Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd President of the United States, American statesman of the 20th century

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About

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) was the 32nd President of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. Born into a wealthy family in Hyde Park, New York, he studied at Harvard and Columbia Law School. He entered politics as a New York state senator (1910) and later served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under Wilson. Stricken with polio in 1921, he was left paralyzed from the waist down but continued his career. Governor of New York (1929-1932), he was elected president in 1932 during the Great Depression. His New Deal introduced major economic and social reforms. He led the nation through World War II and played a key role in founding the United Nations. He is the only U.S. president elected four times.

Key milestones

1933Inaugurated as President of the United States and launched the New Deal during the 'Hundred Days'.
1941Signs the Lend-Lease Act to aid the Allies and opens the first U.S. presidential library at Hyde Park.
1945Dies on April 12 in Warm Springs, Georgia, of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Themes

New DealWorld War IICrisis leadershipSocial reformsInternational cooperation

Sources: whitehouse.gov · fdrlibrary.org