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Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States from 1933 to 1945
"FDR" redirects here. For other uses, see FDR (disambiguation) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (disambiguation).
Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
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Official campaign portrait, 1944 | |
In office March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 | |
Vice President | |
Preceded by | Herbert Hoover |
Succeeded by | Harry S. Truman |
In office January 1, 1929 – December 31, 1932 | |
Lieutenant | Herbert H. Lehman |
Preceded by | Al Smith |
Succeeded by | Herbert H. Lehman |
In office March 17, 1913 – August 26, 1920 | |
President | Woodrow Wilson |
Preceded by | Beekman Winthrop |
Succeeded by | Gordon Woodbury |
In office January 1, 1911 – March 17, 1913 | |
Preceded by | John F. Schlosser |
Succeeded by | James E. Towner |
Born | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-01-30)January 30, 1882 Hyde Park, New York, U.S. |
Died | April 12, 1945(1945-04-12) (aged 63) Warm Springs, Georgia, U.S. |
Resti • Franklin D. Roosevelt: Life Before the PresidencyFranklin Delano Roosevelt was born to James and Sara Roosevelt in 1882. James was a landowner and businessmen of considerable, but not awesome, wealth from New York. He likely joined the Democratic Party in the 1850s and identified with the party for the remainder of his life, although he voted for Republicans on a number of occasions. A widower, he married Sara Delano, who was twenty-six years his junior, in 1880. Sara, one of the five beautiful Delano sisters, came from a family of considerable means and was notable both for her aristocratic manner and her independent streak. Franklin spent his youth near Hyde Park, about fifty miles north of New York City, on a large estate and farm tended by hundreds of workers. Insulated from the outside world and schooled at home by tutors until a teenager, Franklin had limited contact with his peers. Nonetheless, the family atmosphere was one of support and affection for the only child. S • Franklin D. Roosevelt: Life in BriefFaced with the Great Depression and World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt, nicknamed “FDR,” guided America through its greatest domestic crisis, with the exception of the Civil War, and its greatest foreign crisis. His presidency—which spanned twelve years—was unparalleled, not only in length but in scope. FDR took office with the country mired in a horrible and debilitating economic depression that not only sapped its material wealth and spiritual strength, but cast a pall over its future. Roosevelt's combination of confidence, optimism, and political savvy—all of which came together in the experimental economic and social programs of the "New Deal"—helped bring about the beginnings of a national recovery. In foreign affairs, FDR committed the United States to the defeat of the fascist powers of Germany, Japan, and Italy, and led the nation and its allies to the brink of victory. This triumph dramatically altered America's relationship with t |