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Theodore Sr. and Martha ("Mittie") Bulloch Roosevelt give birth on October 27 at 28 East 20th Street in New York, NY. He was the second of four children (sister Anna "Bamie" born 1855) -
While his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, was in Vermont for a speaking engagement, President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. McKinley's health deteriorated during the next eight days, and he died on September 14. McKinley died of gangrene in an interior wound that had gone unnoticed. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as president almost immediately. -
The measure was enacted by Congress with an overwhelming majority, and President Roosevelt signed it into law. The Elkins Act outlawed rebates and rendered both the railroad company that provided the refund and the shipper who received it accountable under the law. -
Roosevelt established the National Wildlife Refuge System on March 14, 1903, when he established the first national wildlife refuge on Pelican Island. During his time in office, he expanded the refuge system by creating 50 new federal bird reserves and four national game preserves. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order designating Pelican Island as a federal bird sanctuary. -
Theodore Roosevelt, the incumbent Republican president, beat Democratic contender Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt's victory made him the first president to win a full term after ascending to the office following the death of his predecessor. -
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was a major piece of Progressive Era legislation, enacted on the same day as the Federal Meat Inspection Act by President Theodore Roosevelt. ... The 1906 Act was the first federal law to regulate foods and pharmaceuticals, and its scope was confined to foods and drugs in interstate commerce. It forbids interstate trade in tainted and contaminated goods, beverages, and medicines. On the same day, the Meat Inspection Act is passed. -
Wyoming's official tourism website. The Antiquities Act, which gave the president the ability to set aside national monuments, was signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt in bringing national attention to Devils Tower. In the same year, Devils Tower was designated as the first national monument. -
Roosevelt was taken to Yosemite by Muir in an attempt to urge him to seize government management of the property and create it as a national park, which Roosevelt accomplished in 1906. On Glacier Point in Yosemite Valley, California, in 1903, Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir. -
President Theodore Roosevelt embarked on an African trip from 1909 to 1910. The African Expedition was a Smithsonian Institution-sponsored trip to Africa conducted by American president Theodore Roosevelt. Its mission was to gather specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History museum. -
President Theodore Roosevelt founded the Progressive Party also known as the Bull Moose Party in 1912 after losing the Republican presidential nomination to his former protege and conservative adversary, incumbent President William Howard Taft.