Here's a look at the past. Items have been culled from The Chronicle's archives of 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago. Nov. 6: The state Department of Transportation is planning a Christmas present for ...

Indeed, the bank holiday ultimately imposed by FDR had been designed by Hoover’s own banking officials. Hoover had weeks to put it into place and refused; FDR did so on his very first day in office.

As the 2008 presidential election kicks into high gear, Donald Ritchie, an associate historian at the U.S. Senate Historical Office, can offer reflections on another critical election. In his ...

Hoover attributed this downturn to Roosevelt’s election victory and the speculation it raised that the new administration would unleash inflation, devalue the dollar, take the U.S. off the gold ...

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 9, 1932 (UP) - President Hoover at 9:34 o'clock tonight conceded the election to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, his Democratic opponent. He telegraphed congratulations to ...

Highlights of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's life is featured. Author Scott Martelle talked about Franklin Roosevelt's relationship with Herbert Hoover as well as his perspective on the economy and ...

FDR and Hoover: 1932 Transition. Eric Rauchway talked about the relationship between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt during the post-election of 1832 and the day Lincoln was inaugurated.

James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn teach at Williams College. They are coauthors of "The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America" and "George Washington." ‘Do you wish to ...

When Franklin Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in the 1932 election, they represented not only different political parties but vastly different approaches to the question of the day: How could the ...

Ken Burns writes that while people assume the US is a relatively stable country, in fact its history shows massive change, prompted by elections like 1932. That year FDR won by a landslide with a ...

Thomas Balcerski writes the US has suffered through some terrible presidential transitions in American history: James Buchanan to Abraham Lincoln, Herbert Hoover to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and ...

Herbert HooverBy William E. LeuchtenburgTimes Books, 186 pages, $22In 10 months, the nation will celebrate, if that’s the proper word, the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Depression.