President Theodore Roosevelt Timeline

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Theodore Roosevelt Timeline

Short Biography of President Theodore Roosevelt
Lifespan: 1858 - 1919
Born on October 27, 1858 in New York
Theodore Roosevelt died on January 6, 1919 in Oyster Bay, New York
Twenty-sixth President of America
His term in office was from 1901 to 1909

Why was Theodore Roosevelt famous?
Theodore Roosevelt was famous as the twenty-sixth President of the United States of America and was the first President to visit a foreign country whilst in office. He is famous for many accomplishments including the building of the Panama Canal, creating the National Parks and cracking down on business monopolies.

The next US President was William Taft.

1858

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York

1876

Battle of Little Bighorn

1877

Nez Perce War

1880

Married on October 27, 1880, to his first wife Alice Hathaway Lee (1861–1884)

1882

Chinese Exclusion Act and European Restriction Act

1882-84

Member of New York State Assembly, 1882-84

1886

Married his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow (1861–1948), on December 2, 1886

1889-95

Member of Civil Service Commission, 1889-95

1890

Yosemite National Park created
Wounded Knee Massacre

1895-97

Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1895-97

1896

Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike

1898

Spanish-American War. Theodore Roosevelt served in the Spanish-American War.

1898-1900

Governor of New York, 1898-1900

1901

Vice President, 1901 (under McKinley)

1901

1901 Theodore Roosevelt became the President of the United States of America

1904

Panama Canal Rights Acquired (1904)
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904-1905)

1905

The "Square Deal" domestic program
Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)

1906

Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
San Francisco Earthquake (1906)
Theodore Roosevelt won Nobel Peace Prize (1906)

1907

Panic of 1907

1908

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) established

1909

1909 The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt ended

1917

US enters World War I

1919

Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep from a heart attack on January 6, 1919 in Oyster Bay, New York. Theodore Roosevelt was buried in Young’s Memorial Cemetery, New York.

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