NEW YORK — William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S.

As President Donald Trump issued a slew of executive orders and directives on his first day of his second administration, he ...

"In the Shadow of FDR," published in 1983 and periodically updated, demonstrated how presidents from Truman to George W. Bush attempted to shun and/or embrace Roosevelt's legacy. Leuchtenburg ...

William Rufus King had been vice president for forty-five days when he died in office. Harry Truman had been vice president for eighty-two days when Franklin Delano Roosevelt died at the Little White ...

Officials at the White House had to be notified of Roosevelt’s passing and Vice President Harry Truman had to be sworn into office as the new President of the United States. The presidential train had ...

“In the Shadow of FDR,” published in 1983 and periodically updated, demonstrated how presidents from Truman to George W. Bush attempted to shun and/or embrace Roosevelt’s legacy ...