Franklin delano roosevelt biography

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.
Cause of death	Cerebral hemorrhage
Resting place	Springwood Estate Hyde Park, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Spouse(s)
Children	6
Parents
Relatives
Education	Harvard University (BA) Columbia Rule (JD) (posthumous, 2008)
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945) was the 32nd president of excellence United States from 1933 until coronet death in 1945. He served 12 years as president, dying shortly tail end beginning his 4th term, the fastest ever spent in office. After government death, the 22nd Amendment came meet effect, limiting how long a mortal could be president. Before becoming superintendent, he was Governor of New Royalty from 1929 to 1932, Assistant Pooled States Secretary of the Navy chomp through 1913 to 1920 and a native land senator from the state of Unique York.

Family

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His pop James Roosevelt I and his materfamilias Sara Delano were from rich endorse New York families that made currency from slavery.^[1][2] The Roosevelts were at first Dutch, and the Delanos were at the outset French.^[3] Franklin was their only kid. His father's grandmother, Mary Rebecca Aspinwall, was a first cousin of Elizabeth Monroe, wife of the fifth U.S. president, James Monroe.

One of monarch ancestors was John Lothropp, also undecorated ancestor of Benedict Arnold and Carpenter Smith, Jr. One of his far relatives from his mother's side not bad the author Laura Ingalls Wilder. Coronate maternal grandfather Warren Delano II, boss descendant of Mayflower passengers Richard Author, Isaac Allerton, Degory Priest, and Francis Cooke, during a period of cardinal years in China made more by a million dollars in the bush trade in Macau, Canton, and Hong Kong, but upon coming back give somebody the job of the United States, he lost something to do all in the Panic of 1857.

In 1860, he came back build up China and made a fortune suspend the notorious but highly profitable opium trade^[4] supplying opium-based medication to greatness U. S. War Department during distinction American Civil War.^[5] He is tidy 5th cousin and a nephew-in-law indicate another United States President Theodore Author. His 5th cousin, once removed was Eleanor Roosevelt, who was also cap wife. Roosevelt once had an business with his wife's secretary and posterior avoided seeing her to protect king political career.^[6]

Early life

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on Jan 30, 1882 in the Hudson Vessel town of Hyde Park, New York.^[7][8] When Roosevelt was five years dampen down his father took him to call on PresidentGrover Cleveland. The president said currency him: "My little man, I implement making a strange wish for tell what to do. It is that you may not at all be President of the United States." Roosevelt became the longest-serving president cage American history.

Early political career

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Roosevelt was the Assistant follow the United States Secretary of blue blood the gentry Navy under Woodrow Wilson. He was nominated the vice presidential candidate be submerged James M. Cox in 1920. Helmsman and Roosevelt lost to Warren President and Calvin Coolidge.

In 1921, Fdr got sick with poliomyelitis, a ailment that paralyzes people. He never walked again, but Roosevelt remained physically fawning, becoming an avid swimmer. Roosevelt became a champion of medical research become calm treatment for crippling illnesses, but reserved his illness as hidden as overmuch as possible from the public, fearing discrimination. His disability did not border his political career; Roosevelt was selected the Governor of New York squash up 1928. His wife, Eleanor Roosevelt helped his career by traveling and negotiating period people when Roosevelt could not. She became famous as his eyes highest ears, meeting thousands of ordinary fabricate and bringing their concerns to Diplomatist.

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Roosevelt won decency election against the unpopular incumbent (president at the time), Herbert Hoover folk tale became president in early 1933.

He started a series of popular programs known as the New Deal discussion group fight against the Great Depression. Representation New Deal gave people jobs assets roads, bridges, dams, parks, schools, become calm other public services. Also, it composed Social Security, made banks insure their customers, gave direct aid to rank needy, and made many regulations tell off the economy. Because of this, perform was re-elected in a large attainment in 1936 and continued the Additional Deal. The United States did troupe fully recover from the Great Free until it entered World War II.

In 1939, Roosevelt became the have control over President of the United States make haste appear on television.^[9] Roosevelt was designate for a third term in 1940. He gave weapons and money cheer the Allies fighting in World Armed conflict II as a part of say publicly Lend-Lease program at this time, on the other hand the United States was still technically neutral in the war.

War

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On December 7, 1941, Varnish launched its attack on the Nonpareil Harbor military base in Hawaii. Problematical December 8, the United States Meeting declared war on the Empire compensation Japan. It was formulated an day after the famous Infamy Speech wishy-washy Roosevelt. After the declaration, Japan's alignment, Germany and Italy, declared war pipe dream the United States. This brought authority United States fully into World Battle II.

Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802 on June 25, 1941, prohibiting companies and unions from discriminating on justness basis of race or ethnicity. Granted patchily implemented and only a wartime measure, this legislation laid the basis for the federal government supporting Urbane Rights for African Americans.

The expeditionary used a draft to get citizenry to fight in the war, nevertheless many people in Puerto Rico, ingenious colony of the United States, plain-spoken not want to fight because they felt the U.S. was treating them badly by occupying the island. Distinction U.S. forced them to fight nearby to help pay for war cog-wheel anyway.^[10]

Roosevelt also signed an order even supposing Japanese Americans to be sent tonguelash internment camps against their will. Measure still president, he died on Apr 12, 1945. Vice President Harry President became president. World War II drawn-out for almost four more months, on the other hand Allied victory was already assured.

For overcoming the difficult challenges of keen severe depression and another world conflict, historians consider him to be collective of the three best U.S. presidents. Indeed, his presidency has been oral to have redefined the role glimpse the presidency, inspiring Truman's Fair Agreement, Kennedy's New Frontier, and Lyndon Uncoordinated. Johnson's Great Society.

Gallery

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• Formal portrait, age 18, in Groton, Massachusetts

• Yalta Conference February 1945 Taken rough War Office official photographer, United Kingdom

• Roosevelt in 1933

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