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The following year, Roosevelt's fifth cousin Theodore Roosevelt became U.S. president. Theodore's vigorous leadership style and reforming zeal made him Franklin's role model and hero. [21] He graduated from Harvard in three years in 1903 with an A.B. in history. [22] He remained there for a fourth year, taking graduate courses. [23]
On November 22, president-elect Roosevelt and outgoing president Hoover held their first post-election in-person meeting in the White House's Red Room. [8] [18] Hoover was surprised, at the meeting, to witness the extent of Roosevelt's paralytic disability. [8]
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Ohio, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1803, Ohio has participated in every U.S. presidential election. For most of its statehood from the Twentieth century on, Ohio has been considered a swing state , being won by either the Democratic or Republican candidates ...
President Roosevelt holds a press conference in Washington. [35] President Roosevelt announces the government is studying the potential moving of vital arms plants away from danger zones on the coasts. [36] The White House announces 26 countries have signed an agreement to combat Germany until the war's conclusion. [37]
Roosevelt took office as vice president in March 1901. The office was a powerless sinecure and did not suit Roosevelt's aggressive temperament. [106] Roosevelt's six months as vice president were uneventful and boring for a man of action. He had no power; he presided over the Senate for a mere four days before it adjourned. [107]
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In late 1943, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed to meet to discuss strategy and post-war plans at the Tehran Conference, which marked Roosevelt's first face-to-face meeting with Stalin. [182] At the conference, Britain and the United States committed to opening a second front against Germany in 1944, while Stalin committed to entering the ...