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9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Acronyms Wikipedia president pro tem·po·re (tĕm′pə-rē) n.pl.presidents pro tempore The senator who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president. ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt - 32nd President, New Deal, WWII: In his inaugural address Roosevelt promised prompt, decisive action, and he conveyed some of his own unshakable self-confidence to millions of Americans listening on radios throughout the land. “Th
Kevin has edited encyclopedias, taught history, and has an MA in Islamic law/finance. This lesson focused on Franklin Roosevelt's second term as President, from 1937-1941. During this time, FDR went from leading an isolationist country coming out of the Great Depression to a state preparing ...
Edith, voice over:And as far as the convention went, well, I didn’t win, but neither did Nel. McAdoo was overtaken by Ohio Governor James Cox. He lost the presidential race, but he did manage to pick Mr. Franklin Delano Roosevelt as his running mate. I once heard someone call his...
It took two deaths to make Roosevelt president: (1) President William McKinley, obviously, and (2) Vice President Garrett Hobart. Hobart was Vice President during McKinley's first term as President, but had died during that first term. Hobart and McKinley were close; certainly Hobart would ...
Roosevelt was the first and only president to serve more than two terms. Until then, two terms had been the tradition established byGeorge Washingtonwhen he refused to run for a third term in the 1796 presidential election. Every other president after him, up until Roosevelt, had followed Wash...
The amendment further provides that a person who succeeds to the office for more than two years of an unexpired term (for example, because a sitting president dies or resigns) may serve for only one additional four-year term. Article II also sets limits on the president's authority. The ...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, monument in Washington, D.C., honouring U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was president (1933–45) during most of the Great Depression and World War II. The monument, designed by Lawrence Halprin, is located just s