Occupations: Lawyer; Financier; Railroad Vice President
Mother: Sara Delano Roosevelt
Birth: Newburgh, New York, September 21, 1854
Death: Hyde Park, New York, September 7, 1941
Half Brother: James Roosevelt (1854-1927)
Marriage: New York, New York, March 17, 1905
Wife: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Birth: New York, New York, October 11, 1884
Death: New York, New York, November 7, 1962
Children: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1906-1975); James Roosevelt (1907-1991); Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990); Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1914-1988); John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1916-1981)
Religious Affiliation: Episcopalian
Education: Private Tutors; Groton School; Harvard University (B.A., 1903); attended Columbia Law School
Occupation Before Presidency: Lawyer
Prepresidential Offices: Member of New York State Senate; Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Governor of New York
Inauguration Age: 51
Death: Warm Springs, Georgia, April 12, 1945
Place of Burial: Hyde Park, New York
First Administration
Inauguration: March 4, 1933; the Capitol, Washington, D.C.
Vice President: John N. Garner
Secretary of State: Cordell Hull
Secretary of the Treasury: William H. Woodin; Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (from January 8, 1934)
Secretary of War: George H. Dern
Attorney General: Homer S. Cummings
Postmaster General: James A. Farley
Secretary of the Navy: Claude A. Swanson
Secretary of the Interior: Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of Agriculture: Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Commerce: Daniel C. Roper
Secretary of Labor: Frances Perkins
Congress #73 (March 9, 1933-June 18, 1934):
Senate: 59 Democrats; 36 Republicans; 1 Other
House: 313 Democrats; 117 Republicans; 5 Others
Congress #74 (January 3, 1935-June 20, 1936):
Senate: 69 Democrats; 25 Republicans; 2 Others
House: 322 Democrats; 103 Republicans; 10 Others
Election of 1932
Candidates
Electoral Vote
Popular Vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
472
22,829,501
Herbert C. Hoover (Republican)
59
15,760,684
Norman M. Thomas (Socialist)
none
884,649
William Z. Foster (Communist)
none
103,253
Second Administration
Inauguration: January 20, 1937; the Capitol, Washington, D.C.
Vice President: John N. Garner
Secretary of State: Cordell Hull
Secretary of the Treasury: Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Secretary of War: Harry H. Woodring; Henry L Stimson (from July 10, 1940)
Attorney General: Homer S. Cummings; Frank Murphy (from January 17, 1939); Robert H. Jackson (from January 18, 1940)
Postmaster General: James A. Farley; Frank C. Walker (from September 10, 1940)
Secretary of the Navy: Claude A. Swanson; Charles Edison (from January 11, 1940); Frank Knox (from July 11, 1940)
Secretary of the Interior: Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of Agriculture: Henry A. Wallace; Claude R. Wickard (from September 5, 1940)
Secretary of Commerce: Daniel C. Roper; Harry L. Hopkins (from January 23, 1939); Jesse H. Jones (from September 19, 1940)
Secretary of Labor: Frances Perkins
Supreme Court Appointments: Hugo L. Black (1937); Stanley F. Reed (1938); Felix Frankfurter (1939); William O. Douglas (1939); Frank Murphy (1940)
Congress #75 (Jaunary5, 1937-June 16, 1938):
Senate: 75 Democrats; 17 Republicans; 4 Others
House: 333 Democrats; 89 Republicans; 13 Others
Congress #76 (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941):
Senate: 69 Democrats; 23 Republicans; 4 Others
House: 262 Democrats; 169 Republicans; 4 Others
Election of 1936
Candidates
Electoral Vote
Popular Vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
523
27,757,333
Alfred M. Landon (Republican)
59
15,760,684
William Lemke (Union)
none
892,267
Norman M. Thomas (Socialist)
none
187,833
Third Administration
Inauguration: January 20, 1941; the Capitol, Washington, D.C.
Vice President: Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of State: Cordell Hull; Edward R. Stettinius (from December 1, 1944)
Secretary of the Treasury: Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Secretary of War: Henry L. Stimson
Attorney General: Robert H. Jackson; Francis Biddle (from September 5, 1941)
Postmaster General: Frank C. Walker
Secretary of the Navy: Frank Knox; James V. Forrestal (from May 19, 1944)
Secretary of the Interior: Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of Agriculture: Claude R. Wickard
Secretary of Commerce: Jesse H. Jones
Secretary of Labor: Frances Perkins
Supreme Court Appointments: Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice (1941); James F. Byrnes (1941); Robert H. Jackson (1941); Wiley B. Rutledge (1943)
Congress #77 (January 3, 1941-December 16, 1942):
Senate: 66 Democrats; 28 Republicans; 2 Others
House: 167 Democrats; 162 Republicans; 6 Others
Congress #78 (January 6, 1943-December 19, 1944):
Senate: 57 Democrats; 38 Republicans; 1 Other
House: 222 Democrats; 209 Republicans; 4 Others
Election of 1940
Candidates
Electoral Vote
Popular Vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
449
27,313,041
Wendell L. Wilkie (Republican)
82
22,348,480
Norman M. Thomas (Socialist)
none
116,410
Roger W. Babson (Prohibition)
none
58,708
Fourth Administration
Inauguration: January 20, 1945; the White House, Washington, D.C.
Vice President: Harry S. Truman
Secretary of State: Edward R. Stettinius
Secretary of the Treasury: Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Secretary of War: Henry L. Stimson
Attorney General: Francis Biddle
Postmaster General: Frank C. Walker
Secretary of the Navy: James V. Forrestal
Secretary of the Interior: Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of Agriculture: Claude R. Wickard
Secretary of Commerce: Jesse H. Jones; Henry A. Wallace (from March 2, 1945)
