To remember FDR, who profoundly changed America with his New Deal programs, take a look at some fascinating facts about his ...

Call this a biography by indirection. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is defined by competing individuals and movements: Huey Long, Father Coughlan, Al Smith, the Liberty League, Earl Browder and the ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt chose Henry Wallace as his 1940 running mate. It was a mistake. Luckily for the nation, FDR dropped him in 1944. The case is instructive.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United States' 32nd president, had many Christmas traditions with his family and staff during his time in office. Roosevelt even grew Christmas trees on his New York land.

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.

In the first 19 months of his presidency, President Joe Biden’s accomplishments echo themes and priorities from the major initiatives of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower ...

“The largest economic recovery plan since Roosevelt” President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal,” designed to combat the Great Depression in the 1930s, unfolded over a number of years.

Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Wars on Civil Liberties. Without question these two books are revisionist efforts that reflect profound reservations about Wilson and Roosevelt that stem ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt: an Informal Biography Reviewed by Robert Gale Woolbert October 1947 Published on October 1, 1947 . Share & Download . Print Subscribe to unlock this feature or Sign in. Save ...

Each of the three men was greatly underestimated when he entered the presidency. "Franklin D. Roosevelt is," Walter Lippman famously wrote in early 1932, "a pleasant man who, without any important ...