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Theodore Roosevelt is born
On October 27, 1858, future President Theodore Roosevelt is born in New York City to a wealthy family. -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
On September 14, McKinley died from gangrene that had gone undetected in the internal wound. Theodore Roosevelt then became the 26th president of the United States in September 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley. -
Elkins Act passed
The Elkins Act specifically prohibited rebates and made the railroad corporation providing the rebate, as well as the shipper receiving it, liable under the law. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
Pelican Island was the first National wildlife refuge in the United States. It was created to protect egrets and other birds from extinction through plume hunting. -
Wins first full term as President
Incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. 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
In 1906 he signed a federal law to make Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove part of Yosemite National Park -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
President Roosevelt signed the Food and Drugs Act, known simply as the Wiley Act, a pillar of the Progressive era. ... The basis of the law rested on the regulation of product labeling rather than pre-market approval. -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
Devils Tower was the first United States national monument, established by President Theodore Roosevelt. The monument's boundary encloses an area of 1,347 acres. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Theodore Roosevelt's safari into Africa. Landing in Mombasa, Roosevelt spent months in the wilds of East Africa, hunting big game in parts of what are now Kenya and Uganda. -
Energy crisis
When Theodore Roosevelt tangled with oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, near the turn of the 20th century, he became the first president to pit the power of the White House against the power of oil. Roosevelt ultimately won that battle in 1911 when the U.S. Supreme Court approved the breakup of the Standard Oil Company, Rockefeller's company. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
"Bull Moose Party" was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protege and conservative rival, incumbent president William Howard Taft.