She also sketched President Teddy Roosevelt during her White House visits in 1902, during which " He sat for two hours, talking most of the time, reciting Kipling, and reading scraps of Browning.

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was also opposed to Executive Order 9066.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt ( or ; January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945 ), also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States ( 1933 – 1945 ) and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war.

Roosevelt dominated the American political scene not only during the twelve years of his presidency, but also for decades afterward.

He also ran as the nominee of the American Labor Party, a union-dominated anti-Tammany left-wing group that supported Franklin D. Roosevelt for president beginning in 1936.

" During this time American President Franklin D. Roosevelt also referred to the German people in this way, saying that an Allied invasion into the South of France would surely " be successful and of great assistance to Eisenhower in driving the Huns from France.

On December 29, 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt transferred control of Johnston Atoll to the United States Navy in order to establish an air station, and also to the Department of the Interior to administer the bird refuge.

Hay is also known for his comment, written in a letter to President Theodore Roosevelt, describing the Spanish – American War as a " splendid little war ".

Roosevelt also placed an embargo on oil exports to Japan.

It is also evident that Roosevelt speeches made clear that the United States decided to unilaterally break with the Bidlack-Mallarino treaty and, instead of solving the internal Panamanian problem as the treaty forced them to do, helped with the separation of Panama from Colombia.

To honor the 40th anniversary of the 1958 NFL Championship, also known as " The Greatest Game Ever Played ", the following participants of that game appeared during the coin toss ceremony: Raymond Berry, Lenny Moore, Jim Parker, Art Donovan, Gino Marchetti, Frank Gifford, Roosevelt Brown, Don Maynard, Sam Huff, and Tom Landry, the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants.

Roosevelt was also one of only three sitting presidents to have won the Nobel Peace Prize.

His son, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., also earned a posthumous Medal of Honor during World War II, for rallying and leading troops in the midst of heavy German resistance during the invasion of Normandy in June 1944 ; he died a month later and was awarded the Medal of Honor in September.

Roosevelt also dealt with union workers.

Roosevelt was also served as honorary president of the school health organization American School Hygiene Association from 1907 to 1908, and in 1909 he convened the first White House Conference on the Care of Dependent Children.

In the Eighth Annual Message to Congress ( 1908 ), Roosevelt mentioned the need for federal government to regulate interstate corporations using the Interstate Commerce Clause, also mentioning how these corporations fought federal control by appealing to states ' rights.

Roosevelt was also an avid reader of poetry.

Roosevelt was also an avid reader, reading tens of thousands of books, at a rate of several a day in multiple languages.

In Philadelphia, Roosevelt Boulevard, also known as U. S. 1, was named in his honor in 1918.

Theodore Roosevelt is an important character in the Southern Victory Series ( also known as Timeline-191 ), an alternate history series by Harry Turtledove.

It also includes the Cabinet Room, where the president conducts business meetings and where the United States Cabinet meets, as well as the White House Situation Room, James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, and Roosevelt Room.

He also claimed to commune with the spirit of the late President Roosevelt.

This appointment allowed Taft to remain involved in the Philippines and Roosevelt also assured Taft he would support his later appointment to the Court, while Taft agreed to support Roosevelt in the Presidential election of 1904.

Taft also had a disagreement with Roosevelt over the latter's conclusion of an executive agreement with the Dominican Republic, in lieu of what Taft thought should have been a treaty, requiring ratification by the Senate.

It was assumed that Marshall would become the Supreme Commander of Operation Overlord, but Roosevelt selected Dwight Eisenhower as Supreme Commander.

Because of Roosevelt ’ s confidence in the Navy, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was specifically selected as the site of the negotiations and charged with the delicate responsibility for providing the diplomatic protocols for peace.

President Theodore Roosevelt selected Admiral Robley D. Evans to host His Royal Highness Prince Heinrich of Prussia brother of Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II.

In December 1942, Roosevelt selected Brown to take over as administrator of the Office of Price Administration, replacing Leon Henderson, whose tenure as administrator was listed as one of the major reasons for Democratic losses in the 1942 elections.

Roosevelt selected Garfield as one of eighteen officers ( others included: Seth Bullock, Frederick Russell Burnham, and John M. Parker ) to raise a volunteer infantry division, Roosevelt's World War I volunteers, for service in France in 1917.

Sculptor Gutzon Borglum and President Calvin Coolidge selected George_Washington | Washington, Thomas_Jefferson | Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham_Lincoln | Lincoln to appear on Mount Rushmore.

In December 1999 she was selected by United States President Bill Clinton as a recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights.

Following the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, DNC chairman James Farley was selected as U. S. Postmaster General.

When the name was being selected for the new high school, the final two remaining choices were Century and Eleanor Roosevelt.

In 1940 Osborn was selected by Franklin Roosevelt to chair the Civilian Advisory Committee on Selective Service.

While searching for a group of relentless horse thieves, Roosevelt met Seth Bullock, the famous sheriff of Deadwood, South Dakota.

Bullock met Theodore Roosevelt, then a deputy sheriff from Medora, North Dakota, in 1884 while bringing a horse thief known as Crazy Steve into custody on the range, near what would become the town of Belle Fourche.

The two quickly became lifelong friends, Roosevelt later saying of Bullock, " Seth Bullock is a true Westerner, the finest type of frontiersman.

Bullock's friendship with Roosevelt led to him becoming a Captain of Troop A in Grigsby's Cowboy Regiment of Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War ; although the troop never left training camp in Louisiana before the war ended, Bullock still earned the rank of captain.

When Roosevelt became vice president under President William McKinley, he appointed Bullock as the first forest supervisor of the Black Hills Reserve.

After Roosevelt was elected president, Bullock organized 50 people ( including Tom Mix ) to ride in the inaugural parade in 1905.

After Roosevelt's death in January 1919, Bullock created a monument to him with the aid of the Black Hill Pioneers, dedicated on July 4, 1919, on Sheep Mountain, which was renamed Mount Roosevelt.