Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt congressional Democratic leadership was dominated by conservative Southerners, over half of the members of the incoming 73rd Congress had been elected since 1930. Many of these new members were eager to take action to combat the Depression, even if it meant defying the political orthodoxy of the previous years. Roosevelt appointed powerful men to top positions but made certain he made all the major decisions, regardless of delays, inefficiency or resentment. Analyzing the president's administrative style, historian James MacGregor Burns concludes: For his first Secretary of State, Roosevelt selected Cordell Hull, a prominent Tennessean who had served in the House
Theodore Joslin he lost in a landslide to Franklin D. Roosevelt. After Hoover left office, Joslin published an expurgated version of the diary as "Hoover Off the Record" (1934). Much of what he omitted was later published by Timothy Walch and Dwight M. Miller in "Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Documentary History" (1998). He died in 1944. Theodore Joslin Theodore Goldsmith "Ted" Joslin (February 28, 1890 – April 12, 1944) was the second White House Press Secretary under President Herbert Hoover from 1931 until 1933. Joslin was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, to Frederick A. and Hanna Hopgood Joslin. After graduating