Major Events of Presidency:
- Emilio Aguinaldo captured by Americans in Philippines
- Hay-Pauncefote Treaty ratified
- American Medical Association reorganized
- Civil government established in Philippines by U.S.
- Northern Securities antitrust case filed
- National Reclamation Act passed
- Platt Amendment passed
- Oregon adopts initiative and referendum, Mississippi adopts direct primary
- The Ambassadors published by Henry James
- Women's Trade Union League founded
- Department of Commerce and Labor created
- Exposé of Standard Oil trust published by Ida Tarbell
- Wright Brothers make their first successful flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
- Earthquake and fires destroy much of San Francisco
- Hepburn Railroad Regulation Act passed
- The Jungle published by Upton Sinclair
- Henry Ford produces his first commercial automobiles
- Folkways/The Promise of American Life published
- NAACP formed