teddy roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt is born

Oct 27, 1856

often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician

Named President when McKinley is assassinated

Sep 14, 1901

President William McKinley is shot at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY.

Anthracite Coal Strike

Period: May 12, 1902 to Oct 23, 1902

a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania

Elkins Act passed

Feb 19, 1903

Act made it a misdemeanor for a carrier to impose preferential rebates

Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

Mar 14, 1903

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

Nov 8, 1904

Incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the conservative Democratic nominee, Alton B.

Yosemite under Federal Control

Jun 11, 1906

The State of California receded Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove to the federal government

Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

Jun 30, 1906

was created in response to scandals in the meat-packing industry that were widely exposed in Upton Sinclair's book

Devil’s Tower

Sep 24, 1906

named first national monument

Roosevelt Leaves presidency, visits Africa

Jun 18, 1910

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

1912

Following Theodore Roosevelt's loss to William Howard Taft in the 1912 Republican Party presidential primaries, Roosevelt and his followers broke off from the Republican party to form the Bull Moose Party.