Hear a recording of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech to the 1941 Academy Awards.

Having hatcheted to death their gag of consistently embarrassing Theodore Roosevelt, the Washington Nationals announced that for the 2013 season, the Presidents’ Races in the middle of the fourth inning will add a new competitor.

The people have spoken: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has been selected by DCist readers as their choice to join the Washington Nationals’ lineup of racing presidents.