• Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) was the 32nd President of the United States, serving a total of four terms as president from 1933 until his death in 1945.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: January 30, 1882
  2. Birthplace Hyde Park, NY
  3. Wife: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
  4. Died: April 12, 1945 in Warm Springs, GA
  5. 1928-1932: Governor of New York State
  6. Graduated from Harvard University
  7. Religion: Episcopalian
  8. Vice Presidents: John Garner, Henry Wallace, Harry Truman
  9. Theodore Roosevelt was his fifth cousin

• The New Deal

  Roosevelt won the presidency during the heart of the Great Depression under a platform of immediate relief for the nation's poorest. He instigated The New Deal, a series of policies aimed at stimulating the U.S. economy after the stock market crash of 1929. He was also instrumental in the repeal of Prohibition one month after he was inaugurated.

• Paralysis

  In 1921, Roosevelt became ill and paralyzed from the waist down. Believing the disease to be polio, he co-founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, with the intention of finding a cure. Today, the organization is called the March of Dimes and promotes pre-natal and infant health. A 2003 study concluded that Roosevelt likely had Guillain-Barre syndrome, not polio.

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