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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27 1858 -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
Theodore Roosevelt was named president after Mckinley was assassinated. -
Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike
Mine workers were given a 10% wage increase and a 9-hour work day. Workers were allowed to elect their own checkweighing. -
Elkins Act
The Elkins Act gave federal courts the power to end rate discrimination. -
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. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
The Valley was re-ceded to the United States Government by the State of California and made a part of the Yosemite National Park. -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
This act prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce. -
Devils Tower Wyoming
Devils Tower was designated as America's first national monument in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
The expedition collected around 11,400 animal specimens, which took Smithsonian naturalists eight years to catalog. The trip involved political and social interactions with local leaders and dignitaries. Following the expedition, Roosevelt chronicled it in his book African Game Trails. -
Wins first full term as President
Theodore Roosevelt won his first full term as a president by a landslide in 1904. -
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.