Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only U.S. president to be elected four times, serving 12 years in office from March 4, 1933 to his death on April 12, 1945. ... Within his first 100 days after taking office in March of 1933, President Franklin D. read more
In 1947, President Harry S. Truman appointed Hoover to a commission, which elected him chairman, to reorganize the executive departments. This became known as the Hoover Commission. He was appointed chairman of a similar commission by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953. read more
Herbert Hoover was an old time Republican politician who felt that government governed best that governed least. He was not a bad man but handling the Depression was just beyond him. He believed that sooner or later this economic glitch (the Depression) would just work itself out and America would be right as rain again. read more