Teddy Roosevelt Timeline

By Niko Johnson
  • Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt is born

    The birth of the 26th president of the United States Of America.
  • Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assumes the presidency. A funeral train carrying McKinley's casket travels from Buffalo to the Capitol in Washington, DC, and finally to Ohio, where McKinley is buried.
  • Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    In 1902, the Anthracite coal miners went on strike to secure better working conditions and higher pay.
  • Elkins Act passed

    Elkins Act passed

    The Elkins Act is a 1903 United States federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.
  • 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

    Roosevelt's victory made him the first president who ascended to the presidency upon the death of his predecessor to win a full term in his own right.
  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite under Federal Control

    After visiting Yosemite and spending time with famed naturalist John Muir, President Theodore Roosevelt pledged to make Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove a part of Yosemite National Park.
  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

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

    Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    A sacred place to over 20 Native American tribes, the Tower is also known as Bear Lodge.
  • Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    In June of 1910, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) returns from a lengthy expedition to Africa. The significance of this expeditions was that the expedition collected around 11,400 animal specimens.
  • Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    The Progressive Party was popularly nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party" when Roosevelt boasted that he felt "strong as a bull moose" after losing the Republican nomination in June 1912 at the Chicago convention.