He won two major history prizes and served as a consultant for filmmaker Ken Burns. His books charted the evolution of the American presidency.

The local legacy of President Theodore Roosevelt is being honored with the installation of 30 historic panels, 21 of which are being mounted at the 26th President’s former estate, the Sagamore ...

The prominence of the Roosevelt family in American history is legendary. The family's legacy claims two of America's best-loved presidents as well as one of the most influential first ladies.

Mr. Leuchtenburg published “In the Shadow of F.D.R.,” about Roosevelt’s legacy for future presidents, in 1983, and he updated the book several times, taking it up to the administration of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S. presidency and as the reigning scholar on Franklin Roosevelt and the New ...