museum. He spent months in the wild of East Africa.

Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

1912

Governor Woodrow Wilson unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft, defeated former President Theodore Roosevelt, who ran the banner of the new progressive or Bull Moose Party.

Energy crisis

Oct 2, 1937

The 1970s energy crisis happened when the Western world, faced substantial petroleum shortages, real and perceived, as well as elevated prices.