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March-December 1999
Franklin D.Roosevelt
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Did You Know?

• Prohibition was repealed during his administration.
• He died two weeks before Germany finally surrendered in World War II.
• He was the only president to be elected four times.
• At age 39, he was stricken with infantile paralysis.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt
(January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945)
Life Facts

Personal:
First Lady: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Wife
Wife's Maiden Name: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Number of Children: 5
Education Level: College
School Attended: Harvard University
Religion: Episcopalian
Profession: Lawyer

Public Service:
Dates of Presidency: 3/4/1933 - 4/12/1945
Presidency Number: 32
Number of Terms: 4
Why Presidency Ended: Death
Party: Democratic
His Vice President(s): John Nance Garner, Henry Agard Wallace, Harry Truman
Cabinet Service: Ass't Sec. of Navy (Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1920)
Governor of a State: New York (1929-1933)
State Legislative Service: NY (1911-1913)

Footnotes  

Methodology and Resources

Presidential Places

Birthplace: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
Gravesite: Franklin D. Roosevelt Burial Site
Museum: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum
Other Sites: Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial

Reference Material

Bibliography
Inaugural Address
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• LIVE from Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Presidential Library And Museum - Hyde Park, NY. Guests include: David Kennedy, author, Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945; Hugh Gregory Gallagher, Historian and Author, FDR’s Splendid Deception; Allida Black author, Casting Her Own Shadow: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Shaping of Post-War Liberalism Diane Boyce, Park Ranger, Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site  Watch | Order Videotape   
• Programming on Franklin D. Roosevelt, Re-air of LIVE program from Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Presidential Library And Museum - Hyde Park, NY Watch 
• FDR’s 1933 Inaugural Speech Watch
• FDR Address -- Chataqua, NY -- Aug 14, 1936 "I Hate War" Watch
• Author/Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin at Dartmouth College "FDR"  Watch
• FDR "Fireside Chat" March 12, 1933 "On The Bank Crisis" Watch
• "Fighting President" Universal Film About FDR’s Early Political Career  Watch
• Tour of The FDR Library, Hyde Park, NY-- April 1995 Watch
• FDR’S Use of Radio Panel Discussion Watch
• "Brotherhood Day" Radio Address (ON FILM) Watch
• Booknotes: Eleanor Roosevelt Author Blanche Wiesen Cook Watch
• Brief Comments By Eleanor Roosevelt -- U.N. General Assembly -- 1952  Watch
• "The Four Horsemen of The Supreme Court" Watch
• Booknotes: The Roosevelts: An American Saga Watch 
• FDR’s 1942 State of The Union Address- January 6, 1942 Watch
• FDR’s "Little White House" at Warm Springs, GA Watch

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