Franklin Delano Roosevelt

 

32nd President of the United States (March 4, 1933 to April 12, 1945)
Nickname: "FDR"
Vice Presidents: John N. Garner, Henry A. Wallace, Harry S Truman

Born: January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York
Died: April 12, 1945, in Warm Springs, Georgia

Father: James Roosevelt
Mother: Sara Delano Roosevelt
Married: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), on March 17, 1905
Children: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1906-1975); James Roosevelt (1907-1991); Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990); Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (1914-1988); John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1916-1981)

Religion: Episcopalian
Education: Graduate from Harvard College (1903); Attended Columbia Law School
Occupation: Public official, lawyer
Political Party: Democrat

 

SPECIAL INFORMATION:

After Roosevelt's death (cerebral hemorrhage), Congress passed a law stating no one person can serve more than two terms as President of the United States.

 

See Also:

White House History -- Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

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