Five Most Influential President of the United States (PETOS)

Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)

The conservative republican, Herbert Hoover, believed in the lassies faire ideals of capitalism, and that the federal government should stay out of the economy. Anything in addition to this lassie faire mind-set would bring about to much change and would" part with the public interest…" as proposed by Hoover's nominee speech. However, with the Stock Market Crash of 1929, and the depression getting worse everyday, Hoover needed to do something. Yet, even in this desperate time, he was not willing to take a liberal stand of change, rather retained his conservatism as suggested by his second annual message to Congress. In which, Hoover states that the government should not intervene, but suggest businesses to voluntarily cooperate with the effort to raise the economic status of the fallen America. However, Hoover did advocate some change and reform within his presidential reign as displayed in his statement to the press in 1931 where he advocates loans to help agriculture. Yet, these changes all functioned within the businesses' wishes, and the republican idea of limited government spending directly for the people, as seen on the U.S. Bureau of the Census which shows the limited government spending during Hoover's administration. Thus, Hoover's small contribution to change the government to provide direct aid during the depression proves his primary conservative attitude.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)

Liberal democrat Franklin Roosevelt realized that his administration time was one of economic, social, and political desperation. Desperate times, according to Roosevelt need desperate measures to fix them, measures like his revolutionary New Deal. He realized that the Hoover administration of conservatism would do nothing for the people and said as much in his candidate speech in Pittsburgh. Though countered with the attacks of "Pinko" and "socialistic reform," Roosevelt believed that the lack ...