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.

Ten governors have been major-party candidates for president, and six-including Martin Van Buren, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt-have won.

Roosevelt was the force behind the completion of the Panama Canal ; sent the Great White Fleet on a world tour to demonstrate American power ; and negotiated an end to the Russo-Japanese War, for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

In the 1904 presidential election, Roosevelt won the presidency in his own right in a landslide victory.

Roosevelt, however, had delayed too long, and Taft had already won the support of most party leaders in the country.

Riding a wave of popular support for fellow Republican Roosevelt, Taft won an easy victory in his 1908 bid for the presidency.

His opponent Franklin D. Roosevelt won the 1940 election with 55 % of the popular vote and 85 % of the electoral vote.

Roosevelt won the electoral vote to 449 to 82.

Theodore Roosevelt easily won the election, thus becoming the first president to assume the office upon the death of a president to secure a full term of his own, a feat which would be repeated three times in the 20th century.

Wilson defeated Taft, Roosevelt, and Debs in the general election, winning a large majority in the Electoral College and 42 % of the popular vote, while his nearest rival, Roosevelt, won only 27 %.

Beginning with his runaway victory in Illinois on April 9, however, Roosevelt won nine of the last ten presidential primaries ( in order, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Oregon, Maryland, California, Ohio, New Jersey, and South Dakota ), losing only Massachusetts to Taft.

After losing California, where Roosevelt had won the primary, the progressive delegates gave up hope.

Roosevelt won by a landslide, and this critical election marked the collapse of the Fourth Party System or Progressive Era.

In addition, Roosevelt won 60. 8 % of the national popular vote, the second highest popular-vote percentage won since 1820.

However, Roosevelt won a comfortable victory by building strong support from labor unions, urban political machines, ethnic voters, and the traditionally Democratic Solid South.

Unlike Perot, however, some other third party candidates since Roosevelt have won electoral college votes.

Roosevelt won reelection in 1940 thanks to the cities.

However, contrary to popular myth, black American sprinter Jesse Owens ', who won four gold medals beating Aryan athletes at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games, faced less segregation there than in the USA, and felt snubbed by Roosevelt rather than by Hitler ( see Jesse Owens # Berlin Olympics ).

Roosevelt won the 1940 presidential election.

In 1958, with the backing of Herbert Brownell, Bruce Barton, John Aspinwall Roosevelt, and Mrs Wendell Wilkie, Lindsay won the Republican primary and went on to be elected to Congress as the representative of the " Silk Stocking " district, Manhattan's Upper East Side.

When President Roosevelt won the Presidency in 1932, he chose Early to be his secretary responsible for handling the press, or as the role was becoming known, " the press secretary.

Election was won by Incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt of the Republican Party.