Summary

Born in 1882 in Hyde Park, New York, Franklin Delano Roosevelt entered public service through the encouragement of the Democratic Party and won the election to the New York Senate in 1910. He then became the assistant secretary of the navy, as well as the Democratic nominee for vice president in 1920. It wasn’t until 1932 that he was elected president of the United States and took on the task of restoring faith in the American public after the economic devastation of the Great Depression.

The F.D.R. Years details the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as he valiantly led the nation through the height of the Great Depression and World War II. This comprehensive reference contains a section of more than 250 biographical entries covering all the key personalities connected to the administration; a chronology spanning the history of the administration; and a sizable appendix including important documents such as inaugural addresses, important presidential speeches, tables listing the members of the White House staff, cabinet members, members of Congress and the Senate, and more.

Biographical entries include:

• Chester B. Bowles
• Frank Capra
• Winston Churchill
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Felix Frankfurter
• Leon Henderson
• Adolf Hitler
• Harold L. Ickes
• Joseph P. Kennedy
• Charles Lindbergh
• Huey P. Long
• Bernard Mannes Baruch
• Benito Mussolini
• John Nance Garner
• Chester W. Nimitz
• Frances Perkins
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Henry Wallace
• and many others.

Specifications

Black-and-white photographs. Index. Appendix. Bibliography. Cross-references. Chronology. Tables.

About the Author(s)

An expert on the FDR presidency, William D. Pederson received his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon and currently teaches at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. His publications include FDR and the Modern Presidency and The New Deal and Public Policy.