In 1932 when FDR ran for his first term, the US and much of the world was in a great economic depression.
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Margaret Madeline Chase Smith was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in the 1964 presidential election, but was the first woman to be placed in nomination for the presidency at a major party's convention.
No woman has ever been nominated for US president yet. Margarette Chase Smith senator from Maine in 1964
Victoria Claflin Woodhull
The first presidential election was in 1788 and George Washington won and became the president of the United States. He ran unopposed.
There has never been an African American Presidential candidate from either major political party in the US.
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John B. Anderson ran for president in 1980, and was an independent.
The first woman to in the U.S become a bank president is Maggie Walker newtest3
Currently (in December 2015), the First Lady is Michelle Obama; she is the first woman of color in US history to be First Lady. When her husband Barack Obama's term as president ends, the US will have a new president and a new first lady---or if a woman wins, we will have a First Gentleman.
Victoria Woodhull was the Equal Rights Party's candidate for President in the 1872 election.