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Wins first full term as President
Presidential elections were first held in the United States from December 15, 1788 to January 7, 1789, under the new Constitution ratified in 1788. -
Theodore Roosevelt is born
His parents were Martha Stewart Bulloch and businessman Theodore Roosevelt Sr. He had an older sister named Anna (called Bamie), a younger brother named Elliott, and a younger sister named Corinne. -
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. -
Energy crisis - Anthracite Coal Strike
a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania -
2. Elkins Act passed
to stop the practice of railroad rebates. For many decades the railroad companies had been setting higher rates for smaller shippers than they did for larger shippers. -
7. Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
in 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt's executive order designated the island as the nation's first national wildlife refuge for the protection of nesting birds -
Yosemite under Federal Control
During that trip, Muir convinced Roosevelt to take control of the valley and the grove away from California and give it to the federal government. -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce -
1. Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
Devils Tower was designated as America's first national monument in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt -
8. Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Democratic governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican president William Howard Taft while defeating former president Theodore Roosevelt -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
From 1909 to 1910, President Theodore Roosevelt went on an expedition to Africa