1901 - Colombia (State of Panama) - November 20 to December 4 - U.S. forces protected American property on the Isthmus and kept transit lines open during
serious revolutionary disturbances.
1902 - Colombia - April 16 to 23 - U.S. forces protected American lives and property at Bocas del Toro during a civil war.
1902 - Colombia (State of Panama) - September 17 through November 18 - The United States placed armed guards on all trains crossing the Isthmus to keep the railroad
line open, and stationed ships on both sides of Panama to prevent the landing of Colombian troops.
1903 - Honduras - March 23 through 30 or 31 - U.S. forces protected the American consulate and the steamship wharf at Puerto Cortez during a period of revolutionary
activity.
1903 - Dominican Republic - March 30 through April 21 - A detachment of marines was landed to protect American interests in the city of Santo Domingo during a
revolutionary outbreak.
1903 - Syria - September 7 through 12. U.S. forces protected the American consulate in Beirut when a local Moslem uprising was feared.
1903-04 - Abyssinia - Twenty-five marines were sent to Abyssinia to protect the U.S. Consul General while he negotiated a treaty.
1903-14 - Panama - U.S. forces sought to protect American interests and lives during and following the revolution for independence from Colombia over construction of
the Isthmian Canal. With brief intermissions, United States Marines were stationed on the Isthmus from November 4, 1903, to January 21 1914 to guard American
interests.
1904 - Dominican Republic - January 2 through February 11 - American and British naval forces established an area in which no fighting would be allowed and protected
American interests in Puerto Plata and Sosua and Santo Domingo City during revolutionary fighting.
1904 - Tangier, Morocco - "We want either Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead." A squadron demonstrated to force release of a kidnapped American. Marine guard was
landed to protect the consul general.
1904 - Panama - November 17 through 24 - U.S. forces protected American lives and property at Ancon at the time of a threatened insurrection.
1904-05 - Korea - January 5, 1904, through November 11, 1905 - A Marine guard was sent to protect the American legation in Seoul during the Russo-Japanese War.
1906-09 - Cuba - September 1906 through January 23, 1909 - U.S. forces sought to restore order, protect foreigners, and establish a stable government after serious
revolutionary activity.
1907 - Honduras - March 18 through June 8 - To protect American interests during a war between Honduras and Nicaragua, troops were stationed in Trujillo, Ceiba, Puerto
Cortez, San Pedro Laguna and Choloma.
Major Speeches
The Man in The Arena
The American Boy
We Stand at Armageddon
The New Nationalism
True Americanism
History as Literature
Naval War College Address
Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
Visits to U.S. Navy Ships
Yacht Sylph (1901-09)
Battleship Illinois (1902)
Yacht Mayflower (1905-09)
Submarine Plunger (1905)
Battleship Louisiana (1906)
Battleship Connecticut (1907; 1909)
Battleship Mississippi (1907)
Family Pets:
Dogs: Black Jack (terrier) Gem (pomeranian) Sailor Boy (chesapeake bay retriever) Rollo (st. bernard)
Allen & Jessie (Scottish Terriers) Pete (Bull Terrier) Mike (Bull Terrier) Ace (Bulldog)
Leo (poodle mix) Skip (feist) Cuba (dandie dinmont terrier) Susan (black mouth cur) Briar (scottish terrier)
Roy (terrier) Scamp (terrier)
Horses: Little Texas and Bleistein (TR's) Diamond (Kermit's) Algonquin (Archie's) Yagenka (Ethel's) Jocko Root, Nicollette, Pine Knot (Edith's)
Cats: Tom Quartz Slippers
Guinea Pigs: Admiral Dewey Jr. Bishop Doane Dr. Johnson Father G. Grady Fighting Bob Evans
Exotics: Josiah the Badger Jonathan the piebald rat Emily Spinach the emerald green snake Jonathan Edwards the bear cub
Birds: Eli the Blue Macaw Loretta the Parrot
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Extra-legislative Efforts:
1902: Appropriations Bill for White House Renovation and building of The West Wing
1902: Coal Strike resolution
1902: Venezuelan crisis resolved
1903: Alaskan Boundary dispute resolved
1905: Portsmouth Treaty mediation
1905: Algeciras Conference Resolution
1905: Standard Oil indicted on antitrust charges
1905: Beef Trust dismantled
1906: Roosevelt Foundation for Industrial Peace
1906: T.R. travels to Panama
1906: Black Infantry Troop dishonorably discharged
1907: Oklahoma admitted to the Union as 46th State
1907: Great White Fleet sails on Presidential orders
1909: U.S. Marines overthrow Nicaraguan regime
Pardons
estimated at 981
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Legislative Efforts:
1902: Newlands Act (Reclamation Policy)
1902: Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
1902: Isthmian Canal Act
1903: Recognizes the Republic of Panama
1903: Panama Canal construction begins
1903: Department of Commerce created
1903: Elkins Rebate Act
1903: Cuban Reciprocity Treaty
1905: Creates U.S. Forest Service
1906: Forest Homestead Act
1906: Hepburn Rate Act
1906: Food and Drugs Act
1906: Meat Inspection Act
1907: Santo Domingo Treaty
1907: Inland Waterways Commission
1907: Tennessee Coal and Iron Conference
1908: Employer's Liability Act
1908: Root-Takahira agreement
Vetoes
Total = 82
Regular = 42
Pocket = 40
Override = 1
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