Thereafter the Government could legally regulate the economy. He also sought through neutrality legislation to keep the United States out of the war in Europe, yet at the same time to strengthen nations threatened or attacked. When France fell and England came under siege in , he began to send Great Britain all possible aid short of actual military involvement. Feeling that the future peace of the world would depend upon relations between the United States and Russia, he devoted much thought to the planning of a United Nations, in which, he hoped, international difficulties could be settled.
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His distant cousin, Theodore Roosevelt, ran unsuccessfully as a third-party candidate in , after declining to run in President Ulysses S. Grant also sought a third term in , but he lacked enough party support to get a nomination. The first president, Washington, set the two-term precedent in when he decided to pass on a third term, setting up a scramble between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in the fall race. In , a friend urged Washington to come out of retirement to run for a third term.
Washington made his thoughts quite clear, especially when it came to new phenomena of political parties. Instead, he backed William Howard Taft as a surrogate candidate, but the urge to control his own political party drove Roosevelt back to the campaign trail in Since he was running for president, Smith asked Roosevelt to succeed him, and Roosevelt ran for governor of New York in Roosevelt was elected governor by one half of a percentage point.
Shortly into his first term as governor, the stock market crashed and ushered the world into the Great Depression. Roosevelt was re-elected as governor in Roosevelt was selected as the Democratic nominee for president at the Democratic National Convention on July 2, At the convention, Roosevelt promised "a new deal for the American people.
He won a majority of both the popular just over 57 percent and electoral college vote of By the time that Roosevelt began his first term on March 4, , the Great Depression had reached its peak with some 13 million Americans unemployed. During his first days in office, many New Deal programs were created to provide relief and recovery from the Depression such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, National Recovery Administration, and Tennessee Valley Authority.
Roosevelt was re-elected to a second term in In the general election, Roosevelt faced Alfred M. Landon R and five other candidates. He won a majority of both the popular about During Roosevelt's second term in office, he focused on the supreme court with the purpose of obtaining more favorable rulings regarding the New Deal.
From to , many of Roosevelt's New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional by the court. Roosevelt proposed the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of which would have expanded the court to as many as 15 judges. The bill was voted down in Congress, but by Roosevelt had appointed all but two of the justices on the court. Roosevelt was re-elected to a third term in In the general election, Roosevelt faced Wendell Willkie R and four other candidates.
He won a majority of both the popular just over 54 percent and electoral college vote of Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act in which provided aid to foreign nations fighting against Germany and Italy. It allowed the U. By early , a medical examination revealed that Roosevelt was suffering from high blood pressure and had serious heart problems.
In the general election, Roosevelt faced Thomas Dewey R and two other candidates. He won a majority of both the popular just over 53 percent and electoral college vote of He returned to the United States after the conference severely weakened and returned to his cottage in Warm Springs, Georgia.
He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on April 12, , and died. He was succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Roosevelt was married to Anna Eleanor Roosevelt from until his death in Together they had six children, five of whom survived infancy: Anna, James, Elliott, Franklin, and John. Other candidates that appeared on the ballot received less than 0. Aiken Socialist Labor in the general election for the United States presidency.
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