His writings, which stretched across eight decades, helped Americans understand a president who transformed the office and ...

William E. Leuchtenburg, one of the nation’s preeminent historians and the leading scholar on President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

Challenges Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in the aftermath of the worldwide financial crisis triggered in part by the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The Great Depression soon achieved a depth ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born January 30, 1882, the only son of wealthy parents James and Sara Delano Roosevelt (although his father had a son from a previous marriage). Roosevelt began studying ...

Leuchtenburg, who cited no specific cause of death. A professor emeritus at the University ... Leuchtenburg’s notable books ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born here in 1882 ... The bedroom that Roosevelt last stayed in before his death is preserved ...

Historians differ widely in evaluating Franklin D. Roosevelt's Harvard career. Some find him an average undergraduate; others detect a natural propensity for class leadership. Some emphasize his ...

Leuchtenburg, who cited no specific cause of death. A professor emeritus at ... Leuchtenburg’s notable books include “Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal” and “The Perils of Prosperity ...