Theodore Roosevelt became a national hero after leading a voluntary cavalry, the Rough Riders, in the Spanish-American War. After, the former assistant naval secretary served as New York governor ...

In this study of F.D.R.'s activities in the years 1929-33, Mr. Bellush finds many seeds of the New Deal, though he regards Roosevelt's governorship as less germinal than Al Smith's. Franklin D.

Then in 1928, Al Smith is nominated for president and FDR is tapped to run for governor of New York. Smith loses to Herbert Hoover, but FDR wins his election and Eleanor Roosevelt becomes a ...

Theodore Roosevelt's time in Cuba makes him an American hero, and many at home urge him to run for Governor of New York. He is elected governor in 1898, and soon begins to implement progressive ...