Spouse
1907
1933
Feb 6
Age: 26y
birth of childPhilip A Wingard Ridgway, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1933 • U.S. President Herbert Hoover is succeeded by Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), who in reference to the Great Depression, proclaims "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself" in his inauguration speech. FDR is sworn in by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. It is also the last time Inauguration Day in the United States occurs on March 4. |
1940
Age: 33y
| 1940 • United States presidential election, 1940: Democrat incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Republican challenger Wendell Willkie and becomes the United States' first and only third-term president. |