Fdr

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.