Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933- 1945)
President
Franklin Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York on January 30, 1882. He came from a wealthy family and attended Harvard University.
In 1905,
he married his distant cousin, Eleanor, who was the niece of the other
famous Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt.
FDR was struck with polio at the age of 39. It left him wheelchair
bound the rest of his life. His political career began as a New York State
legislator, where he made his mark as a reformer and an aggressive legislator.
After few years as a legislator, President Woodrow Wilson appointed him
to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
He then became
Governor of New York and later the Vice Presidential nominee. In 1932, the
Democratic presidential candidate broke the tradition of not speaking at the convention.
He became the first ever to address the convention to accept the
nomination of the party. To prove to the people that he could handle the
duties of the presidency, he traveled 23,000 miles campaigning, visiting
most of the states. He was also the first presidential candidate to use
radio for his campaign. He continued to use the radio to spread his
message across to the people after his election.
President
Roosevelt was selected as a runnerup for Person
of the Century by Time Magazine, he helped the country out of the depression with his New
Deal programs, provided leadership in the winning of World War II, and was the only president to be elected four times.
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