19 Facts About Samuel Rosenman

Samuel Irving Rosenman was an American lawyer, judge, Democratic Party activist, and presidential speechwriter.

Samuel Rosenman coined the term "New Deal", and helped articulate liberal policies during the heyday of the New Deal coalition.

Samuel Rosenman was the first person to hold the position of White House Counsel.

Samuel Rosenman served in the US Army during World War I and graduated from Columbia Law School in 1919.

Samuel Rosenman was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Sigma Rho.

Samuel Rosenman was a senior advisor to presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.

Samuel Rosenman was the first official White House Counsel, then called Special Counsel, between 1943 and 1946.

Samuel Rosenman was a speechwriter under both presidents, helping Roosevelt with his speeches from his days as governor.

Samuel Rosenman was responsible for the term "New Deal", a phrase in the conclusion of FDR's acceptance speech at the 1932 Democratic National Convention.

Samuel Rosenman officially joined the White House after ill health forced him to have to choose between his judicial work and his presidential work.

Samuel Rosenman coordinated the meetings and discussions that led to the reorganization of agencies overseeing production of war materials, allocation of resources, housing, control of inflation and other domestic concerns critical to the war effort.

Samuel Rosenman submitted his resignation as Special Counsel upon Roosevelt's death but Truman asked him to stay on, initially through V-E Day, then through V-J Day, and finally into 1946.

Samuel Rosenman wrote the 1946 State of the Union Address for Truman on his own in 1946.

Samuel Rosenman's memoir, Working with Roosevelt, is one of the most quoted and praised first-person accounts of the Roosevelt administration.

Samuel Rosenman was a member of its Survey Committee, which worked to reduce antisemitism in the United States by promoting national unity.

The Survey Committee emphasized the importance of unity in standing up to the Nazi menace and was influential, in part through Samuel Rosenman, in having Roosevelt promote and emphasize national unity in many of his speeches before and after the US entry entered World War II.

Samuel Rosenman was sensitive to the destructive charges that Roosevelt was led by a "Jewish cabal" and, as with many leading Jews, fearful that antisemitism in the United States could increase further.

From 1964 to 1966, Samuel Rosenman served as president of the New York City Bar Association.

Samuel Rosenman briefly served as chairman of 20th century Fox in 1962.