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  • Son Theodore born

  • Son Kermit born

  • Son Archibald born

  • Daughter Ethel born

  • Elliot (brother) dies

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    Serves as Assistant Secretary of the Navy

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    Life as a Rough Rider

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    Governor of New York

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    VP of US under William McKinley

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    Roosevelts Presidency

  • Booker T Washington dines with Roosevelt in the White House

    bitter attacks on TR by Southerners
    when TR appoints blacks to office, South attacks more

  • Establishes Dept of Commerce and Labor

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    Panama Canal

    Nov 8 to Nov 26 TR visits the Panama Canal
    Treaty between US and Panama signed 11-18-1903
    Canal completed 8-15-1914

  • Establishes National Forest Service

    forest reserves increased from 43,000,000 acres to 194,000,000

  • Wedding of niece Eleanor and FDR

    Eleanor was Elliot's daughter

  • Wedding of daughter Alice to congressman

  • Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

    convinced Japan and Russia to attend a peace conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshir
    e to end their conflict
    First President to receive one,
    First American to receive one
    Gives money to charity

  • Oklahoma admitted as 46th state

  • Big Burn

    Aug 20, 21
    only 5 years after the establishment of the National Forest Service
    Mid-August, the particularly destructive fire season hit its peak: in just 36 hours, a firestorm burned more than three million acres and killed at least 78 firefighters, confronting the fledgling U.S. Forest Service with a catastrophe that would define the agency and the nation's fire policy
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    2nd Run at Presidency

    started out as the Republican candidate,
    Taft was the Republican nominee
    but started own party The Progressive Party and ran on that ticket
    But did not win the Presidency, came in second... Woodrow Wilson won, Taft third (did not win re-election)

  • Assassination attempt

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    TR campaigns for Progessive Party

    Nov 3 Progressive Party defeated in state and Congressional districts

  • Progressive Party disbands

    June 7-10 Republican and Progressives have conventions in Chicago in hopes of joint nomination
    June 10 Progressives elect TR...TR declines and asks for Progressives to endorse Hughes (Republican candidate)

  • US declares war on Germany and enters WWI

    TRs 4 sons serve in France

  • Son Quentin killed in air action in Europe

  • Republicans win Congress...TR widely viewed as Rep canadidate in 1920

    Republicans win Congress first time since 1908

  • Dies in his sleep