After President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to a fourth term in the 1940s, Americans voted to put term limits in the ...

WARM SPRINGS, Ga. — Under a clear blue sky and a crisp spring breeze, an honor guard plants the U.S. flag in front of the Little White House, now a national historic landmark and state park. People ...

The 52 most important weeks in Franklin Roosevelt’s career are the 52 weeks before he stands for reelection. If he is re-elected he has an excellent chance of being written down in history as a ...

On the question of economy Franklin Roosevelt has a record full of more anomalies than any other man in public life. Having been elected on a platform of balancing the Budget, he proceeded within a ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Vanderbilt University history professor Nicole Hemmer talked about the emergence of the concept of a 'first 100 days' of a presidential term during ...

The nation was traumatized and searching for comfort in 1940. Slowly emerging from the Great Depression, still scarred by the cataclysmal losses of World War I and twitching at the sight of war ...

In 1932, the topic of highest importance to Americans was the Great Depression, giving Democrats an advantage in securing their place in the White House. The incumbent, Herbert Hoover, was unpopular ...

For two years, confused states celebrated on two separate days. — -- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt confused plenty of people in 1939 when he issued a presidential proclamation moving ...

HYDE PARK, N.Y. — Under the glare of an 8-inch-by-10-inch official photo of President Donald Trump in the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site visitors center, employees take a ...

Descendants and others reflect on the legacy of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal which pulled the U.S. out of the Great Depression, as the... 80 years after President Franklin Roosevelt's death ...