Teddy Roosevelt was Governor of New York, U.S. President, and was shot in the chest while campaigning. The bullet first struck his glasses case and 50-page speech. Bloodied, he prophetically claimed: ...

The Democratic National Committee appoints Eleanor director of Bureau of Women's Activities; FDR is elected as governor of New York. President Herbert Hoover declares that the United States is ...

Republican Boss Thomas C. Platt assisted Roosevelt, “The hero of San Juan Hill”, to become Governor of New York in order to defeat popular Democrat, Judge Augustus van Wyck. However, when Roosevelt ...

Roosevelt fought his illness and continued to stay in politics, careful to never be seen in his wheelchair in public. He ...

Then in 1928, Al Smith is nominated for president and FDR is tapped to run for governor of New York. Smith loses to Herbert Hoover, but FDR wins his election and Eleanor Roosevelt becomes a ...

New York landmarks were lit in yellow for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, as Governor Hochul honored the 6 million Jews killed during the Holocaust.