William Leuchtenburg

Leuchtenburg was born in the Ridgewood neighborhood of Queens, New York, on September 28, 1922.^[4][5][6] He was raised in various parts of Queens.^[6] He was of German and Irish descent.^[4] On Ken Burns' documentary series Prohibition, he described, when he was a child, how his father was reported for operating an illegal distillery during the Prohibition Era.^[7] He received his BA degree in 1943 from Cornell University, where he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa society. He later received his PhD from Columbia University in 1951.^[8]

Leuchtenburg taught at Columbia University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.^[4]

He won the 2007 North Carolina Award for Literature.^[9]

He served as a program consultant for Ken Burns' documentary series Prohibition, which premiered on PBS in October 2011.^[10][11]

He was a president of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the Society of American Historians. Eric Foner is the only other historian to claim that distinction.^[12]

Leuchtenburg's marriage to Jean McIntire, which ended in divorce, produced three children.^[4] He later married Jean Anne Williams.^[4]

Leuchtenburg was a Democrat who was a delegate to the 1952 Democratic National Convention and was active in liberal causes.^[4]

Leuchtenburg turned 100 on September 28, 2022,^[13] and died at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on January 28, 2025, at the age of 102.^[4]

Summarize Timeline Fact Check

Leuchtenburg was the author of more than a dozen books on 20th-century history,^[14] including the Bancroft Prize–winning Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932–1940 (1963), a volume in the New American Nation series co-edited by his mentor Henry Steele Commager and Richard B. Morris. His works include:

• "Progressivism and Imperialism: The Progressive Movement and American Foreign Policy, 1898-1916." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 39.3 (1952): 483–504. online
• "Roosevelt, Norris and the 'Seven Little TVAs'." Journal of Politics 14.3 (1952): 418–441.
• Flood Control Politics: The Connecticut River Valley Problem, 1927–1950 (1953)
• The Perils of Prosperity, 1914–32 (1958) ISBN 978-0-226-47371-0 online
• The New Freedom: A Call for the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People (Introduction) (1961)
• The LIFE History of the United States, Volume 11: 1933–1945 – New Deal and Global War (1963)
• The LIFE History of the United States, Volume 12: From 1945 – The Great Age of Change (1963)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932–1940 (1963) online
• "The Origins of Franklin D. Roosevelt's" Court-Packing" Plan." The Supreme Court Review 1966 (1966): 347–400.
• The New Deal: A Documentary History (1968)
• Growth of the American Republic (2 vols.) with Samuel Eliot Morison and Henry Steele Commager (1969)
• A Troubled Feast: American Society Since 1945 (1973)
• "A Klansman Joins the Court: The Appointment of Hugo L. Black." The University of Chicago Law Review 41 (1973): 1+.
• New Deal and Global War (1974)
• The Growth of the American Republic (Volume I) with Samuel Eliot Morison and Henry Steele Commager (1980)
• A Concise History of the American Republic (Single Volume) with Samuel Eliot Morison and Henry Steele Commager (1983)
• In the Shadow of FDR: From Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan (1989; fourth edition, subtitled From Harry Truman to Barack Obama, 2009) online
• The Perils of Prosperity, 1914–1932 (The Chicago History of American Civilization) (1993)
• The Supreme Court Reborn: The Constitutional Revolution in the Age of Roosevelt (1996)
• The FDR Years: On Roosevelt and His Legacy (1997)
• American Places: Encounters with History (editor) (2000)
• That Man: An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt with Robert H. Jackson et al. (2004)
• The White House Looks South: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson (2005)
• The Executive Branch (2006)
• Herbert Hoover (The American Presidents Series) (2006)
• The American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton (2015)
• Patriot Presidents: From George Washington to John Quincy Adams (2024)^[4]