Franklin Roosevelt famously never carried Dutchess County in his four successful US Presidential campaigns. This page is dedicated to the people who were his very active supporters, many from the time of his first political campaign in 1910.
IN EARLY DEVELOPMENT
Above: A Democrat had not won the local NY State Senate seat in decades, many thought FDR did not have a chance of winning. He was helped by a broader Democratic sweep as the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle reveals.