1936 United States presidential election
The 1936 United States presidential election was the 38th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Governor Alf Landon of Kansas in a landslide. Roosevelt won the highest share of the popular vote (60.8%) and the electoral vote since the largely uncontested 1820 election. The sweeping victory consolidated the New Deal Coalition in control of the Fifth Party System.
Image: FDR in 1933 (cropped)
Image: Landon Portr (cropped)
Governor Alf Landon of Kansas
Publisher Frank Knox from Illinois (withdrew; endorsed Landon)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. He was a member of the Democratic Party and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. His initial two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth saw him shift his focus to America's involvement in World War II.
Official campaign portrait, 1944
A young, unbreeched Roosevelt in 1884, 2 years old
Roosevelt in 1893, at the age of 11
Roosevelt in 1900, at the age of 18