President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” helped raise America’s economy out of the Great Depression in the 1930s and set the country on course to become a superpower.

Roosevelt's New Deal campaign was not limited to soaring speeches. Every campaign also needs villains whose misdeeds frustrate the will of the people. Today, they are the "1 percent." ...

Donald Ritchie talked about his book [Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932], published by University Press of Kansas. In his book Mr. Ritchie recounted the presidential election of 1932 ...

Synergy’s political allure can even befuddle voters, as it befuddled those who supported Roosevelt, and massively so, in his 1936 reelection campaign. But synergy falls short when it comes to ...

In this June 6, 1933, file photo, President Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown signing a New Deal initiative. Standing, from left are: Rep. Theodore A. Peyser, Labor Secretary Frances Perkins and Sen ...

In 1944, the president’s doctors warned that he would not survive another term. “That will be all, Dr. Lahey,” Roosevelt dismissed a Boston heart specialist in early July, shortly before ...

It was a delicate moment for the New Deal. FDR’s popularity had fallen to about 50%, ... would become the central theme of the presidential campaign of Republican Alf Landon in 1936.

FDR’s Campaign of Intimidation Then-president Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks at the New York World's Fair in New York City, April 30, 1939. (Bettmann/Contributor via Getty Images) ...

Accepting the Democratic nomination in August 2020, Biden invoked FDR and the New Deal but never mentioned John Kennedy, ... In the closing days of the campaign, Biden flew to Warm Springs, ...

They may not have been the most successful bids for election—and some definitely didn't stand the test of time—but these are certainly the funniest presidential campaign slogans ever created. Yes, we ...

The New Deal is typically associated almost exclusively with the Great Depression—the country was suffering severe economic hardship and the Roosevelt administration’s policies were meant to ...

In 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected overwhelmingly on a campaign promising a New Deal for the American people. Roosevelt worked quickly upon his election to deliver the New Deal, an ...