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Born
Theodore Roosevelt jr. was born on October 27 1858 in Manhattan, New York City and died January 6, 1919, Sagamore Hill, Town of Oyster Bay, NY -
Spanish- American War
Before becoming President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He resigned in 1898 to organize the Rough Riders, the first voluntary cavalry in the Spanish-American War. -
Named President When McKinley is assassinated
With the assassination of President William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the 26th and youngest President in the Nation's history 1901-1909. He brought new excitement and power to the office, vigorously leading Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy. -
Pelican island.
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located just off the western coast of Orchid Island in the Indian River Lagoon east of Sebastian, Florida. Established by an executive order of President Theodore Roosevelt on March 14, 1903, 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. -
Elkins Act Passed
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passage of pure food and drug act
Pure Food and Drug Act For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors -
Devils Tower
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Visits Africa
it was the first time since the Civil War that a sitting president had visited an active war zone, as well as the first time ever that one had traveled by plane -
Bull Moose Party
Theodore Roosevelt was the founder of the Bull Moose Progressive Party and thus is often associated with the party. Roosevelt left office in 1909. He had selected Taft, his Secretary of War, to succeed him as presidential candidate, and Taft easily won the 1908 presidential election -
Energy Crisis
President Theodore Roosevelt called a precedent-shattering meeting at the temporary White House at 22 Lafayette Place, Washington, D.C. A great strike in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania threatened a coal famine. The President feared untold misery with the certainty of riots which might develop into social war. Although he had no legal right to intervene, he sent telegrams to both sides summoning them to Washington to discuss the problem.
