Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday-Jan. 30

Franklin D. Roosevelt Facts and Trivia

Birthday: January 30, 1882

Birthplace: Hyde Park, NY

College or University: Harvard

Religion: Episcopalian

Occupation or Profession: Lawyer

Military Rank: Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Married: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

Children: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, Jr., Elliott Roosevelt, a second Franklin Delano, Jr., John Aspinwall Roosevelt

President number: 32nd

Political Party: Democrat

Runner Up: Herbert Hoover - Alfred M. Landon - Wendel L. Willkie - Thomas E. Dewey

Vice President: John N. Garner (1st and 2nd terms) - Henry A. Wallace (3rd term) - Harry S. Truman (4th term)

Age at Inauguration: 51

Served: 1933-1945

Number of terms: 3

Other Offices or Commissions: N.Y. Senator

Died: April 12, 1945 in Warm Springs, GA

Age at Death: 63

Place of Burial: Hyde Park, NY

Other Interesting Facts and Trivia: - Franklin Roosevelt led the country out of the Great Depression. - Franklin Roosevelt's profile is found on the U.S. dime. It has appeared on the dime from 1946 - present. - FDR came from a wealthy family. He was a distant cousin of Theodore Roosevelt as well as Eleanor Roosevelt, who he later married while a student at Columbia Law School. - After beginning a political career, Roosevelt was struck with polio. Within 2 days, he couldn't walk and was confined to a wheel chair. - In 1932, Roosevelt promised a New Deal for Americans which included help for farmers and better working conditions for most Americans. - FDR was a strong wartime leader. After the attack at Pearl Harbor, the U.S. declared war on Japan. Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. - FDR died of a stroke shortly into his 4th term. One month later, the Allies won the war in Europe. - Roosevelt is the only president to serve more than 2 terms. He was elected 4 times. In 1951, Congress passed the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution limiting presidents to two terms. - Eleanor Roosevelt was a busy First Lady. She wanted to make sure that African Americans, women, immigrants and all other Americans were part of the New Deal.

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