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~ A Roosevelt Timeline ~
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| 1858 |
October 27 |
born 28 East Twentieth Street, New York City |
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| 1876-80 |
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attends Harvard: magna cum laude |
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| 1878 |
February 9 |
Theodore Roosevelt, sr., dies |
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| 1880 |
October 27 |
marries Alice Lee |
| 1880-82 |
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attends Columbia Law School (does not graduate) |
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| 1881 |
November 8 |
elected to New York state assembly |
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| 1882 |
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publishes The Naval War of 1812 |
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| 1883 |
September |
buffalo hunt, North Dakota; purchases first badlands
ranch |
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| 1884 |
Feburary 12 |
daughter Alice born |
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February 14 |
wife Alice Lee and mother Mittie Roosevelt die in
Roosevelt’s New York home |
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June |
delegate to Republican National Convention in Chicago |
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| 1885 |
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publishes Hunting Trips of a Ranchman |
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| 1886 |
December 2 |
marries Edith Carow in London |
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| 1887 |
September 13 |
son Theodore born |
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| 1888 |
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publishes Life of Gouverneur Morris
Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail
Essays in Practical Politics |
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| 1889 |
May 7 |
appointed U.S. Civil Service Commissioner by President
Benjamin Harrison |
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October 10 |
son Kermit born |
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publishes two volumes of Winning of the West |
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| 1891 |
August 13 |
daughter Ethel born |
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publishes History of New York |
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| 1893 |
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publishes The Wilderness Hunter |
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| 1894 |
April 10 |
son Archibald born |
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August 14 |
death of brother Elliott |
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| 1895 |
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appointed New York Police Commissioner |
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publishes Hero Tales of American History (with Henry Cabot
Lodge) |
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| 1897 |
April 19 |
begins duties as Assistant Secretary of the Navy |
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November 19 |
son Quentin born |
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publishes American Ideals |
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| 1898 |
April 25 |
appointed lieutenant colonel of First U.S. Volunteer
Cavalry Regiment |
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May 6 |
resigns as Assistant Secretary of the Navy |
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July 1 |
Roosevelt’s “crowded hour” at Kettle and San Juan Hills |
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November 8 |
elected Governor of New York |
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| 1899 |
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publishes The Rough Riders |
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| 1900 |
November 6 |
elected Vice President of the United States |
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publishes Oliver Cromwell
publishes The Strenuous Life |
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| 1901 |
September 6 |
President McKinley shot in Buffalo, New York |
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September 14 |
Roosevelt sworn in as 26th President, Buffalo |
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| 1902 |
February 19 |
orders federal antitrust suit against Northern
Securities Co. |
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June 17 |
signs Newlands Reclamation Act |
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October |
mediates anthracite coal strike |
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| 1903 |
February 14 |
establishes Department of Commerce and Labor |
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March 14 |
proclaims Pelican Island, first federal bird sanctuary |
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November 18 |
Panama Canal Treaty |
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| 1904 |
November 8 |
elected President in his own right |
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December 6 |
declares Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine |
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| 1905 |
February 1 |
National Forest Service established |
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March 17 |
attends wedding of niece Eleanor and Franklin D.
Roosevelt |
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June 2 |
declares Wichita Forest, Oklahoma, first federal game
preserve |
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August 25 |
submarine ride in Plunger off Long Island |
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September 5 |
signing of Portsmouth Treaty ending Russo-Japanese
War |
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publishes Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter |
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| 1906 |
February 17 |
presides at White House over wedding of daughter
Alice to Ohio congressman Nicholas Longworth |
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June 8 |
signs Antiquities Act (National Monuments) |
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June 30 |
signs Pure Food and Drug Act |
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November 8-26 |
visits Panama Canal Zone |
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December 10 |
awarded Nobel Peace Prize |
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| 1907 |
January 1 |
shakes 8150 hands, setting Guinness world record |
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publishes Good Hunting |
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December 16 |
sends Great White Fleet on its round-the-world cruise |
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| 1908 |
May 13-15 |
convenes first White House governors conference to discuss conservation of natural resources |
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November 3 |
William Howard Taft elected to Presidency |
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| 1909 |
January 13 |
rides 100 miles from Washington, D.C., to Warrenton, Virginia, to set example for military officers |
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February 22 |
greets Great White Fleet on its return to the United
States |
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March 23 |
begins African safari with son Kermit |
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| 1910 |
March 30 |
leaves Africa, begins European tour |
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April 23 |
delivers “man in the arena” speech at Sorbonne, Paris |
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June 18 |
triumphant return to New York City |
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August 31 |
delivers New Nationalism speech at Osawatomie, Kansas |
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October 11 |
flies in airplane near St. Louis |
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Publishes African and European Addresses
African Game Trails
American Problems, The New Nationalism
Presidential Addresses and State Papers
European Addresses |
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| 1912 |
February 21 |
announces that he is a candidate for the Republican
nomination |
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June 18-22 |
defeated by Taft at Republican National Convention in
Chicago |
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August 5-7 |
National Progressive Party convenes in Chicago |
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October 14 |
shot while campaigning in Milwaukee |
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November 5 |
takes second place in Presidential election |
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Publishes The Conservation of Womanhood and Childhood |
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| 1913 |
May 26-31 |
prevails in libel suit against Michigan editor who
accused him of public drunkenness |
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October 4 |
departs for South American to lecture and explore |
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publishes Autobiography
History as Literature and Other Essays
Progressive Principles |
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| 1914 |
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Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition explores the River of Doubt in the
Amazon basin |
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May 7 |
returns to the United States |
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publishes Through the Brazilian Wilderness |
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| 1915 |
April-May |
defendant in libel suit filed by New York Republican
leader William Barnes (wins) |
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publishes America and the World War |
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| 1916 |
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publishes Fear God and Take Your Own Part
A Booklover’s Holidays in the Open |
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| 1917 |
May 19 |
President Wilson refuses Roosevelt’s offer to lead a rough
rider division on the western front in World War I |
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publishes The Foes of Our Own Household
National Strength and International Duty |
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| 1918 |
July 14 |
son Quentin killed in air action in Europe |
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publishes The Great Adventure |
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| 1919 |
January 6 |
dies in his sleep, 4:15 a.m. Sagamore Hill |
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January 8 |
funeral services at Christ Church, Oyster Bay
burial at Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay |
