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| ing tour in Northwest Colorado; bringing down many cougars. | |
| April. Attended the dedication of the Pan-American Exposition buildings at Buffalo, New York, and delivered an address. | |
| September 6. Received word, while at Isle la Motte, Vermont, that President McKinley had been shot; hurried at once to Buffalo; assured that the President would recover, joined his family in the Adirondacks. | |
| September 14. Death of President McKinley. Roosevelt returned to Buffalo; took the oath of office as President of the United States at the house of Ansley Wilcox; retained the McKinley Cabinet. | |
| September 15 to 19. Funeral of President McKinley, at Buffalo, Washington, and Canton, Ohio. President Roosevelt attended. | |
| September 20. First regular working day of President Roosevelt at the White House. | |
| December 3. First annual message delivered to Congress. | |
| December 4. Senate received Hay-Pauncefote canal treaty from the President. | |
| December 17. First break in the McKinley Cabinet. Postmaster General Smith resigned; was succeeded by H. C. Payne. | |
| 1902. | January 3. Grand ball at the White House, Miss Alice Roosevelt formally presented to Washington society. |
