It was the day of Franklin Delano ... of the Hudson River. Roosevelt was born in 1882 and grew up in Hyde Park, his family's sprawling estate in New York, as the only child of two doting parents.

P resident Donald Trump’s return to the White House has unleashed a flood of anxiety over the potential demise of what is ...

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 ...

Since he was a child, he had suffered from multiple ... sense," that drew him to Franklin Roosevelt. Howe first met Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1911 while covering the latter's bold senatorial ...

Campaign In 1932, the topic of highest importance to Americans was the Great Depression, giving Democrats an advantage in securing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s place in the White House. Roosevelt’s ...