 President Theodore Roosevelt Timeline
Important Dates, World and National Events During His Lifetime
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| 1858 |
(Oct. 27) Born in New York City. |
| 1880 |
(Oct. 27) Married Alice Hathaway Lee. |
| 1882-1884 |
Served in the New York state assembly. |
| 1884 |
Daughter Alice Lee Roosevelt was born. |
| 1884 |
(Feb. 14) Mrs. Alice Roosevelt died. |
| 1886 |
(Dec. 2) Married Edith Kermit Carow. |
| 1887 |
Son Theodore Roosevelt was born. |
| 1889 |
Son Kermit Roosevelt was born. |
| 1889 |
Appointed to the U.S. Civil Service Commission. |
| 1891 |
Daughter Ethel Roosevelt was born. |
| 1894 |
Son Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt was born. |
| 1897 |
Son Quentin Roosevelt was born. |
| 1897 |
Named Assistant Secretary of the Navy. |
| 1898 |
Led the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War. |
| 1899 |
Elected governor of New York. |
| 1900 |
Elected Vice-President of the United States. |
| 1901 |
(Sept. 14) Became President of the United States. |
| 1901 |
The first wireless telegraph message to flash across the Atlantic was sent. |
| 1902 |
Congress passed the Reclamation Act. |
| 1903 |
Congress established the Department of Commerce and Labor. |
| 1903 |
Roosevelt sent a message over the newly completed cable across the Pacific Ocean. |
| 1903 |
A six-man tribunal upheld U.S. claims in the Alaska boundary dispute with Great Britain. |
| 1903 |
The Panama Canal Zone was obtained by the U.S. from Panama. |
| 1904 |
Elected to full term as President. |
| 1905 |
Japan defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. |
| 1905 |
Albert Einstein published his theory of relativity. |
| 1905 |
U.S. Forest Service was established under a national conservation program. |
| 1906 |
Federal Food and Drugs Act protected the public against impure foods. |
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