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 ...

Challenges Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in the aftermath of the worldwide financial crisis triggered in part by the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The Great Depression soon achieved a depth ...

Historians differ widely in evaluating Franklin D. Roosevelt's Harvard career ... an intellectual," according to Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., "and the girls of his own set called him 'the ...

Kennedy, fearful that Humphrey would beat him, called up a reserve weapon: Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.. whose father was still idolized in West Virginia. Flashing a familiar grin. Junior addressed ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt had a very special relationship with the State of Georgia. This compelling documentary spotlights the mutual benefits that the friendship provided to both the president ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s desk is shown at his library as a visitor examines information at the national historic site in Hyde Park on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (William J. Kemble Photo) ...

Cox chooses 38-year-old Franklin D. Roosevelt to be his running mate ... governor of New York against her cousin, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. She also continues her quest for independence with ...

close New DealThe name of the policies put in place from 1933 to 1945 under the Democratic Party President Franklin Roosevelt. His plan intended to solve the problems caused by the Great Depression.

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 ...