Authors: James MacGregor Burns
His first political post, in the New York Senate, 1911
Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the
Navy Yard, New York, 1913
(International News Photo)
Roosevelt with Charles F. Murphy, his old Tammany adversary, and John A. Voorhis at Tammany Hall, July 4, 1917
(New York
Daily News
photo)
The rising politician campaigning for Vice-President on the 1920 Democratic ticket—at Dayton, Ohio
(photo by F. W. Emmert)
On crutches in 1924, with John W. Davis, who won the presidential nomination, and Al Smith (at right), who lost it, after Roosevelt’s “happy warrior” speech
(photo by F.P.G.)
The Democratic nominee for President arriving by plane in Chicago with his family, July 2, 1932, to address the convention (United Press photo)
At the Democratic convention, July 4, 1932, with Louis McHenry Howe (left) and his campaign manager, James A. Farley
(Wide World photo)
The President and his First Lady after arrival in Washington, D. C, March, 1933, before his first inauguration
(Wide World Photo)
F.D.R. joking with Vice-President Garner at a dinner for James A. Farley (right), Feb. 15, 1937; behind Garner, Henry A. Wallace; behind Roosevelt, Cordell Hull; behind Farley, Henry A. Morgenthau
A dismal fishing cruise off Miami during the recession, with Robert H. Jackson (standing, center), Harry Hopkins (right of Jackson), and Harold Ickes (seated, right), Nov. 29, 1937
(United Press photo)
After hot dogs and a picnic at Hyde Park, President and Mrs. Roosevelt wave farewell to the King and Queen of England at the railroad station, June 11, 1939
The President and his secretaries: (left to right) Marguerite Le Hand, Marvin H. McIntyre, and Grace Tully, Hyde Park, Nov. 4, 1938
The President and his cabinet: (clockwise) Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury; Homer S. Cummings, Attorney General; Claude Swanson, Secretary of the Navy; Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture; Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor; Harry H. Woodring, Secretary of War; Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, Sept. 27, 1938
(United Press photo)