Theodore Teddy Roosevelt timeline

Department of Commerce and Labor Established

The United States Department of Commerce and Labor was a short-lived Cabinet department of the United States government, which was concerned with... Read more

Theodore Roosevelt Visits San Francisco

On Tuesday, May 12, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt paid an official visit to San Francisco. Cameraman H. J. Miles captured the president's... Read more

Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 26th president of the United States

The energetic Republican President had taken his first oath of office upon the death of President McKinley, who died of an assassin's gunshot... Read more

Theodore Roosevelt Wins the Nobel Peace Prize

In June, 1905, President Roosevelt offered his good offices as mediator between Russia and Japan, asking the belligerents to nominate... Read more

Theodore Roosevelt Delivers The Opening Speech At The Conference Of Governors

On May 13, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt delivered the opening address, "Conservation as a National Duty," at the outset of a three-day... Read more

The Progressive Party Is Born

On the evening of June 22, 1912, former President Theodore Roosevelt asked his supporters to leave the floor of the Republican National Convention... Read more

Theodore Roosevelt Dies

Roosevelt was considering a third Presidential campaign in 1920, and was believed to have been the front-runner for the Republican nomination until... Read more

President Obama Echoes Teddy Roosevelt's "New Nationalism" in Populist Speech

President Obama called for Americans to get a "fair shot" at advancement to the middle class, deriding the "breathtaking greed of a few" and... Read more