No, Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under U.S. President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. Roosevelt later became the 32nd US President.
False.
He was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
The president during World War One was Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president. Wilson was president from 1913-1921. Franklin Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the Navy during WWI. FDR later became the 32nd president, from 1933-45. Obama is the 44th president.
No. FDR was not a military veteran. He had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy during WWI.
Roosevelt served as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1913 to 1920. In this role, he was responsible for managing the Navy's affairs and modernizing its fleet leading up to and during World War I.
President William McKinley appointed Theodore Roosevelt to the post of Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1897. The Secretary of the Navy at the time was John D. Long , who was away from Washington often, and not very active in his post, in essence giving Roosevelt control over the Navy.
Some of the leaders during the Progressive Era were people like Teddy Roosevelt, Susan B. Anthony, and Woodrow Willson. The Progressive Era was a time when there was much progress with social issues and an attempt to end corruption in government.
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson was the US president during WW I.
Woodrow Wilson.
Woodrow Wilson
During the women's suffrage movement, the president of the United States was Woodrow Wilson.
Woodrow Wilson's campaign manager for his presidential campaign in 1912 was William Gibbs McAdoo. McAdoo was a lawyer and politician who previously served as Wilson's Secretary of the Treasury during his presidency. He played a crucial role in crafting Wilson's campaign strategy and securing his nomination.