Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882. He was mostly known by his initials FDR and was the 32nd president of the United States of America. On March 17, 1905 he married his wife, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. They ended up having six children. Roosevelt was a central figure to world events in the 20th century, leading the United States during war and hardship. Roosevelt was the only president elected more than two terms. FDR was in office from March 4, 1933-April 12, 1945.Franklin worked with two men, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin to the leading of the Allies against Germany and Japan in World War 2. Sadly, he died right before victory was in sight. Roosevelt's first 100 days in office starting on March 4th, 1933, Roosevelt spearheaded major legislation and and issued a profusion of orders which instituted the New Deal. The New Deal is a program that helped send relief, recover, and reform the goverment and its people. Franklin was alot the 44th governor of New York. He also was one of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy.In August of 1921, FDR got an illness called Polio, which made him go paralyzed from the waist down. Roosevelt refused to accept the fact that he was going to be paralyzed the rest of his life. Roosevelt went to the hospital at age 62 in 1944 to declining health problems. He had tests done to see what was wrong, and the tests were startling. The strain of being paralzed and his stress and smoking has takin him to far. The tests resulted in Roosevelt having numerous ailments including chronic high blood pressure, systemic atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease with angina pectoris, and myopathic hypertensive heart disease with congestive heart failure. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945 at the age of 63.SOURCES:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelthttp://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelthttp://millercenter.org/president/fdrooseveltI think Franklin D. Roosevelt was a great president and knew what he was doing. Even though he went through some hard times with his health he seemed to keep up his duties to our country.
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