FDR was the first, and last, president to win more than two consecutive presidential elections and his exclusive four terms were in part a consequence of timing. His election for a third term took place as the United States remained in the throes of the Great Depression and World War II ha...
The one above says: “We must scrupulously guard the civil rights of all citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.” FDR and Fala, the only presidential dog to have his own monument. ...
U.S. presidential election of 1936 was an American presidential election held on November 3, 1936, in which Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt won reelection, defeating Republican Alf Landon.
United States presidential election of 1940 was an American presidential election held on November 5, 1940, in which Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Wendell L. Willkie
Woodrow Wilson for the Democratic presidential nomination of 1912. In that year Roosevelt was reelected to the state senate, despite an attack of typhoid fever that prevented him from making public appearances during the campaign. His success was attributable in part to the publicity generated by ...