FDR: “My great ambition on January 20, 1941, is to turn over this desk and…”

On the recordMarch 3, 1937

My great ambition on January 20, 1941, is to turn over this desk and chair in the White House to my successor.

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Democratic · New York

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Address at the Democratic Victory Dinner. Washington

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FDR: “My great ambition on January 20, 1941, is to turn over this desk and chair in the White House to my successor.”