Dec 19, 1896
Franklin Roosevelt leaves home to attend
Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts.
Dec 19, 2019
Franklin Roosevelt moves to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend
Harvard College.
Nov 8, 1910
Franklin Roosevelt is elected to the New York State Senate.
Dec 19, 2019
Franklin Roosevelt is appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President
Woodrow Wilson.
Dec 19, 2019
Franklin Roosevelt runs as the Democratic candidate for Vice-President, alongside James M. Cox. The ticket is defeated by Republicans
Warren G. Harding and
Calvin Coolidge.
Dec 19, 2019
Franklin Roosevelt contracts a paralytic disease while swimming in Maine.
Nov 6, 1928
Franklin Roosevelt is elected governor of New York.
Nov 8, 1932
Franklin Roosevelt defeats
Herbert Hoover to become the 32nd President of the United States, receiving 57.4% of the popular vote.
Dec 19, 2019
In the
"First 100 Days," FDR pushes fifteen legislative proposals through Congress; these form the basis of the
New Deal.
Dec 19, 2019
In the
First New Deal, the federal government provides "immediate relief" from the
Depression by creating new public agencies to employ civilians, as well as regulate the banking industry.
Dec 19, 2019
In the Second New Deal, the federal government establishes additional agencies and programs including the WPA,
Social Security, and the National Labor Relations Board.
Nov 3, 1936
Franklin Roosevelt defeats
Alfred Landon, winning re-election to a second term. He wins by a landslide in the popular vote (60.8%) and trounces Landon in the Electoral College 523 to 8.
Nov 5, 1940
Franklin Roosevelt is re-elected to a third term with 54.7% of the vote, campaigning on a promise not to send American troops into foreign wars.
Mar 11, 1940
Under President Roosevelt, Congress passes the Lend-Lease Act, allowing the US to aid the Allied Powers without entering into the war.
Dec 7, 1941
Japan attacks
Pearl Harbor; US declares war on Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Feb 19, 1942
Franklin Roosevelt signs
Executive Order 9066, imprisoning many Japanese-Americans living on American soil.
Jun 6, 1944
On
D-Day, the first of nearly 3 million Allied soldiers arrive on the northern shores of France.
Nov 7, 1944
Franklin Roosevelt is elected to a fourth term with 53.4% of the popular vote.
Apr 12, 1945
Franklin Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia.