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APPENDIX C

CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT FROM 1858 TO 1906

1858. October 27. Theodore Roosevelt born in New York City, son of Theodore Roosevelt and Martha (Bullock) Roosevelt.

1864. Sent to public school, and also received some private instruction; spent summers at Oyster Bay, New York.

1873. Became a member of the Dutch Reformed Church; has been a member ever since. 1876. September. Entered Harvard College.

Member of numerous clubs and societies. 1878. February 9. Death of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr.

1880. June. Graduated from Harvard College; a Phi Beta Kappa man.

September 23. Married Miss Alice Lee, of
Boston, Massachusetts.

Travelled extensively in Europe; climbed

the Alps; made a member of the Alpine Club of London.

1881. Elected a member of the New York Assembly, and served for three terms in succession.

1884. Birth of daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt. Death of Mrs. Alice (Lee) Roosevelt, Mr. Roosevelt's first wife.

1885.

Death of Mrs. Martha (Bullock) Roosevelt,
Mr. Roosevelt's mother.

Made Delegate-at-large to the Republican
National Convention that nominated
James G. Blaine for President.

Became a ranchman and hunter.

1886. Ran for office of mayor of New York City, and was defeated by Abram

Hewitt.

Spent additional time in hunting.

December 2. Married Edith Kermit Carew, of New York City.

1888. Birth of son, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

September. Grand hunt in the Selkirk
Mountains.

1889. May. Appointed by President Harrison a member of the Civil Service Commission;

served for six years, four under President Harrison and two under President Cleveland.

1890. Birth of son, Kermit Roosevelt.

1891. September. Grand hunt at Two-Ocean Pass, Wyoming.

1892. Birth of daughter, Ethel Carew Roosevelt. 1895. May 24. Appointed Police Commissioner of New York City by Mayor William Strong. Served until April, 1897.

Birth of son, Archibald Bullock Roosevelt. 1897. April. Made First Assistant Secretary of the Navy, under Secretary Long and

President McKinley.

Birth of son, Quentin Roosevelt.

1898. April 25. Congress declared war with

Spain. Roosevelt resigned his position in the Navy Department.

May. Helped to organize the Rough Riders, and was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, May 6.

May 29. The Rough Riders left San Antonio, Texas, for Tampa, Florida.

June 2. In camp at Tampa.

June 7. Move by coal cars to Port Tampa; four companies left behind; board transport Yucatan.

June 13. Start for Cuba, without horses. June 22. Landing of the Rough Riders at Daiquiri.

June 23. March to Siboney.

June 24. Advance to La Guasima (Las Guasimas). First fight with the Spanish troops.

July 1. Battles of San Juan and El Caney. Roosevelt leads the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill.

July 2. Fighting in the trenches by the Rough Riders, Roosevelt in command. July 3. Sinking of the Spanish fleet off Santiago Bay.

July 8. Roosevelt made Colonel of the Rough Riders.

August 7. Departure of the Rough Riders from Cuba.

August 9. Spain accepts terms of peace offered by the United States.

August 16. Arrival of the Rough Riders at Montauk, Long Island.

September 15. Mustering out of the Rough
Riders.

September 27. Nominated by the Republi-
can party for governor of New York.
October. Grand campaigning tour through
the Empire State.

November. Elected governor of New York by seventeen thousand plurality.

1899. January 1. Assumed office as governor of New York.

April 10. Delivered famous address on "The Strenuous Life," at Chicago.

September 29 and 30. Governor appointed these days as holidays in honor of a reception to Admiral Dewey; grand water and land processions.

1900. June 19. Republican Convention met at Philadelphia; Roosevelt seconded the nomination of McKinley for President (second term), and was nominated for the Vice-Presidency.

July, August, and September. Governor
Roosevelt travelled 20,000 miles, deliver-

ing 673 political speeches at nearly 600
cities and towns.

November 6. McKinley and Roosevelt car

ried 28 states, Democratic opponents carried 17 states; Republican electoral votes, 292, Democratic and scattering combined, 155.

December. Presided over one short session of the United States Senate.

1901. January 11. Started on a five weeks' hunt

ing tour in Northwest Colorado; bringing
down many cougars.

April. Attended the dedication of the
Pan-American Exposition buildings at

Buffalo, New York, and delivered an
address.
September 6. Received word, while at Isle la
Motte, Vermont, that President McKinley
had been shot; hurried at once to Buffalo;
assured that the President would recover,
joined his family in the Adirondacks.
September 14. Death of President McKinley.
Roosevelt returned to Buffalo; took the
oath of office as President of the United
States at the house of Ansley Wilcox;
retained the McKinley Cabinet.

September 15 to 19. Funeral of President
McKinley, at Buffalo, Washington, and
Canton, Ohio. President Roosevelt at-
tended.

September 20. First regular working day
of President Roosevelt at the White
House.

December 3. First annual message delivered to Congress.

December 4. Senate received Hay-Pauncefote canal treaty from the President. December 17. First break in the McKinley Cabinet. Postmaster General Smith resigned; was succeeded by H. C. Payne. 1902. January 3. Grand ball at the White House, Miss Alice Roosevelt formally presented to Washington society.

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