November 9 - Roosevelt visits the Panama Canal Zone to oversee the construction of the Panama Canal, becoming the first sitting president to leave the mainland United States.
December 3 - Roosevelt nominates Attorney General William Henry Moody to the Supreme Court.
December 10 - Roosevelt is awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a
Nobel Prize.[22]
December 12 - William Henry Moody is confirmed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Several cabinet secretaries are moved into new positions.
1907
January 1 - Roosevelt sets the record of most hands shaken in one day by a head of state with 8,513.[23]
November 3 - William Howard Taft is elected president, defeating
William Jennings Bryan.
November 30 - Secretary of the Navy
Victor H. Metcalf resigns for health reasons. He is replaced by Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Truman Handy Newberry.
^"Tears Shed for M'Kinley, Man and President", Chicago Daily Tribune, September 16, 1901, p. 1
^"Roosevelt Goes Without Guard— President Evades Secret Service Men and Takes Walk in Parks Alone— Calls Cabinet Meeting", Chicago Daily Tribune, September 21, 1901, p. 3
^"Negro White House Guest", Chicago Daily Tribune, October 17, 1901, p1
^"New Title— 'White House' Substituted on the President's Stationery", Pittsburgh Press, October 17, 1901, p. 8
^"Yale's Second Century Ended; Many Honored", Chicago Daily Tribune, October 24, 1901, p. 1
November 9 - Roosevelt visits the Panama Canal Zone to oversee the construction of the Panama Canal, becoming the first sitting president to leave the mainland United States.
December 3 - Roosevelt nominates Attorney General William Henry Moody to the Supreme Court.
December 10 - Roosevelt is awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a
Nobel Prize.[22]
December 12 - William Henry Moody is confirmed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Several cabinet secretaries are moved into new positions.
1907
January 1 - Roosevelt sets the record of most hands shaken in one day by a head of state with 8,513.[23]
November 3 - William Howard Taft is elected president, defeating
William Jennings Bryan.
November 30 - Secretary of the Navy
Victor H. Metcalf resigns for health reasons. He is replaced by Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Truman Handy Newberry.
^"Tears Shed for M'Kinley, Man and President", Chicago Daily Tribune, September 16, 1901, p. 1
^"Roosevelt Goes Without Guard— President Evades Secret Service Men and Takes Walk in Parks Alone— Calls Cabinet Meeting", Chicago Daily Tribune, September 21, 1901, p. 3
^"Negro White House Guest", Chicago Daily Tribune, October 17, 1901, p1
^"New Title— 'White House' Substituted on the President's Stationery", Pittsburgh Press, October 17, 1901, p. 8
^"Yale's Second Century Ended; Many Honored", Chicago Daily Tribune, October 24, 1901, p. 1