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Theodore Roosevelt is 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 -
Returns from the Spanish-American War as a hero
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. -
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. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
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
The elkins act is a 1903 us federal law that amended the interstate commerce act of 1887.The act authorized the interstate commerce commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates -
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.
