Election of 1940

Roosevelt was nominated by Democrat for another election. Due to the fact that it was during the world war time (did not enter the war yet). His main campaign was to keep America out off the war, and his proven excellence leadership. This election again Roosevelt won however his victory margin was lesser than the election of 1936 and 1932 mainly due to the tradition of breaking 2 terms. His opponent was Wendell Willkie, a republican. He won the election with the electoral vote of 449 to 82 and the popular vote of 54.7 % to 42.7% marking the history of the first president who served 3 consecutive terms.

Election of 1940

No one really doubted that Roosevelt would run for his fourth presidency again since he had been president for 3 terms already. His health was declining that some said that he might not stay long since he was unhealthy and had some serious sickness. The election was conducted during the World War II. Franklin D. Roosevelt won the nomination of the Democrat again. This time his opponent was from republican name was Thomas E. Dewey, a New York governor. He won his last reelection with the electoral vote of 432 to 99 and the popular vote of 53.4% to 45.9%. This election concluded Roosevelt as the longest president to be reelected in the America History and concluded his life as well.

Death

The sign of the end of Roosevelt shows after he returned from Yalta conference 1945 during his forth term. He felt very week that he did not stand while talking in the congress.” Early in April 1945 he traveled to his cottage in Warm Springs, Georgia—the “Little White House”—to rest. “On the afternoon of April 12 while sitting for a portrait, he suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage, and he died a few hours later” (Britannica Encyclopedia Online). He died before the war and before the V - E Day.
As an honor of his great works and his president stratus he was buried in a presidential train. His coffin was transfer to his hometown and buried at Rose Garden of the Springwood estate, New York.

Legacies

Roosevelt successfully got America out of the great depression, and started the new chapter of America. Eventhough the main reason of Many of his New Deal policies still exists today such as Glass Steagall, Wagner Act, Social Security Act, and TVA. “Out of these, social security act is one of the most enduring legacies of the New Deal” (American History Notes), it still provides social welfare for retires, and disabilities. TVA provided Tennessee with large amount of electricity that some electricity does not need to pass through a lot of process generating electricity. His leadership during world war one of the most important that led United State to the victory. Roosevelt and his big three fellow together defeated Hitler, and established United Nation, the league of Nation that is for everyone and brought the world closer and unite. Nowadays United Nation or UN is one of the most respected organizations in the world, and it has succeeded in negotiating peace, helping poor nations to develop, and provide refugee at Palestine

1932 Presidential Election

Because of Roosevelt’s popularity, he was the obvious candidate for the Democrat Party. He also had friends that popular were in publishing industries such as William Randolph Kennedy. “This election was conducted in the year of great depression a time that majority of Americans were unemployed, many banks had been shut down, and industrial product had fallen about 56%. The depression became the issue for all Americans.”(The White House). Responding to the Great Depression, Roosevelt campaign was relief, reform, and recover America. Roosevelt pledged for the people that he would have a new deal to provide jobs ,make better living standard and to bring recovery to business and agriculture (This was his famous speech “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.”), and he promised aid to farmers, public development of electric power, a balanced budget, and government policing of irresponsible private economic power. Another campaign that Roosevelt promised was to bring the end of lynching. Two African American campaigners against lynching, Mary McLeod Bethune and Walter Francis White helped him about this too.
Roosevelt won 57% of the ( 23 million popular votes to Hoover's nearly 16 million) and the electoral vote was 472 to 59 to President Herbert Hoover from republican who is running for election
It was evident that during President Hoover’s office, the economy had been spiral downward. His triumphant was the significance key to recovered America and brought America up as the world most power nation as to the world

Franklin Delano Roosvelt

He is FRANKLIN D. Roosevelt
Rank: 32th president of America
Years of Presidency-March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945(Longest presidenncy only one to be elected for 4 consecutive times)
Born: January 30, 1882 in the Hudson Valley town of Hyde Park, New York
Education: Groton School (one of the top school for preparing student to enter top universities), Harvard University( foreign affairs), Columbia Law school but dropped because he pass New York State Bar exam.
Married to: Eleanor Roosevelt (they have the same last name and same family line)
Early Career:
1.Worked in Carter Ledyard & Milburnin Wall Street ( mainly with corporate law)
1910,ran for New York Senator and was reelected inNovember 5, 1912, and resigned from the 2.New York State Senate on March 17, 1913
3.1911 became one of the leaders who opposed Manhattan's Tammany Hall, a political machine which dominated the state Democratic’s Party.
4.Appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by Woodrow Wilson in 1913( gain reputation as an effective administer)
5.Founded the United States Navy Reserve.
6.Founded a hydrotherapy center for the treatment of polio patients which still operates as the 7.Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation (when he had polio).
8.Governor of New York 1929–1932
-“Concentrated on tax relief for farmers and cheaper public utilities for consumers”( biography .com)
Roosevelt Illness: During 1921 ,he had sickness that physician believe is polio .He was paralyzed from the waist down. He tried a variety of therapies. Throughout this life time, he never accepted about this evident fact that paralysed him. He did not give up even though he was paralyzed. He learned how to walk shorter distances and wore supported accessories and even convinced the public that he was getting better.Years later, when the technology and the face of medicine was more developed and advance, it becomes clear that that the sickness that Franklin D. Roosevelt had is not polio but Guillain-Barré syndrome. This fact still remains uncertain because Roosevelt’s sickness was never meticulously examined.