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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 regi-
ment 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 Presi-
dent; 
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, mo-
nopolies, and conservation, throughout the duration of 
his presidency; 
Whereas Theodore Roosevelt instituted ‘‘Big Stick’’ diplo-
matic 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 regu-
lation and oversight of United States commerce, espe-
cially 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 rail-
road industry’s practice of extending rebates to valued 
customers; 
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Whereas Theodore Roosevelt addressed the growing corrup-
tion of trusts by bringing lawsuits against 44 such enti-
ties 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 re-
ceive such prize, for leading the efforts to end the Russo- 
Japanese 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 Roo-
sevelt made his home at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay, 
New York, which, in addition to being the home of Theo-
dore Roosevelt and his family, from 1902 to 1908, served 
as his ‘‘Summer White House’’; 
Whereas on January 16, 2001, Theodore Roosevelt was post-
humously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for 
leading a charge up the San Juan Heights in Cuba dur-
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ing the Spanish-American War shortly before the War 
ended, thereby becoming the first President to be award-
ed the Congressional Medal of Honor; and 
Whereas October 27, 2008 will be the 150th anniversary of 
Theodore Roosevelt’s birth: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th Presi-
dent of the United States, for his invaluable con-
tributions to this Nation as a soldier, naturalist, 
statesman, and public servant on the 150th anniver-
sary of his birth. 
Æ 
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