Theodore Roosevelt Timeline Project

Theodore Roosevelt was born

Oct 27, 1858

Teddy Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858 in Manhattan, New York City

Yosemite under Federal Control

Oct 1, 1890

Yosemite national park was established on October 1st, 1890.

Named President when McKinley is assassinated

1901

William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, was assassinated on September 6, 1901

Energy crisis

1902

An energy crisis is any significant bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy.

Elkins Act passed

1903

The Elkins Act is a 1903 United States federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The law was passed by the 57th Congress and signed by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1903.

Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

1903

President Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing Pelican Island as the first federal bird reservation.

Wins first full term as President

1904

In 1904, he won the election to the presidency in his own right; the first president to do so after the untimely death of his predecessor.

Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

1906

An act attempting to prevent the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors

Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

Dec 24, 1906

Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt.

Leaves presidency, visits Africa

1909

Immediately following Taft's inauguration in 1909, T.R. set out for Africa to hunt big game and collect specimens for the Smithsonian Institution.

Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

1912

Roosevelt ran unsuccessfully for president in 1912