What president successfully led the united states during the depression? woodrow wilson franklin
d. roosevelt herbert hoover

Roosevelt

after taking over the  the presidency, he adopted as its main goal the fight against the crisis using the "new deal", which admittedly was a moderate success, but managed to restore public confidence in their own strength, which resulted into a number of new investments in the activation of society and insurance. numerous ill-prepared laws were annulled by the supreme court. despite these shortcomings, new deal in his  re-election for another term.