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George Washington was the first person to serve a full term as President of the United States. He was elected in the first-ever presidential election and was inaugurated on April 30, 1789. -
Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, in New York City.
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th U.S. President, serving from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt was a sickly child with severe asthma. He overcame his physical ailments through a rigorous program of exercise, which he called "the strenuous life". -
When William McKinley was assassinated, Theodore Roosevelt, his Vice President, was the 26th President. McKinley was shot by an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz on September 6, 1901. -
The 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike was a labor dispute in Pennsylvania that threatened an energy crisis for eastern cities heading into winter -
The 1903 Elkins Act prohibited railroads from rebates and penalized both the railroad and the shipper for granting or accepting them. The Elkins Act later strengthened federal regulation by allowing the Interstate Commerce Commission. -
Pelican Island was named the first national wildlife refuge on March 14, 1903. President Theodore Roosevelt issued an executive order to establish the refuge, it was located along Florida's Atlantic coast. -
Yosemite came under full federal control in 1906 after President Theodore Roosevelt, influenced by a camping trip with John Muir, signed the Yosemite Recession Act. This act returned Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove, which had been managed by California since 1864, to federal jurisdiction, incorporating them into Yosemite National Park. This event followed the 1890 creation of the park, which had established a federal reservation around the state-controlled valley and grove. -
The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed on June 30, 1906, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt, products moving through commerce. It was prompted by public outcry over unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry, as exposed in Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle. The law prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated, misbranded, or harmful foods and drugs. -
September 24, 1906, Devils Tower is a striking columnar jointed rock in Wyoming. It stands about 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River and is recognized as the country's first national monument -
In 2018, a president leaving office and then visiting Africa. Theodore Roosevelt departed on a major scientific expedition. This is the most likely reference for the query "4. Leaves presidency, visits Africa." -
Theodore Roosevelt unsuccessfully ran for president in 1912 as the candidate for the Progressive Party, which was popularly known as the Bull Moose Party