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Roosevelt declares, “I hate war”, in speech delivered at Chautauqua, New York.
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FDR beat Alfred Landon in the re-election by a long shot with Alfred only having 8 electorial votes
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Roosevelt is inaugurated for second term as President and discusses the needs of the nation’s one-third who are “ill-housed, ill-clad, and ill-nourished"
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Roosevelt proposes a so-called “Court Packing Plan” as a reaction to the Supreme Court's repeated invalidation of New Deal legislation.
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Roosevelt creates the Farm Security Administration and the U.S. Housing Authority to assist small and tenant farmers and to provide financial aid to low-cost construction.
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Roosevelt calls for a “quarantine” of aggressor nations in a speech at Chicago.
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Roosevelt begins the March of Dimes campaign to fight polio.
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Roosevelt requests appropriation for construction of a two-ocean navy.
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Roosevelt attempts an unsuccessful “purge” of conservatives from the Democratic Party in mid-term elections
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Roosevelt signs the Fair Labor Standards Act, establishing minimum wages and maximum hours.
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Eleanor Roosevelt resigns from the Daughters of the American Revolution after African-American singer Marian Anderson is denied the opportunity to sing in Constitution Hall.
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Roosevelt becomes first president to appear on television by addressing the opening ceremonies of the New York World's Fair.
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The White House entertains King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain.
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Following the German attack on Poland on September 1, Roosevelt soon proclaims a state of “limited national emergency” and then calls a special session of Congress to repeal the arms embargo.
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Roosevelt receives August 2 letter from Albert Einstein discussing the possibilities of an atomic bomb, and he creates the President's Advisory Committee on Uranium the following day.
