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Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected governor of New York in 1928 and served from January 1, 1929, until shortly after his election as President of the United States in 1932. His term as governor provided him with a high-visibility position in which to prove himself as well as provide a major base from which to launch a bid for the presidency.
This is the electoral history of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served as the 32nd president of the United States (1933–1945) and the 44th governor of New York (1929–1932). A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt was first elected to the New York State Senate in 1910, representing the 26th district.
1930 FDR re-elected governor of New York State. Begins his campaign for the presidency. 1932 FDR is nominated as the Democratic Party candidate for president and defeats Hoover in November by seven million votes.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.The longest-serving U.S. president, he is the only president to have served more than two terms. His initial two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth saw him shift his focus to ...
Roosevelt became the first state governor to advocate openly for a federal old-age pension system and in 1930 passed through the legislature a bill creating old-age insurance for New Yorkers over 70 years of age.
21 lis 2023 · FDR was elected President of the United States in 1933. He approached the presidency the same way he did as governor, with centralized government to assist people in daily life.
19 lis 2023 · After returning to politics as New York‘s governor from 1929 to 1933, Franklin defeated Republican incumbent Herbert Hoover to win the 1932 presidential election. Upon taking office in 1933, President Roosevelt immediately addressed the Great Depression by implementing his sweeping New Deal agenda.
