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Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Washington, D. C. … known either of the Clintons before they were elected. I'd been involved in Democratic politics, I suppose, since at … think of the hundreds of letters that Elihu Root and Teddy Roosevelt sent back and forth, they'd write to one another …
Presidential Biographies
… representing his home district as an ally of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was just twenty-eight years old. He was an … House, and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt helped him win a commission in the Naval Reserve. …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… career in politics. Friedersdorf Well, I graduated from Franklin College in journalism and started working on newspapers, Franklin Evening Star in my hometown of Franklin, Indiana. … there the next morning and we were in the Cabinet--in the Roosevelt room. We all expected the President to come in and …
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… Harry S. Truman became president when Franklin D. Roosevelt died in April 1945. His presidency (1945-52) was … and challenges abroad. He sustained, nurtured, and grew Roosevelt’s New Deal and waged the Cold War. Ridiculed and …
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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… or four of them. Haar [Herbert] Hoover— Knott Hoover, FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt], [Harry] Truman, and [Dwight D.] Eisenhower. Haar …
Presidential Biographies
… 1936, he began working for the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Reconstruction Finance Administration (RFA). …
Presidential Recordings
… Republics [USSR] -Great Depression Herbert C. Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt Agriculture -Corn prices -Political considerations …
Presidential Recordings
… -Length of meeting -Ralph D. Albertazzie -Robert C. Byrd Franklin D. Roosevelt The President's schedule -Elkins, West Virginia …
Presidential Recordings
… liberties -World War II -Roscoe Drummond's comments -Franklin D. Roosevelt's request -Position on Communist Party -Comments of …
Presidential Recordings
… -Timing -Mayor of Pekin -Repository of Dirksen’s papers -Franklin D. Roosevelt -Possible fund-raising dinner -Research …
Presidential Recordings
… second term -Proposed changes -Cuts -Comparisons to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration -Welfare reform Charges …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… the history of the Democratic Party, with the symbols of Franklin Roosevelt and [Harry] Truman and the various others. Bell I think he thought he was very much like Roosevelt. Roosevelt was one of his heroes. He was never able …
Presidential Biographies
… Wickard served as secretary of agriculture to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1940 to 1945. Wickard was born February, 28, …
Presidential Biographies
… Wickard served as secretary of agriculture to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1940 to 1945. Wickard was born February 28, …
Presidential Biographies
… served as secretary of commerce to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1938 and is credited for the …
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… five incumbents: John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson, and Chester Arthur. All … to lose reelection. Former President Theodore Roosevelt, unhappy over his protégé, President William Howard … most of the power to nominate, chose Taft again, Teddy Roosevelt bolted from the party, running as a third-party …
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Presidential Biographies
… In 1938, on the eve of the Second World War, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Joseph P. Kennedy, John's father, to the …
Presidential Biographies
… held judicial posts on various levels. In 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him assistant secretary of war under …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… Young So you’re also a historian and a bit of one too. [Franklin] Roosevelt, who built the first staff, used to say they were … was doing all the time. There are plenty of stories that Roosevelt’s staff didn’t know what was going on, Roosevelt …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… it is necessary to have professionals doing that. Riley I’d be delighted to help. And you should also know that we can … promise that started at the end of the Second World War. [Franklin D.] Roosevelt had that idea, and [Winston] Churchill and the …