A first-term president is presiding over an improving economy, but still one with severe individual hardship. His opponent is bolstered by almost unilateral support from the business community, ...

WASHINGTON (WHTM) — On January 20, 1937, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, left the White House, traveled to the U.S. Capitol, took the oath of office, and began his ...

Side 1. Kennedy's complete inaugural address (Jan. 20, 1961) -- Side 2. Excerpts from F.D.R. speeches. 1st inaugural address (March 4, 1933) ; Fireside chat (April 29, 1935) ; 2nd acceptance (June 27, ...

pt. 1. Political oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War -- pt. 2. Political oratory from Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton v. 1. Political oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War -- Argument ...

Only foreign state to approve U. S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Chicago speech so highly as to have it reprinted in pamphlet form and distributed on all fighting fronts to encourage the ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Vanderbilt University history professor Nicole Hemmer talked about the emergence of the concept of a 'first 100 days' of a presidential term during ...

In the long hot weeks of summer Franklin Roosevelt looked down his nose, disparaging the idea that he should campaign for reelection. When late in droughty August he began making “nonpolitical” ...