Timeline of the Theodore Roosevelt presidency

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The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt began on September 14, 1901, when Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 26th president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1909.

1901[]

• September 14 - First inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt
• November 18 - The United States and Great Britain sign the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

1902[]

• April 29 - The Chinese Exclusion Act is extended indefinitely
• May 12 - Coal strike of 1902
• May 22 - Crater Lake is established as a National Park

1903[]

• February 2 - The Elkins Act is passed by congress
• February 14 - The Department of Commerce and Labor is created
• November 3 - Panama declares independence^[1]
• November 18 - The United States and Panama sign the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty

1904[]

• February 8 - The Russo-Japanese War begins
• May 4 - The United States takes over construction of the Panama Canal^[2]

1905[]

• March 4 - Second inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt
• September 5 - The Treaty of Portsmouth is signed
• February 1 - The National Forest Service is established
• June 27 - The Industrial Workers of the World is established in Chicago

1906[]

• December 10 - Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first American to win a Nobel Prize^[3]
• April 18 - The San Francisco earthquake kills up to 3,000 people and destroys over 80% of the city of San Francisco
• June 8 - The National Monuments Act is signed
• August 12 - Brownsville affair begins

1907[]

• February 15 - Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 is signed
• February 20 - Immigration Act of 1907 is passed
• June 15 - Second International Peace Conference is held
• November 16 - Oklahoma becomes a state
• October - Panic of 1907

1908[]

• January 11 - The Grand Canyon becomes a national monument^[4]
• June 16 - William Howard Taft is nominated by the Republican Party

1909[]

• March 4 - Inauguration of William Howard Taft

References[]

External links[]

• Miller Center Wilson Presidential Timeline