Presidential transition of Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The presidential transition of Franklin D. Roosevelt began when he won the United States 1932 United States presidential election, becoming the president-elect of the United States, and ended when Roosevelt was inaugurated at noon EST on March 4, 1933.
Date of election | November 8, 1932 |
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Inauguration date | March 4, 1933 |
President-elect | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) |
Vice president-elect | John Nance Garner (Democrat) |
Outgoing president | Herbert Hoover (Republican) |
Outgoing vice president | Charles Curtis (Republican) |
At the time that Roosevelt's occurred, the term "presidential transition" had yet to be widely applied to the period between an individual's election as president of the United States and their assumption of the office.[1]
The transition has been regarded as a rough transition, with tremendous tensions between president-elect Roosevelt and outgoing president Herbert Hoover, whom Roosevelt had defeated in the election. It took place against the backdrop of the Great Depression.