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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 133. Chapters: United States presidential candidates, 1920, United States vice-presidential candidates, 1920, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Warren G. Harding, Herbert Hoover, Calvin Coolidge, William Jennings Bryan, Eugene V. Debs, James M. Cox, Al Smith, Hiram Johnson, Robert Latham Owen, John J. Pershing, Alexander Mitchell Palmer, Robert M. La Follette, Sr., John W. Davis, United States presidential election in California, 1920, William Borah, William Gibbs McAdoo, Nicholas Murray Butler, Carter Glass, Leonard Wood, T. Coleman du Pont, Philander C. Knox, Homer Stille Cummings, James Eli Watson, Carrie Chapman Catt, 1920 Republican National Convention, Frank Orren Lowden, Gilbert Hitchcock, Edward I. Edwards, James E. Ferguson, Irvine Lenroot, Miles Poindexter, Max S. Hayes, Parley P. Christensen, Charles B. Warren, Joseph E. Warner, Charles W. Eldridge, James W. Gerard, Furnifold McLendel Simmons, Howard Sutherland, Edwin Thomas Meredith, William Cameron Sproul, Jeter Connelly Pritchard, Seymour Stedman, 1920 Democratic National Convention, D. Leigh Colvin, Aaron S. Watkins, William Wesley Cox, August Gillhaus. Excerpt: Franklin Delano Roosevelt ( -z -v lt; January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945) also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945) and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. The only American president elected to more than two terms, he forged a durable coalition that realigned American politics for decades. FDR defeated incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover in November 1932, at the depths of the Great Depression. FDR's combination of optimism and activism contributed to reviving the national spirit. Working closely with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin in leading the Allies agains...
