Major Events
- September 6, 1901: Leon Czolgosz shot President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York
- September 14, 1901: President William McKinley died. Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States
- October 16, 1901: President Roosevelt invited African American leader Booker T. Washington to the White House. The American South reacted angrily to the visit, and racial violence increased in the region.
- December 3, 1901: President Roosevelt delivered a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives, asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits."
- February 22, 1902: Senators Benjamin Tillman and John L. McLaurin, both of South Carolina, have a fist fight while Congress is in session. Both Tillman and McLaurin were later censured by the Senate on February 28.
- June 2, 1902: The Anthracite Coal Strike by the United Mine Workers began, continuing until October 21, 1902.
- July 4, 1902: The Philippine–American War ended
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