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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Born: October 27, 1858, Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, New York, NY -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
the popular President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, while his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, was in Vermont at a speaking engagement. Over the next eight days, McKinley's health condition varied until he died on September 14. -
Energy Crisis
the U.S. attorney general under Roosevelt sued Standard Oil of New Jersey and its affiliated companies making up the trust. The suit was filed under the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. -
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
President Roosevelt would go on to establish an additional 54 national wildlife refuges during his two terms as President. Today, the refuge system consists of more than 530 refuges on nearly 95 million acres of our nation's most important wildlife habitats. -
Wins first full term as President
The United States presidential election of 1904 was held on November 8, 1904. The Republican Party unanimously nominated incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt for president at their 1904 national convention. Roosevelt had succeeded to the Presidency upon William McKinley's assassination. -
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, Named first national monument
Due in large part to the influence of Mondell, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devil's Tower as the first national monument on September 24, 1906. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
Yosemite National Park, America's third national park. In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park. -
Leaves Presidency, Visits Africa
Roosevelt African Expedition was an expedition to Africa led by American President Theodore Roosevelt and outfitted by the Smithsonian Institution. Its purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History. -
Runs for president, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft and defeated former President Theodore Roosevelt, who ran under the banner of the new Progressive or "Bull Moose" Party.