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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Book 3
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In THE TRIUMPH Frank Friedel, who was recently appointed Professor of History at Harvard, writes of Roosevelt from the time of his inauguration as Governor of New York in 1929 to his election in 1932 as President of the United States. As Richard Hofstadter says, "The book tells us just what we... read more
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People edit
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: Add a description of this character.
- Newton D. Baker
- Alben Barkley
- Bernard Baruch
- Adolf A. Berle
- Robert Worth Bingham
- James C. Bonbright
- William Bray
- Harry F. Byrd: A Democrat, he was United States Senator from Virginia from 1933 until 1965.
- Anton Cermak: Mayor of Chicago, 1931-1933.
- James M. Cox
- Homer Cummings
- James Michael Curley
- John F. Curry
- Josephus Daniels
- George Dern: Governor of Utah, 1925-1933; United States Secretary of War, 1933-1936.
- Clarence Dill: A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Washington from 1923 until 1935.
- James Farley
- Edward J. Flynn
- Felix Frankfurter
- John Nance Garner
- Frank Hague: Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey from 1917 to 1947.
- Pat Harrison
- William Randolph Hearst
- Herbert Hoover
- Edward M. House
- Louis McHenry Howe
- Charles Evans Hughes
- Cordell Hull
- Robert H. Jackson
- Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
- John Knight: President pro tempore of the New York State Senate, 1925-1931.
- Herbert H. Lehman
- J. Hamilton Lewis: United States Senator from Illinois, 1913-1919, 1931-1939.
- Walter Lippmann
- William Gibbs McAdoo
- Joseph A. McGinnies: A Republican state legislator, he was Speaker of the New York State Assembly from 1925 until 1934.
- H. Edmund Machold: Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1921-1924; chairman of the New York Republican State Committee, 1928-1929.
- Norman Mack
- W. Kingsland Macy: Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee, 1928-1929; Congressman from New York, 1947-1951.
- Charles Michelson
- Raymond Moley
- Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
- Robert Moses
- William H. Murray: Known as "Alfalfa Bill", he was the Democratic governor of Oklahoma from 1931 until 1935.
- George W. Norris
- Thomas Pendergast
- Frances Perkins
- Key Pittman
- John J. Raskob: A financial executive and businessman for DuPont and General Motors, he was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1928 to 1932.
- Sam Rayburn
- Albert Ritchie: Democratic Governor of Maryland, 1920-1935.
- Joseph T. Robinson
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Sara Roosevelt
- Sam Rosenman
- Samuel Seabury: New York lawyer and judge.
- Jouett Shouse
- Al Smith: Democratic Governor of New York, 1919-1920, 1923-1928; Democratic nominee for president, 1928.
- Henry Stimson
- Rexford Tugwell
- Charles H. Tuttle: United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1927-1930; Republican nominee for Governor of New York, 1930.
- Robert F. Wagner
- Jimmy Walker: Democratic mayor of New York City, 1926-1932.
- Henry A. Wallace
- Thomas J. Walsh: A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Montana from 1913 until 1933.
- Hamilton Ward, Jr.: New York State Attorney General, 1929-1930.
- Burton K. Wheeler
- Owen D. Young
First Sentence edit
TUESDAY, January 1, 1929, was a bleak, miserable day in Albany.
Table of Contents edit
I. Roosevelt Takes Command
II. A New Regime in Albany
III. A "Sanely Radical" Program
IV. The Battle of the Budget
V. Appeal to the People -- and the Courts
VI. A Quiet Summer Campaign
VII. Crash and Ascent
VIII. Victory over the Power Magnates
IX. Taming the Legislature
X. Bread and Booze
XI. The First Roosevelt Landslide
XII. A Fast Start
XIII. Depression Governor
XIV. Magic in the Name
XV. Pioneering Relief
XVI. Break with the "Happy Warrior"
XVII. Hat in the Ring
XVIII. A Champion for the Forgotten Man
XIX. The Fight for Delegates
XX. Roosevelt or Deadlock?
XXI. Toward a New Deal
XXII. To Starboard or Port?
XXIII. The Big Trip to the Coast
XXIV. The Triumph
Bibliographical Note
Acknowledgments
Notes
INdex
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 4 in Franklin D. Roosevelt. (standard series)
Preceded by Franklin D. Roosevelt, and followed by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Frank Burt Freidel (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1956
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 433
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1956
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 433
Awards edit
- National Book Award (Finalist, 1957: Nonfiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973.9170924
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