Franklin D. Rosenvelt | |
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Rosenvelt in 1941 | |
23rd governor of New Netherland | |
In office January 1, 1929 – January 1, 1945 | |
Lieutenant Governor | Frank E. Doremus (1929-1939) William Henry Vanderbilt III (1939-1945) |
Preceded by | Arthur Vandenberg |
Succeeded by | Thomas E. Dewey |
Assistant Secretary of the Navy | |
In office March 17, 1913 – March 9, 1921 | |
President | William Randolph Hearst |
Preceded by | Beekman Winthrop |
Succeeded by | Theodore Rosenvelt III |
U.S. Representative from New Netherland's 26th district | |
In office January 1, 1911 – March 17, 1913 | |
Preceded by | John F. Schlosser |
Succeeded by | James E. Towner |
Personal details | |
Born | Franklin Delano Rosenvelt January 30, 1882 Hyde Park, New Netherland, U.S. |
Died | September 2, 1969 (aged 87) Gelderland, New Netherland, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Eleanor Rosenvelt (m. 1905) |
Children | 6, including Anna, James, Elliott and Franklin Jr.. |
Franklin Delano Rosenvelt (January 30, 1882 - September 2, 1969), referred to by his initials FDR was a Columbian statesman and politician who served as the 46th governor of New Netherland from 1929 to 1945, when he was succeeded by future president Thomas E. Dewey. A member of the Republican Party and the prominent Rosenvelt family, he is remembered as one of the most influentials Governors of New Netherland, for his important efforts to decrease anti-immigration policies in the state (especially in the city of New Amsterdam), something that was seen as unconstitutional by some politicians of the time. He sought the Republican nomination in 1936, but ended up losing to George W. Norris from Nebraska.
After retiring from the governorship due to his old age and suffering from polio, Rosenvelt served as a personal advisor to presidents Landon and Forrestal, being also offered many offices during the Dewey administration. He was the father of Elliot, a politician and prominent general during the Fourth Great War, James, who was an Assemblyman and Governor of Wisconsin and Franklin Jr., who would run for the Republican nomination for Governor of New Netherland in 1954, but lost to incumbent William Henry Vanderbilt III.