Teddy Roosevelt Timeline Project

  • Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt is born

    New York City, New York, U.S.
  • Wins first full term as President

    Wins first full term as President

    Roosevelt's overwhelming victory made him the only president to win a full term after taking office following the demise of his predecessor.
  • Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Theodore Roosevelt, who was not quite 43, became the 26th and youngest president in the history of the country after President William McKinley was assassinated.
  • Elkins Act passed

    Elkins Act passed

    Restricts railroad firms' ability to give discounts to corporations that carry big volumes of commodities and give those companies the authority to artificially cut shipping costs.
  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    The island was designated as the country's first national wildlife refuge for the preservation of bird nesting habitat by President Theodore Roosevelt's executive order.
  • Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike

    The Anthracite Coal Strike Commission made its conclusions public. They generally gave the workers roughly half of what they had first requested. Workers in mines received a 10% pay raise and a 9-hour workday. Checkweighmen could be chosen by the employees themselves.
  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite under Federal Control

    Up until 1906, Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove were managed by the state before being transferred to federal control and merged into Yosemite National Park.
  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the country's first agency to protect consumers, was founded by a law that forbade the sale of misbranded or contaminated food and medications in interstate commerce.
  • Devil’s Tower

    Devil’s Tower

    President Theodore Roosevelt declared Devils Tower the first national monument, in large part as a result of Mondell's influence.
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    Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    Although the safari was conducted in the name of science, it was as much a political and social event as it was a hunting excursion. Roosevelt interacted with renowned professional hunters and landowning families, and met many native peoples and local leaders.
  • Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Democratic Governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson defeated former President Theodore Roosevelt and ousted Republican President William Howard Taft.