It was the day of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inauguration as president ... a privileged and respectable law career. Yet living the life of a lawyer soon bored him. He was admitted to the bar ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By early 1945, victory in Europe was certain, but it had taken its toll on the President. On April 12 President Roosevelt ...

Complete Guide to the Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York including tours, things to ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt ... interesting story behind how Roosevelt ended up on the dime, too. The process was put into motion not long after FDR died in 1945, early in his fourth term as president.

Historians differ widely in evaluating Franklin D. Roosevelt's Harvard career ... Quincys', the Amorys' & the Thayers', three as high-life places as are to be found in blue-blooded, blue ...