Louis McHenry Howe Quotes
Franklin is on his own now.
Howe was as close a political advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt as any president had ever had. He had been with Roosevelt in his early political days and stayed with him even when Roosevelt’s polio appeared to have ended his political career. It was Howe who persuaded FDR and his friends and family that he could re-enter politics even with the polio. Few believed it was possible, but between Howe and FDR, they did what was perceived as the impossible. Presidential assistant Harry Hopkins picked up much of the slack and became even closer to FDR than Howe had been.
Louis McHenry Howe, 1871-1935, Presidential Assistant (Democrat), Campaign Manager & Earliest Political Advisor, Statement to friends just before he died, April 1936
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Louis McHenry Howe was an American reporter for the New York Herald best known for acting as an early political advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
