Teddy Roosevelt Timeline

Teddy Roosevelt is Born

Oct 27, 1858

Teddy Roosevelt was born.

Named President when McKinley is assassinated

Sep 14, 1901

Roosevelt takes office after the death of William McKinley, leaving Teddy Roosevelt being the youngest person to be in office.

Wins first full term as president

Sep 14, 1901

Teddy Roosevelt wins his first full term in being president.

Energy Crisis

Oct 3, 1902

The energy crisis was a coal strike that stop a lot of energy and was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners struck for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union

Elkins Act passed

Feb 19, 1903

Teddy Roosevelt passed this act to prohibit railroad companies from giving to businesses that ship large quantities of goods to lower shipping prices.

Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

Mar 14, 1903

President Theodore Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge at Pelican Island, Florida, to protect brown pelicans there from slaughter by market hunters

Teddy Roosevelt leaves presidency and visits Africa

Mar 14, 1904

Teddy Roosevelt wanted to leave for a little bit based on his desire to leave the political stage to his succor on his natural need for action.

Yosemite under Federal Control

Jun 11, 1906

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

Passage of Pure Food and Drug Act

Jun 30, 1906

This Act prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce

Devils Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

Sep 24, 1906

Teddy Roosevelt loved the Devil's Tower and named it one of the first national monuments in 1906.

Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull Moose Party

Jun 10, 1912

Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft and defeated former President Theodore Roosevelt, who ran under the banner of the new Progressive or "Bull Moose" Party