How FDR transformed the US presidency
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Roosevelt Never Loses His Ambition for the Presidency
In 1928, FDR runs for the governorship of New York. He is in a wheelchair but doesn't let on how disabled he is. Roosevelt ekes out a very narrow victory in New York's state by fewer than 25,000 votes.
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