![]() Roosevelt.įDR was no more successful than Hoover at slaying this beast of hard times, as evidenced by the depression of 1937-1938 during Roosevelt's second term, when unemployment surged to 20%. His dour personality was in stark contrast to that of his successor, the ebullient, upbeat, confidence-inspiring Franklin D. His political maladroitness and optimistic statements allowed him to be portrayed-even to this day-as out of touch, overwhelmed and incompetent. This greatest of economic disasters began on Hoover's watch, and he was seen as incapable of successfully dealing with it. He was caricatured as cold and indifferent to the unprecedented human hardships brought on by the Great Depression. On the other hand, in 1933 Hoover left the presidency, after one term, as probably the most vilified and hated individual ever to occupy the White House. ![]()
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