"FDR" redirects here. For other uses, see FDR (disambiguation) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (disambiguation).
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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.
Resting place
Springwood Estate
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Children
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"Liberty is the air that we Americans breathe. Our government is based on the belief that a people can be both strong and free, that civilized men need no restraint but that imposed by themselves against the abuse of freedom."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) U.S. President Law 1905–07
The thirty-second president of the United States, Roosevelt led the country through the Great Depression and most of World War II. He was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. An aristocrat descended from one of America's oldest families, FDR championed the cause of ordinary people who had been economically devastated by the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1929. As a wartime leader, he infused the nation with hope and determination, regularly communicating with the public through radio addresses that were also known as fireside chats. Stricken with polio in 1921, he prevailed over his infirmity and his mother's wishes to remain a presence in New York politics. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1945.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Life Before the Presidency
Franklin 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. Sara Roosevelt proved especially dedicated to Franklin, spending almost all of her considerable energ