Theodore Roosevelt - 1901-1909
-Becomes president due to McKinley's assassination
-Pioneer of both progressive presidency and "big stick" diplomacy
-Orders US Navy on a world tour in 1907
-first president to leave continental United States
-Trip to Panama Canal site, which he (politically) helps to start
-Begins what is known as the Square Deal, supporting labor unions and fighting trusts
-Invokes the Sherman Antitrust Act frequently in his attempt to regulate monopolies
-Creates a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine stating that the United States alone has the right to intervene in Latin American affairs
-Ran for president a third time in 1912 as the candidate of the Bull Moose Party