Timeline
A chronology of key events in the life of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), United States Civil Service Commissioner, governor of New York, author, conservationist, and twenty-sixth president of the United States.
For a more detailed chronology of Theodore Roosevelt’s life, see “Theodore Roosevelt Timelines” available online External through the Theodore Roosevelt Center External at Dickinson State University.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
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1858, Oct. 27
Born, New York, N.Y. Elder son of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt Sr. (1831-1878) and Martha “Mittie” Bulloch (1835-1884). Siblings Anna “’Bamie’ and ‘Bye’” Roosevelt Cowles (1855-1931), Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (1860-1894), and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (1861-1933).
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1880, June
B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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1880, Oct. 27
Married Alice Hathaway Lee (July 29, 1861-Feb. 14, 1884), daughter of George Cabot Lee and Caroline Watts Haskell Lee
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1882
Published The Naval War of 1812 External. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
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1882-1884
Member, New York State Assembly
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1883, Sept.
Purchased first ranch in the badlands of the Dakota Territory
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1884, Feb. 12
Birth of daughter Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (d. Feb. 20, 1980)
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1886, Dec. 2
Married Edith Kermit Carow (Aug. 6, 1861-Sept. 30, 1948), daughter of Charles Carow and Gertrude Elizabeth Tyler Carow, in London, England
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1886
Published Hunting Trips of a Ranchman External. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
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1887
Published Life of Thomas Hart Benton External. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
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1887, Sept. 13
Birth of son Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt III (d. July 12, 1944)
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1888
Published Gouverneur Morris External. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Published Essays on Practical Politics External. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons
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1889, Oct. 10
Birth of son Kermit Roosevelt (d. June 4, 1943)
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1889-1895
Commissioner, United States Civil Service
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1889-1896
PublishedThe Winning of the West External. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
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1891
Published New York External. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co.
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1891, Aug. 13
Birth of daughter Ethel Carow Roosevelt Derby (d. Dec. 10, 1977)
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1893
Published The Wilderness Hunter External. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
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1894, Apr. 10
Birth of son Archibald Bulloch "Archie" Roosevelt (d. Oct. 13, 1979)
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1895
President, Board of Police Commissioners, New York, N.Y.
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1897
Assistant secretary of the navy (resigned May 6, 1898)
Published American Ideals, and Other Essays, Social and Political External. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
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1897, Nov. 19
Birth of son Quentin Roosevelt (d. July 14, 1918)
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1898, April
Organized First Regiment United States Volunteer Cavalry, known as "Roosevelt's Rough Riders," and commissioned lieutenant colonel
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1898, July 1
Participated in battles of San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill in Cuba during Spanish-American War
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1899
Published Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains External. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Published The Rough Riders External. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
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1899-1901
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1900
Published Oliver Cromwell External. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons
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1901
Inaugurated vice president of the United States
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1901, Sept. 14
President William McKinley died in Buffalo, NY; Roosevelt sworn in as 26th president of the United States
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1901
Published The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses External. New York: Century Co.
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1901-1909
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1905
Published Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter External. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
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1906
Awarded Nobel Prize for Peace for mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War
Published A Square Deal External. Allendale, N.J.: Allendale Press
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1909
Published Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches External. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons
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1909-1910
African expedition of big game hunting and scientific exploration for the Smithsonian Institution
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1910
Toured Europe
Published African Game Trails, An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter Naturalist External. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
Published The New Nationalism External. New York: The Outlook Company
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1912
Organized Progressive "Bull Moose" Party; nominated as presidential candidate
President, American Historical Association
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1913
Headed expedition to South America
Published Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography External. New York: Macmillan
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1914
Published Through the Brazilian Wilderness External. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
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1914-1918
Writer and lecturer on World War I
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1919, Jan. 6
Died, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Buried at Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, New York