In 1932, the topic of highest importance to Americans was the Great Depression, giving Democrats an advantage in securing their place in the White House. The incumbent, Herbert Hoover, was unpopular ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born January 30, 1882, the only son of wealthy parents James and Sara Delano Roosevelt (although his father had a son from a previous marriage). Roosevelt began studying ...

A stone tablet to United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was unveiled at Westminster Abbey ... bravely to walk again and in 1928 became governor of New York. His four terms of office as ...

On the morning of March 4, 1933 an air of tense expectancy ... It was the day of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inauguration as president of the United Stateds. Americans gathered around their ...

Wealthy businessman Reed Rubin sued the sponsors of Roosevelt Island’s new Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Tuesday, claiming he was promised a foam model used to create the bust of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. It is no secret now that Franklin D. Roosevelt had the unique challenge of hiding his crippling disease of what was believed to be polio throughout his terms as ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt consistently ... president to be elected four times. That record won’t be broken, either, because now presidents are limited to two terms. For nearly 80 years, FDR ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - We now arrive at “FDR” - Franklin Delano Roosevelt ... In his second term, Roosevelt faced ...

Harding for president, while Democratic nominee James M. Cox chooses 38-year-old Franklin D. Roosevelt to be his running mate. FDR campaigns with relish, and eventually persuades Eleanor to join ...

A new book spotlights Frances Perkins' efforts to challenge the United States' restrictive immigration policies as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretary of labor Sara Georgini A new ...