Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency and Accomplishments as President

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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The Presidential Years
September 14, 1901 - March 4, 1909

Presidential Accomplishments

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	ELECTORAL COLLEGE BREAKDOWNS IN 1904 & 1912
1904		1912

1901 Assumes the Presidency after William McKinley is shot; takes the Oath of Office at Wilcox Mansion near Buffalo, New York Invites Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House Northern Securities Ltd. incorporated in New Jersey Hay-Pauncefote Treaty clears the way for an interoceanic canal T.R. appoints Pat Garrett, slayer of Billy the Kid, as Customs Collector of El Paso, Texas Isthmian Canal Commission, appointed by President McKinley, recommends Nicaraguan canal route Reprimand of Gen. Nelson Miles for criticizing the President's Philippine Independence programme Delivers First Annual Message to Congress; the first presidential message to yield paperbound offprints
1902 Instructs Philander Knox to invoke the Sherman Anti-Trust Act against the Northern Securities Company Initiates Reclamation Policy under Newlands Act Isthmian Canal Act Settles a crippling Coal Strike Enforces the Monroe Doctrine in Venezuela Creates Crater Lake National Park Gardener Report details atrocities perpertrated upon Filipinos by the U.S. Army Oregon becomes the first state to institute the initiative and referendum, through which the people can directly initiate legislation Visits Yellowstone National Park with John Burroughs Receives delegation of prominent Jews to discuss the Tsarist-sponsored pogroms in Kishineff, Russia Visits Yosemite National Park with John Muir 648,743 immigrants recorded at ports of entry
1903 Recognizes the Republic of Panama and begins construction of the Panama Canal Department of Commerce created Congress passes the Expedition Act to facilitate antitrust prosecutions Elkins Rebate Act Cuban Reciprocity Treaty Alaskan boundary dispute resolved Creates Wind Cave National Park More than 800,000 immigrants recorded at ports of entry
1904 Treaty with Panama ratified by the Senate Receives Republican nomination for President Creates Sully Hill National Park Visits the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at the St. Louis World Fair TR issues Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
1905 Negotiates Portsmouth Treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War Outlines the resolution to the Algeciras Conference Creates U.S. Forest Service Beef Trust dismantled Standard Oil indicted on antitrust charges
1906 Wins Nobel Peace Prize Establishes Roosevelt Foundation for Industrial Peace T.R. coins the term "muckrake" Forest Homestead Act Hepburn Rate Act Meat Inspection Act Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle; leads to the Food and Drugs Act 25th Black Infantry Troop posted at Brownsville, Texas, dishonorably discharged by T.R.; decision reversed by Congress in 1972 Work begins on the Panama Canal Creates Platt National Park Creates Mesa Verde National Park T.R. travels to Panama; first sitting President to travel abroad while in office Signs U.S. Antiquities Act Creates Devil's Tower National Monument Creates El Morro National Monument Creates Chaco Canyon National Monument Creates Petrified Forest National Monument Creates Montezuma Castle National Monument Sends Victor Metcalf, the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, to California to diffuse the racial tension prompted by the San Francisco School Board's decision to segregate Japanese students Basic Naturalization Act enacted into law framing the rules for naturalization in effect today Douglas MacArthur becomes TR's aide-de-camp.
1907 Santo Domingo Treaty gains de facto international recognition of the Monroe Doctrine Appoints the Inland Waterways Commission Tennessee Coal and Iron Conference yields the approval of the merger of Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. and U.S. Steel Great White Fleet sails on Presidential orders Creates Cinder Cone National Monument Creates Lassen Peak National Monument Creates Gila Cliff National Monument Creates Tonto National Monument Oklahoma admitted to the Union as 46th State Immigration Act is enacted 1,285,349 immigrants recorded at ports of entry
1908 Employer's Liability Act Grand Canyon National Monument declared by T.R. Governor's Conference held at the White House U.S. Postage Stamps sold for the first time (cost=$.01) Muir Woods National Monument declared by T.R. Root-Takahira agreement affirms China Open Door Policy Creates Pinnacles National Monument Creates Jewel Cave National Monument Creates Natural Bridges National Monument Creates Lewis & Clark Cavern National Monument Creates Tumacacori National Monument Creates Wheeler National Monument
1909 U.S. Marines overthrow Nicaraguan regime Creates Mount Olympus National Monument Convenes North American Conservation Congress Presidential Term expires Leaves for African Safari
1910-1911 Speech at Guild Hall in London, England Flies in Hoxsey's plane; first U.S. president to fly in an airplane Delivers speech titled "The New Nationalism" in Osawatomie, Kansas Mexican Revolution begins
1912 Writes "Conservation of Womanhood and Childhood", the precursor for national legislation protecting women's labor rights and proscribing child labor Announces candidacy for the Republican Presidential Nomination; declares himself "Strong as a Bull Moose" Progressive Party formed; TR defects after nominated for President by Progressives Shot at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by John Schrank Woodrow Wilson defeats Roosevelt and Taft Wins libel suit against George S. Newett On her maiden voyage, the Titanic sinks off the coast of Newfoundland
1913 Leaves for exploration of the River of Doubt in the Amazon Federal Reserve System begins operating 16th Amendment to the Constitution passed into law; permits collection of personal income taxes
1914 through 1918 Begins exploration of Rio Duvida in the Amazons; river later renamed Rio Roosevelt Panama Canal officially opened TR issues statement on Lusitania sinking Federal Trade Commission begins operations Nominated again for the Progressive Presidential ticket Withdraws nomination to support Hughes U.S. National Park Service created Offers to help in World War I effort by forming Volunteer Division; rebuked by Woodrow Wilson President Woodrow Wilson issues his 14 Point plan for a lasting peace; a similar plan for the establishment of an international diplomatic organization was proposed by TR when he was President
1919 Dies in his sleep at Sagamore Hill T.R. buried at Young's Cemetery

Sources:
Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Edmund Morris, Theodore Rex
Nathan Miller, Theodore Roosevelt: A Life
H.W. Brands, The Last Romantic
Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography