Theodore and Franklin: F.D.R’s use of the Theodore Roosevelt image, 1920-1936
Subject(s): Blum, John Morton, 1921-2011, Collin, Richard H., Coughlin, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1891-1979, Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923, Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945, Jones, Alfred Haworth, La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925, La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947, Leuchtenburg, William E. (William Edward), 1922-, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935, Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980, Mackay, William Andrew, 1876-1939, Mowry, George E. (George Edwin), 1909-1984, New, Harry S. (Harry Stewart), 1858-1937, Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935, Peterson, Merrill D., Pindar, George N., Pope, John Russell, 1874-1937, Pringle, Henry F. (Henry Fowles), 1897-1958, Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933, Rollins, Alfred B., Jr., 1921-2013, Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944, Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007, Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944, Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
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Alan R. Havig explores the ways in which Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) used the memory and legacy of Theodore Roosevelt (TR) to advance his own political career and causes. In doing so, he actually helped burnish the reputation of Theodore Roosevelt as a Progressive reformer. He looks closely at the 1920 campaign when FDR, the Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate, attacked the Republican nominee, Warren G. Harding, for denouncing TR and the Progressives in 1912. Havig examines how FDR attacked the Republicans for abandoning TR’s Progressive legacy and how FDR’s adoption of TR’s mantle led to a long feud between the two wings of the Roosevelt family. He also looks at how FDR supported the construction of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Havig also looks at how FDR used TR in 1936 to argue that the latter’s Square Deal had been a predecessor to his New Deal program. FDR, on the occasion of the dedication of the Roosevelt Memorial Hall in January 1936, quoted extensively from TR to demonstrate that he would have supported FDR’s extensive use of government to address the problems faced by the nation in the 1930s.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
1979
Creator(s)
Publication Date
2022-12-08
Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Page Count
5
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
No permission is required from the Theodore Roosevelt Association to use items in the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal collection for educational purposes. For permissions, contact William Tilchin at (516) 921-6319 or by email at wnt@bu.edu.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Theodore and Franklin: F.D.R’s use of the Theodore Roosevelt image, 1920-1936. [October 29, 1979?]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o305919. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Havig, Alan R., 1940-. Theodore and Franklin: F.D.R’s use of the Theodore Roosevelt image, 1920-1936. [29 Oct. 1979?]. Image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. October 29, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o305919.
APA:
Havig, Alan R., 1940-.: , [1979, October 29?]. Theodore and Franklin: F.D.R’s use of the Theodore Roosevelt image, 1920-1936. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o305919.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. October 29, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
APA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
