FDR sworn in as 44th governor of New York 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 1 1929)


Video: 'FDR Biography' (Jan. 1, 1929 at 4:40)

(New Year’s Day, Tuesday, January 1, 1929, 12:40 p.m. EST) — Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, 46, took the oath of office today in the Assembly Chamber at the Capitol in Albany as the 44th Governor of New York, succeeding Governor Al Smith, who ran unsuccessfully as the 1928 Democratic presidential nominee.

Roosevelt had narrowly defeated Republican Albert Ottinger on Nov. 6, 1928.