# clm_062AA9552DCB

subject: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (/record/us-securities-and-exchange-commission.md)  
predicate: founder  
value: Franklin Delano Roosevelt  
valid_from: undated  
valid_to: null  
published: 2010-05-03  
recorded: 2026-11-01  
confidence: 0.80  
status: unverified  
assertable: false (unverified: Unverified: one source that is not primary, or a primary source below confidence 0.7. Asserted once a primary source or a second independent domain confirms it.)  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-02  
cite: AsOf. "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission founder: Franklin Delano Roosevelt", undated. Claim clm_062AA9552DCB, https://asof.is/claim/clm_062AA9552DCB, accessed 2026-11-08. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q953944.  
checked: 2026-11-01 · its source page states the value and the date  

> The SEC was created in 1934 as one of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs to help fight the devastating economic effects of the Great Depression and prevent any future market calamities.

What https://www.history.com/articles/securities-and-exchange-commission says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q953944 (secondary, Wikidata)
- https://www.history.com/articles/securities-and-exchange-commission (secondary, history.com, published 2010-05-03)

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