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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

By AGED 3033
  • The Birth of A Leader

    The Birth of A Leader

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, NY.
  • Established Author

    Established Author

    Publishes his first book. WhitherBound
  • Early Politics

    Early Politics

    Elected governor of New York over Republican challenger Albert Ottinger.
  • Plans In Motion

    Plans In Motion

    Recommends that the legislature create a commission to investigate unemployment compensation systems and submit a plan "for accomplishing some kind of scientific unemployment insurance."
  • Working With People

    Working With People

    Urges voters to support Hewitt amendment which would provide funds to reforest submarginal farmlands.
  • Flying For New Deals

    Flying For New Deals

    Flies from Albany to Chicago to accept nomination; pledges "a new deal for the American people.”
  • White House Bound

    White House Bound

    Elected president, defeating Herbert Hoover!
  • Another Trip In The Oval Office

    Another Trip In The Oval Office

    Roosevelt is reelected!
  • Farm Security

    Farm Security

    Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act sets up the Farm Security Administration and provides for low in­terest loans for tenants to purchase farms.
  • Fatal Collapse

    Fatal Collapse

    FDR dies while in Warm Springs, GA, posing for a portrait.