franklin d. roosevelt

     

President elected to 2nd term with 523 electoral votes, the greatest number in any election

Trivia about franklin d. roosevelt

  • The last president who did not serve in the armed forces
  • On February 15 this president-elect survived an assassination attempt by Giuseppe Zangara
  • He died just 83 days after starting his fourth term as president
  • Congress first designated Disability Awareness Month in 1945, the year of this U.S. president's death
  • He discussed the Four Freedoms in his State of the Union Address Januaty 6, 1941
  • The White House's Diplomatic Reception Room was the site of his famous "Fireside Chats"
  • This man who died in 1945 is immortalized on the coin
  • Chief justice Charles Evans Hughes opposed this president's attempt to "pack" the court
  • 1945:"I have a terrible headache"
  • He was preparing for the U.N. conference in San Francisco when he died in Warm Springs, Ga. on April 12
  • "In" this man "there died the greatest American friend we have ever known"
  • 8 days after his March 4, 1933 inauguration, he gave his first Fireside Chat
  • 1882-1945
  • He pushed for a New Deal in 1932 & appealed to the "forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid"
  • January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York
  • On July 4, 1941 he told the nation America can't be an oasis of liberty in a desert of dictatorship
  • In 1927 this future president created the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation to help polio victims
  • He added a sleeping basket to the presidential yacht, the U.S.S. Potomac, for his dog Fala
  • Ralph Bellamy played this polio-stricken president in "Sunrise At Campobello"
  • To give the nominating speech for Al Smith in 1924, he rose from his wheelchair & made his way to the mike
  • 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, New York
  • During a family vacation in 1921, he fell ill with polio
  • His presidential election opponents were Hoover, Landon, Wilkie & Dewey
  • The first presidential airplane, nicknamed The Sacred Cow, was delivered to him in 1944
  • Thoreau & Francis Bacon said they feared fear itself long before this man said it in 1933
  • In 1937 he became the first man sworn in as U.S. president on a January 20
  • As the 1932 Democratic candidate for president, he promised to end prohibition
  • Harry Truman
  • In 1932 this New Deal Democrat went from the New York governor's mansion to the White House
  • 1944
  • The presidential library system formally began in 1939 when this man donated his papers to the federal government
  • Harry Truman
  • Some opponents called him the "Raw Dealocrat"
  • In his fourth inaugural address, he told us, "Today we work and fight for total victory in war"
  • His 1934 trip to Cartagena, Colombia was the first by a sitting U.S. president to South America
  • Rexford G. Tugwell was part of this president's "Brain Trust"
  • "We must be the great arsenal of democracy"
  • Henry A. Wallace
  • He chose John Nance Garner in 1932 & 1936
  • Later president, in 1920 he lost as a U.S. vice presidential candidate
  • In 1905 he celebrated St. Patrick's Day by marrying one of his distant cousins
  • He narrowly won the New York governorship in 1928, but won the presidency by a large margin 4 years later
  • John Nance Garner
  • His daughter Anna accompanied him when he went to Yalta in 1945
  • Withholding taxes from one's paycheck began in this president's administration
  • Using faulty poll figures, Literary Digest predicted his defeat for President in 1936; the Digest folded in 1937
  • As a character in "Annie", this president sings "A New Deal for Christmas" with Daddy Warbucks
  • "In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor"
  • In 1910 this future president was elected to the New York senate
  • As part of his "New Deal", he took American currency off the gold standard in 1933

Tweets about franklin d. roosevelt

  • To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift. -Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • -Franklin D. Roosevelt (March 12, 1933)
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  • The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • RT @ChaseTactical: In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • “A la única cosa que debes temer es a tu propio miedo” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • "DYK? The sculpture of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the U.S. dime was created by Selma Burke, Ph.D., a member of Delta Sigma Theta?"
  • Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. -Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • RT @alphabetsuccess: Does anyone think that victory is possible without facing danger? - Franklin D. Roosevelt #quote via @BruceVH
  • When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. -Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • "Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely" Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • "If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Does anyone think that victory is possible without facing danger? - Franklin D. Roosevelt #quote via @BruceVH
  • In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself. -Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • “En la vida hay algo peor que el fracaso: el no haber intentado nada”. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.–Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • "If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something." -Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • "Kebahagian bukanlah suatu tahap yang kita raih tetapi lebih merupakan sebuah perjalanan." (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • Today in 1932: Democrats nominate NY Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt for president at their convention in Chicago.
  • "El único límite a nuestros logros de mañana está en nuestras dudas de hoy." ... Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • RT @RaulParedesP: "Siempre que te pregunten si puedes hacer un trabajo, contesta que sí y ponte enseguida a aprender como se hace." Fran…
  • "Siempre que te pregunten si puedes hacer un trabajo, contesta que sí y ponte enseguida a aprender como se hace." Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • “@itsmikeberry: “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt”
  • El único límite a nuestros logros de mañana está en nuestras dudas de hoy. ((Franklin D. Roosevelt)) #ExcelenteNoche
  • Sunset last night. #latergram #nofilter @ Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
  • RT @LifeQuotes182: If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot & hang on. -Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Tak seorang pun dapat membuat Anda rendah diri tanpa persetujuan Anda. ~~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • "The only limit 2 our realization of 2mrw will be our doubts of today. Let us move fwd with strong & active faith." Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.-Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • RT @k8sietoo: “#Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely...” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • “I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.”― Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • “#Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely...” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • "Libraries... are essential to the functioning of a democratic society." —Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Quote about Real Estate from Franklin D. Roosevelt. #realestate #quotes
  • I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • El único límite a nuestros logros de mañana está en nuestras dudas de hoy. –Franklin D. Roosevelt #Motivacion
  • "We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future." -Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • RT @EdCoburn2: A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Snapshot I snagged before the heavens opened up. #Storm #Nature #Weather @ Franklin D. Roosevelt…
  • On this day (July 3) in 1938 President Franklin D Roosevelt dedicated the Eternal Light Peace Memorial at #Gettysberg Battlefield