Hoover lacked leadership and assurance, whereas Roosevelt had them, which is what the people wanted. A final reason Hoover lost the election was the experiences of the ordinary people during the ...

Smith loses to Herbert Hoover, but FDR wins his election and Eleanor Roosevelt becomes a reluctant governor's wife. With the stock market crash of 1929, and Hoover's unconvincing promises of ...

Trump's public service prior to his election as president was nonexistent. Well, Felix, this elects me. Franklin Roosevelt to Felix Frankfurter, upon hearing of Hoover's attack on the Bonus Army ...

In contrast to President Hoover, Roosevelt was charismatic ... him more relatable to ordinary Americans. During the election campaign, Roosevelt pledged what he called a New Deal for the American ...

Roosevelt won the election, receiving around 23 million votes and winning 42 states. Hoover got around 16 million votes and won only six states. I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for ...

With the advent of the Great Depression, the 1932 election would inevitably represent ... Hoover—blamed the economic depression on external causes. Hoover was unpopular to the point that Roosevelt’s ...

The incumbent, Herbert Hoover, was unpopular to the point that Roosevelt’s campaign strategy was simply not to do anything that would distract from that unpopularity. Roosevelt’s campaign introduced ...

Both Case and WRU students held straw votes in October 1932. Case went for Herbert Hoover (R), with 263 votes to Franklin D. Roosevelt's (D) 105, Norman M. Thomas' (Socialist) 82, and William Z.

Did Donald Trump win the 2024 election by the widest margin of any Republican president in history? According to a recent X ...

The Democratic National Committee appoints Eleanor director of Bureau of Women's Activities; FDR is elected as governor of New York. President Herbert Hoover declares that the United States is ...