Elliott Roosevelt, Eleanor's father, is confined to a mental asylum; Eleanor's mother, Anna Hall Roosevelt, dies of diphtheria. Eleanor becomes engaged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her fifth ...

O n the evening of Mar. 9, 1933 at 8:30 pm Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Emergency Banking Relief Act into law. Passed just five days after his inauguration, the Act was the first piece of ...

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 announced a plan to pack the Supreme Court with up to six additional justices in a March 1937 "fireside chat." The Senate rejected that bid on July 22, 1937.

On December 8, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare a state of war on Japan.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Emergency Banking Act into law on March 9, 1933. Roosevelt signed a record 15 major pieces of legislation in the first 100 days of his presidency.

David Gergen writes that though President Joe Biden is no Franklin D. Roosevelt, his first 100 days in office bear some important similarities to his Democratic predecessor – particularly in ...

David Woolner of the Roosevelt Institute reported on the last 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s life and presidency. May 28, 2007 American Presidents Biographical Vignettes.

Left: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt arrives at the Capitol for his speech to the assembled members of Congress, March 1, 1945. Photo by Getty Images/Bettmann Related.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt died April 12, 1945, at his retreat in Warm Springs, Georgia, and was transported back to Washington via a funeral train.