Teddy Roosevelt

By Kosuke Onoda
  • Theodore Roosevelt is born

    Theodore Roosevelt is born

    He was born at 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan, NY.
  • Anthracite Coal Strike

    Anthracite Coal Strike

    A strike in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania threatened a coal famine.
  • Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    Named President when McKinley is assassinated

    President William McKinley is shot at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY. Anarchist Leon Czolgosz is arrested in connection with the attack. McKinley dies of complications from his bullet wounds. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assumes the presidency.
  • Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge

    President Theodore Roosevelt's executive order designated the island as the nation's first national wildlife refuge for the protection of nesting birds.
  • Elkins Act passed

    Elkins Act passed

    The law to stop the practice of railroad rebates was passed by the 57th Congress.
  • Yosemite under Federal Control

    Yosemite under Federal Control

    State control and administration of the Yosemite Valley itself continued until 1906, when the Valley was re-ceded to the United States Government by the State of California and made a part of the Yosemite National Park.
  • Wins first full term as President

    Wins first full term as President

    He took office upon the assassination of President William McKinley, under whom he had served as vice president, and secured a full term in the 1904 election.
  • Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party

    The Progressive Party, popularly nicknamed the Bull Moose Party, was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protégé turned rival, incumbent president William Howard Taft.
  • Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act

    The Pure Food and Drug Act prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation's first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
  • Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument

    Mondell was a member and later chairman of the House Committee on Public Lands. Due in large part to the influence of Mondell, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower as the first national monument.
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    Leaves presidency, visits Africa

    The expedition collected around 11,400 animal specimens, which took Smithsonian naturalists eight years to catalog. The trip involved political and social interactions with local leaders and dignitaries. Following the expedition, Roosevelt chronicled it in his book African Game Trails.