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Franklin D. Roosevelt served four terms as President of the United States. Franklin D. Roosevelt's cabinet may refer to: Franklin D. Roosevelt's cabinet may refer to: 1st and 2nd terms
Pages in category "Franklin D. Roosevelt administration cabinet members" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Franklin D. Roosevelt administration cabinet members (1 C, 28 P) B. Black Cabinet (8 P) Pages in category "Franklin D. Roosevelt administration personnel"
Harold Lloyd Hopkins (August 17, 1890 – January 29, 1946) was an American statesman, public administrator, and presidential advisor. A trusted deputy to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hopkins directed New Deal relief programs before serving as the eighth United States secretary of commerce from 1938 to 1940 and as Roosevelt's chief foreign policy advisor and liaison to Allied leaders ...
United States presidents typically fill their Cabinets and other appointive positions with people from their own political party.The first Cabinet formed by the first president, George Washington, included some of Washington's political opponents, but later presidents adopted the practice of filling their Cabinets with members of the president's party.
A member of the Democratic Party, Perkins was the first woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her longtime friend, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped make labor issues important in the emerging New Deal coalition.
Roosevelt systematically undercut prominent Democrats who were angling for the nomination, including Vice President John Nance Garner [294] and two cabinet members, Secretary of State Hull and Postmaster General James Farley. Roosevelt moved the convention to Chicago where he had strong support from the city machine, which controlled the ...
The Cabinet of the United States is the principal official advisory body to the president of the United States. The Cabinet generally meets with the president in a room adjacent to the Oval Office in the West Wing of the White House. The president chairs the meetings but is not formally a member of the Cabinet.