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  • Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt is born

    October 27, 1858, Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, New York, NY
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    Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove remained under state administration until 1906, when they were returned to federal control and incorporated in Yosemite National Park. In the Forest Reserve Act of 1891, Congress authorized presidents to proclaim permanent forest reserves on the public domain.
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    Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    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

    Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania.
  • Elkins Act passed

    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
  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    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

    Wins first full term as President

    The 1904 United States presidential election was the 30th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1904. Incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the conservative Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker.
  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce
  • Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    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.
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    roosevelt Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    The Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition was an expedition to tropical Africa in 1909-1911 led by former US President Theodore Roosevelt. It was funded by Andrew Carnegie and sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution.
  • Runs for presidency, 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. Presidential election results map.