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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1352 

Honoring Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President, for his invaluable contributions to this Nation as a soldier, naturalist, statesman, and public servant 

on the 150th anniversary of his birth. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 17, 2008 

Mr. KING of New York submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President, for his 

invaluable contributions to this Nation as a soldier, naturalist, statesman, and public servant on the 150th anniversary of his birth. 

Whereas Theodore Roosevelt, one of America’s greatest presidents, was born on October 27, 1858, in New York City, 

New York; 

Whereas at the young age of 23 years, Theodore Roosevelt 

was elected to the first of 3 terms as a representative in 

the New York State Assembly, which lasted from 1882 

until 1884; 

Whereas from 1895 until 1897, Theodore Roosevelt served as 

commissioner of the New York City Police Department; 


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Whereas while serving as assistant secretary of the Navy 

under President William McKinley from 1897 until 1898, 

Theodore Roosevelt organized the First United States 

Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, popularly known as the 

‘‘Rough Riders’’, and then served as colonel of this regiment during the Spanish-American War; 

Whereas from 1898 until 1900, Theodore Roosevelt served as 

governor of New York; 

Whereas in 1900, with the reelection of President McKinley, 

Theodore Roosevelt was elected as the 25th Vice President; 

Whereas upon becoming the 26th President the following 

year, Theodore Roosevelt took an active role in foreign 

affairs, establishing the United States as a new world 

power; 

Whereas as President, Theodore Roosevelt instituted broad 

reforms at home, particularly with respect to labor, monopolies, and conservation, throughout the duration of 

his presidency; 

Whereas Theodore Roosevelt instituted ‘‘Big Stick’’ diplomatic efforts by increasing the size of the naval fleet to 

the second largest fleet in the world by the end of his 

presidency; 

Whereas Theodore Roosevelt made great strides in the regulation and oversight of United States commerce, especially in the area of trusts and labor relations, by signing 

the Department of Commerce and Labor Act of 1903 

and the Elkins Act of 1903, which criminalized the railroad industry’s practice of extending rebates to valued 

customers; 


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Whereas Theodore Roosevelt addressed the growing corruption of trusts by bringing lawsuits against 44 such entities during his presidency, earning himself the nickname 

‘‘Trust Buster’’; 

Whereas Theodore Roosevelt was a dedicated conservationist, 

establishing 150 national forests, the first 51 Federal 

bird reservations, 5 national parks, the first 18 national 

monuments, the first 4 national game preserves, and the 

first 21 reclamation projects, which altogether extended 

Federal protection to nearly 230,000,000 acres of land; 

Whereas beginning in 1903, Theodore Roosevelt successfully 

negotiated a treaty with the Government of Panama to 

create the Panama Canal and remained active in the 

oversight of the construction from its beginning in 1904 

until the end of his presidency; 

Whereas in 1906, Theodore Roosevelt received the Nobel 

Peace Prize, the first citizen of the United States to receive such prize, for leading the efforts to end the RussoJapanese War with a 1905 peace treaty; 

Whereas in 1906, Theodore Roosevelt signed the Pure Food 

and Drug Act into law, which established the Food and 

Drug Administration, and the Meat Inspection Act, 

which regulated the meat-packing industry; 

Whereas from 1886 until his death in 1919, Theodore Roosevelt made his home at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay, 

New York, which, in addition to being the home of Theodore Roosevelt and his family, from 1902 to 1908, served 

as his ‘‘Summer White House’’; 

Whereas on January 16, 2001, Theodore Roosevelt was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for 

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ing the Spanish-American War shortly before the War 

ended, thereby becoming the first President to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor; and 

Whereas October 27, 2008 will be the 150th anniversary of 

Theodore Roosevelt’s birth: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) honors Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th Presi3 dent of the United States, for his invaluable con4 tributions to this Nation as a soldier, naturalist, 

5 statesman, and public servant on the 150th anniver6 sary of his birth. 

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